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 July 2005
Alin has been going back and forth to Los Angeles several times a week
for auditions. His agency, KSA, is really trying hard to Alin working.
Although committing to committing to all of these auditions takes a lot of
time during the day, Alin and Ann enjoy spending time together during
their trips to Hollywood, often during rush hour! Alin is enjoying the
process of attending these auditions and we are all hoping that he will be
hired to do a commercial or television show very soon.
June 2005
Well it's official...Alin is now a middle school student! We are so proud of
Alin's accomplishments. When Alin joined our family at the end of 1999 from
Romania he didn't speak a word of English. He had only been in school a short
period of time in Romania and had only very beginning academic skills at the
age of seven. Today, at almost 12 years old, Alin is an excellent student. He
always tries his best and takes great pride and responsibility with completing
his school work. All of his teachers describe him as helpful, caring, and
concerned about others. Alin has also been described as a "model student."
 Alin
has many friends from school and also in our bigger community. Alin is looking
forward to starting at Sowers Middle School in the fall of 2005.
After school Alin is very
involved in band and acting. Alin starting playing the flute in September and
is very dedicated to practicing and improving his skills. Not only does Alin
practice every day, sometimes many times throughout the day, he also makes
sure that Jeffrey and Javier are also keeping up with their practicing as
well. Not only are Alin's flute playing skills improving but he is also
teaching himself how to play the keyboard, the baritone horn, and percussion
instruments. Alin will continue with youth band practice and private lessons
over the summer and will join the band class as an elective in 6th grade.
 Alin
also loves to act. He is involved with the MYART children's theater group and
the South Coast Repertory
acting classes. Alin also completed all of the commercial acting workshops
taught by Pamela Campus. We are working close with Alin's casting agency,
KSA, to improve his
skills so that he can be sent out more frequently for auditions.
This summer Alin will be attending two weeks of Camp Bravo, a residential
acting camp for teenagers. He will also attend sports camp for a week
and
Surfing
Camp for two weeks. Alin is looking
forward to summer break as his schedule is jam packed with lots of interesting
and stimulating activities.
 
   
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Camp Bravo summer 2005 pictures!
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Alin is Inducted into the Huntington Beach Youth Character Hall of Fame!
 SEPTEMBER 2004
Alin (11) is returning to school on September 7th as a fifth grader at
Moffett Elementary School. He is looking forward to the new school
year after his very busy summer. This summer Alin participated in
several very cool summer camp programs. Alin went to Sea World Camp
where he learned about how to care for the many creatures living at the
park. Alin also attended a Soccer Camp, Film
Making camp and and
Acting camp. Alin's hobby and big interest is acting and film
production. We are really encouraging Alin in this area as he has
shown natural talent in acting and screen play writing. Currently
Alin is taking private acting classes where he hopes to hone his skills.
Additionally, Alin will resume his involvement with South Coast Repertory
Theater classes and MYART Children's Theater in September.
JULY 2004: The
2003-2004 school year was Alin's first year in public school and he had a
wonderful experience. In fact, Alin's teacher nominated Alin for the
"Youth Character Award" for the city of Huntington Beach. Alin not
only received the award but was one of the few award winners to be entered
into the Huntington Beach City Character Award Hall of Fame! We are
very proud of Alin, he has come a long way since those first days as a
scared little boy who could only speak Romanian!
Alin is also a budding filmmaker. He received
a movie camera for his birthday and gift certificate to attend filmmaking
camp for two weeks this summer. Besides being an actor, Alin hopes
make documentaries as a career. Alin continues to film all of our
family events and activities because as he puts it "I might need b-roll
for my movie!"
 FEBRUARY 2004:
This year Alin has also decided to focus on improving his acting and play
writing skills. Alin takes acting lessons through the South Coast
Repertory Theater actors training program. He also participated with
MYART Children's Theater group where he got a lead part in the production
of "The Sound of Music" Throughout the year, Alin has acted in a number of
student and independent films. He has even written a play that he
hopes to produce one day.
 
Phillip, Alin & Kyle
Hope, Ann, Matthew & Alin
 
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