Improv Summer Picnic-2000, Genesee Valley Park, Rochester, NY, 18 August 2000...


No, I don't think that dog would like to be poked with a stick...
(Tracy, Ted, Sara & Jamie VanDewerker; Clover, Steve Goerlich, Heather Bluett)


John "The Stomper" Gostomski and Jeff Lillie organize the volley ball game

Mean while, back with Clover...

Jennifer Indovina sets one up

Ahh, now the real game starts when Alex Wu joins

"The Stomper" not only runs, he also serve's a mean one...

Jeff show's how having 4 arms is a real advantage in volly ball

Fia Dertia and Peyton Hinterberger

A bad picture of Tracy VenDewerker and Gzim and Devin Derti (Gzim's the tall one...)

Bob Dutt, Mary Gifaldi, and Weiwen Lai

Mary Gifaldi after one of Lloyd's jokes

Fia and Devin Derti, Carl and Marianne Petruzelli and baby #2

Lloyd Palum schools Bob Childs with the finer points of outside BBQ fire starting

Lloyd Palum and Dave Hinterbeger assess the dryness of the cabin roof shingles as possible kindling

Bob Childs, Rick, and Jill and Allison Palum

Sierra Derti, Peyton and Jennifer Hinterberger, Fia Derti, Tracy VanDewerker

Byron Derti down's his second bag of cheeze snacks

Ted and Jamie VanDewerker

Gzim and Devin Derti - nice hat Devin!

As Bob Childs looks for another quart of lighter fluid, Jill Palum show's us the
current count of quarts applied to get that fire started


Meanwhile, Jennifer, Fia, and Tracy...

That's a better pose girls!

Peyton Hinterberger

Hi Peyton!

"The Stomper" supervises the serve

Brittany Lillie attacks the net

"All I could find was one piece of kindling Lloyd"

Sierra and Byron Derti rush to greet Clover

The Riverbend cabin

Sierra Derti takes aim

Allison Palum takes bigger aim!

Yup, at Lloyd - nice style Lloyd

Jeff serves to John and the "Stomper-ette's"

Nice Volley

Nice Volley again

Little Help?

Allison Palum now takes aim on her sister Adelaide (with help from Jen Indovina)

The Stomper tosses to Alex Gostomski, the "Stomper-Elite", as Garrett Gostomski watches

Nice hang by Garrett

"Come and get it!"

Garrett, is that a "Boca" burger?

Steve, what is Clover eating now?

No, no, I'm sure the 5 second rule applies here Jill, how does it taste?

Hi Rick!

and Jill

"Alex, did you put those plastic bags in your pockets like I told you?"

Alex Wu dives in for his first "white" hot dog, Jeff attacks his first "Boca"

Man Jill, with all this free food it a good thing we didn't eat at all this week!

The start of the "Smores"

Toast them marshmellows

Heather shows the boys how not to pick up ashes

I'm sure your fingers will come unstuck before you leave Alex!

Jeff Lillie and the "Stompers" watch over the "Smores"

Random shots of the crowd...

Charles Petruzelli takes aim on Lloyd

Alex dives into the Smores

Is that a double marshmellow Alex?

Clover steals Lloyds marshmellow...

Everyone stands by as Alex assembles his Smore

No, I don't like Smores - just the crackers

Sheldon Weng teachs his son Austin how not to get ashes on the marshmellow

Uhh, that looks like its done

Alex enjoys his custom built Smore

Brittany rushs to the Smore line

Yes Siera, the "Stomper Elite" is here

Where'd you get this kid from Jill?

Does the 5 second rule apply to Smores?

Toast them, you've got to burn them

Ahh, the perfect flaming marshmellow