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JULY/AUGUST 2015 • VOL. 36, NO. 2, SECTION A
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Festa Italiana: Your Ticket to Italy July 17-19, 2015, Summerfest Grounds
Festa officials are serious when they say the 2015 festival is “Your ticket to Italy.” This acclaimed flag-throwing troupe – Sbandieratori dei Borgi e Sestiemi Fiorentini – is among the Italian groups coming to Festa Italiana, Friday, July 17 through Sunday, July 19 on the Summerfest grounds. Another Italian group coming to the festival is Dove c’é Musica from Milan, a group is recognized for its tribute to Italian superstar Eros Ramazzotti. There will also be several Italian attractions and activities including a 50-foot replica of Rome’s Trevi Fountain, a 43-foot tall replica
of the bell tower of St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice, a replica of Michelangelo’s David, a Roman Colosseum display, gondola rides, wine demonstrations, Italian-style fireworks and much more. In this issue, The Italian Times staff has attempted to provide details on virtually everything going on at Festa. Advance tickets are now available at the Italian Community Center and on online at http;//festaitaliana,com for $10. Gate admission will be $13. Children, 12 and under, are admitted free with an adult. (Photo provided by Sbandieratori dei Borgi e Sestiemi Fiorentini)
ICC President/Festa Chair Giuseppe Vella reports the 2015 Festa Italiana has the makings for success
With your help – volunteering, attending and promoting and with your prayers for good weather – our 38th annual Festa Italiana will be a success. I can assure you that we have an outstanding program of entertainment, food, culture and family fun in store for all who attend the festival, July 17-19. I want to thank all of the donors, sponsors and the volunteers serving on our committees who have stepped forward over the last several months. Our planning and budgeting process has been intense as many of you can testify. Since we started our planning for the 2015 Festa, many of our dedicated members, in voluntary capacity, have already put in hundreds of hours and efforts to help us succeed. For this,
you have my heartfelt thanks! On behalf of everyone who is involved in Festa, I want to say that we are most grateful for the many corporate donations and sponsorships we have received this year. The support of the business community is essential to putting on an event like ours. Our 38th Festa offers the general public a diversified and varied program of events, entertainment for all ages, Italian culture and superb cuisine and a spectacular nightly display of pyrotechnics presented by Bartolotta Fireworks. Let us not lose sight of the essence of our celebration, the Sunday Mass and religious procession of all the patron saints of the hometowns of our parents and grandparents. We are pleased to have Fr. Domenic Roscioli as the Main Celebrant
of the Mass. I hope everyone who is reading this message has already either volunteered or has purchased advance tickets and is out there spreading the good word about Festa. I ask everyone to put the festival in your prayers. The weather is one of the fundamental keys to our success. See you at Festa! – Giuseppe Vella ICC President Festa General Chair