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A Mass will be celbrated in St. Mary's RC Cathedral in Edinburgh on July 2 2010, 70 years to the day after the sinking of the Arandora Star. The Mass will be offered by Archbishop Mario Conti and starts at 5pm .
Afterward Cav. and Mrs. Philip Contini will kindly host refreshments at Valvona & Crolla, 19 Elm Row, Edinburgh EH7 4AA from 6 - 8pm.
An enormous thankyou is due to Paul Verrico and his committee at the CoCAIS for another splendid Scampagnata at Alva. The Provost was there, the Sindaco of Picinisco, Fr Donato celebrated a lovely Mass, the footballers ran themselves into the ground, the Fiat 500 Abarth gleamed, the sausages sizzled, the artwork was splendid, the coffee was authentic, the ice cream was great ... and the sun shone, well, for part of the day!
For the record here are the winners of the various trophies:
Winners of this year’s Scampagnata Trophies at Alva:
Osvaldo Franch Cup
Winners: AS Filignano, runners up The Bhoys
Comites Cup
Winners: Mini Paperinos, runners up Mini Italia
Mugnaioni Cup
Winners: Ciociari Seniors, runners up Ciociari
Bocce
1st prize Alonzi Rino & Calirno Antonio
2nd prize Pierotti Luigi & Pierotti Francesco
3rd prize Faccenda Salvatore & Gargaro Luigi.
Now is the time to enrol your children in Italian classes for the next school year. The long-established classes at St Mirin’s Cathedral in Paisley have opened their lists for next year with classes beginning in September - Classes in language and play for children of both school age and pre-school. Fee of £60 for whole family.
Classes are held at St. Mirin's Cathedral halls in Paisley on Sundays 11am till 1pm. For more information contact Louis Pierotti at hawkhead052000@yahoo.co.uk
Our friend over at www.scotsitalian.com Ale Nardini has been chronicling the life and times of the Italian community for years at his great website with tales of chippies and football, Barga and the Arandora Star, famous Scots Italians and much more. Now he has gone into print with a splendid volume called the Scots Italian Handbook. Essentially it's a stand alone accompaniment to the www.scotsitalian.com website and the profits from its sales will be reinvested into the site. You can read the book online or purchase it at www.blurb.com/books/1134042
Scots Italian grandmother Pina Palombo aged 82 lived in the southside of Glasgow for many years. She ran a hairdresser’s shop in Giffnock before graduating as a teacher at her Central College of Commerce. Now she has written her first book!
Delights and Desolations tells the story of her father’s arrival from San Cosma e Damiano, near Picinisco at the end of the 19th century and his subsequent adventures as he establishes his family in Scotland. The book is a real page-turner and will appeal to all ages.
Already Pina is working on her next book which will be her first work of fiction!
Delights and Desolations would make a great gift and can be ordered for £6.99 from publishers Authorhouse via the following link:
http://www.authorhouse.co.uk/bookstore/ItemDetail.aspx?bookid=65285
The New Club Romano offer a great array of events of interest for members and friends of the Scots Italian Community in Dundee, perth and surrounding areas. Upcoming highlights include a retreat at Dalmany July 20th/21st and each and every Sunday during the summer a social evening with bingo and dancing.
The International Study Programmes, an English-language school for foreigners is this year, for the first time, bringing groups of Italian teenage students to learn English in Dundee. As part of the full "cultural immersion" experience they will be staying with local familes. If you can help please contact Trevor Ward at 01241 430211 or trev.ward@virgin.net (not the Club) as soon as possible.
2011 celebrates 150 years of Italian Unification so start looking out your old photos and memorabilia to put together a New Club Romano display. Can we find evidence for the earliest Italian immigrant? Is there an old ice cream bike?? The first chip pan??? A forgotten Da Vinci? More info at: newclubromano@mac.com
If you happen to be in that little corner of Tuscany which is forever Scotland this summer (Barga) you may wish to note that the annual Sagra del Fish and Chips will take place this year from July 23 until August 19 at the Moscardini Football Stadium.
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