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The 2011 Festa Italiana Program
Sunday, October 9, 2011
OPENING CEREMONY
- 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM -- Mass in Latin
- 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM -- Church Procession
- 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM -- Bates School Choir of Annapolis
MAIN STAGE ENTERTAINMENT
- 1:00 PM - 1:15 PM -- Festa President introduces Master of Ceremonies
Elio Scaccio and Soprano Amanda Beagle.
Tenor Elio Scaccio and Soprano Amanda Beagle sing the
Dual National Anthems.
- 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM -- Ciao Bella, a musical tribute from an Italian
American girl.
- 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM -- Tenor Elio Scaccio.
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM -- Ciao Bella, a musical tribute from an Italian
American girl.
- 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM -- Raffle Drawings.
- 5:30 PM - 6:00 PM -- Closing Ceremony with Tenor Elio Scaccio.
STREET ENTERTAINMENT
- ALL DAY - Briscola Club Card Games
- ALL DAY - Bocce Games
- ALL DAY - The Festa Eagle Mascot
- ALL DAY - Ringling Bros & Barnum Bailey Clown
- ALL DAY - Carabinieri pose for pictures
- 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM -- Flying V's Interactive Toys/Games with kids
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM -- Flying V's Family Circus perform
- 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM -- Festa Eagle performs
- 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM -- Children's Magician performs
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM -- Flying V's Family Circus perform
UPSTAIRS CASA ITALIANA
- 12:00 -12:30 PM - FREE BOOK SIGNING - "Books on Italian Art" by Russ Bogdan
- 1:00 -1:30 PM - FREE BOOK SIGNING - "The Voyage of Columbus" by Louis DeSanti
- 2:00 -2:30 PM - FREE BOOK SIGNING - "Life of Marconi" by Cam Trowbridge
- 3:00 -3:30 PM - FREE BOOK SIGNING - "Stone Cutter Genius" by Arthur Cola
- ALL DAY - Video Interviews with local Italian Immigrants
CASA ITALIANA BALLROOM
- ALL DAY - Continuous loop videos on Italian Unification and Italian Immigration to America
- ALL DAY - 50 photos of Italian Immigrant Life
HOLY ROSARY CHURCH LOWER HALL
- 1 PM – 2 PM -- Children's Magician
- 3 PM – 4 PM -- Live Cooking Demonstration
Read about our entertainers - Click Here!
Read a brief article on the Risorgimento and
Italian Immigration in America - written by Arrigo Mongini
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