Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The club's first event of the year is a New Year's Eve Gala. This is followed by the "Festa di Sant'Antonio" in mid-January. In Roccolano tradition, volunteer actors recreate the scene of the temptatation of Sant'Antonio by the "Donzella."
In mid-summer they hold their annual picnic where many paesani get together for demonstrations of cheese-making, lunch provided by the club, bocce and card tournaments and games for the children followed by a mass to celebrate the "Festa di San Bartolomeo."
In November is held the Fishermans Night Dinner with a fish dinner and entertainment.
Anyone wanting more information about the club and memberships may contact the President: Luisa DiCarlo at 905-851-3595 .
The picnic will be held Sunday, July 31,2005 at the Croation Social and Cultural Centre at 9118 Winston Churchill Boulevard (north of Steeles Avenue) and south of the town of Norval, Ontario.
There will be the usual activities- bocce court and card games, games for the children. Lunch will be served as usual by the club...just bring your own plates and cutlery, glasses and drinks, serviettes and tablecloths.
The picnic is usually combined with the "Festa di San Bartolomeo" with a procession and mass in the afternoon. "Lupini", "noccioline" and "panini di porchetta" are prepared in tradition of the festival.
The park is open at 8.30 A.M. and activities last till almost dusk.Entry fee to the park is $10.00 per person and $5.00 if you are a member.
Hoping to see you all there.
The event will be held at the Hollywood Princess Conference centre and Banquet Hall in Vaughn, Ontario, Canada (416) 213-7123 on Saturday March 27, 2004 starting at 5:00 p.m.
Unfortunately there are certain criteria for attendance and those are:
1) You must currently have the last name "Di Giovanni"
2) If your maiden name was "Di Giovanni" then your whole family may attend.
3) If your mothers maiden name was "Di Giovanni" your whole family may attend.
Tickets are $50 for adults and $25 for children under 12 years of age, (Canadian funds). This includes a 7 course meal, homemade Porchetta, Dancing, and many door prizes.
If there are any questions people interested are free to contact me via email at roxx.diamonds@attcanada.ca or on my cell phone at 416-931-5400.
Enzo Di Giovanni.
We are a federation consisting of over 500 member families in the Hamilton, Ontario and surrounding area. Our purpose is to promote our culture in Italy, Canada, USA and all the world. Working together with our clubs and associations to achieve the coming together of people of Abruzzese origin, descendants and anyone married into the Abruzzese culture. We strive to achieve and facilitate relations, contact and cultural and commercial exchanges with the Abruzzo Region, the Confederation and all other Federations in the world. We hope to educate people of our roots and background by showing our town pictures, music, costumes, religious and social events both in Italy and here in Hamilton of the Federation and all its member clubs and associations. With the maps we show where the Abruzzi Region is in Italy and where the people of the Abruzzo Region that have immigrated to this area have settled and made their homes and raised families.Also, to stimulate other interests we have recipes, poems and sayings for everyone. Click here to visit.
During Lent: Portrayal of the Passion and Crucifixion of Christ.
Easter Monday: Festa of the Madonna di Costantinopoli at the chiesa dell'Iconicella.
May 8: A manifestation that remembers the old pagan rituals of fertility and the beginning of Spring. Until the past century there was a procession, after the ritual for the fertility of the flocks, to the chapel at the Grotta di San Angelo, where mass was celebrated, with the participation of the whole town. Today the tradition is returning, little by little, to its place among the more important manifestations of the year. It also recalls the town's pastoral heritage, as the Eremo San Angelo, along the S. Angelo brook, was the place where historically the shepherds always gathered their flocks together in the Spring, to lead them to the high mountain pastures to graze for the season.
June 29: The festa of Saints Peter and Paul, in the Pietrara section of Lettomanoppello, near the little church of Sancti Petri ad Troiam. The festa concludes with a dance and a fireworks display.
July: The Concorso Nazionale per Compositori di Musica Originale per Banda, a competition for the composition of band music, sponsored by Lettomanoppello's band association.
August: 1. The Gustavo Di Rentiis competition for poetry written in dialect.
2. The Sagra dei Formaggi, a two day festival in mid-August featuring the products of the local shepherds.
September: "Dieci Giornati in Pietra", Ten Days in Stone, Lettomanoppello's international sculpting contest, in which works are created from local stone; it is held at the end of August, beginning of September.
October: Starting on the first Sunday of October is the four day festa for the Madonna di Costantinopoli and Saints Emidio, Nicola ( the patron saint of Lettomanoppello) and Rocco. The festa includes daily processions, music by the town band, a street fair, nightly entertainment and fireworks. The last day of the festa is dedicated to San Rocco, and it culminates in a town-wide feast.
December 6: Festa for the town's patron saint, San Nicola.
August 24: Festa di San Donato. Statue of San Donato is carried through the town in a procession to the local church-San Donato.
August 25: Festa di San Bartolomeo. Procession to the eremo to retrieve the statue of San Bartolomeo and bring it back to the church of San Donato in Roccamorice where it stays until September 9. A three day festa is held from August 24 to 26 to honour these Saints. During the day there is a street fair and music by local bands. In the evening there are rides for the children, entertainment in the town square and fireworks.
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