Festa Italian 2005 September 8-11

What a RESOUNDING Success

The volunteers, our wonderful members and the Ladies’ Auxiliary, cannot be praised enough. What an OUTSTANDING job!

The Public and our Italian Center community enjoyed the food, the entertainment, and the good cheer. In time, we will say more herein, for now here are a few pictures of our startup. What a crew!! Also see Festa Italiana 2005 Schedule to see what we did and hopeful what you did not miss!

Again … more to come later…

Festa Italiana 2005 Schedule

Italian Center Festa Italiana 2005

Held at Columbus Drive, across from City of Poughkeepsie Police Station

September 8th - 11th

Thursday, 6:00 p.m - 10:30 PM.

Friday, 5:30 P.m. - 11:00 PM.

Saturday, 1:00 p.m. - 11:00 PM.

Sunday, 1:00 p.m. - 9:00 PM.

Parking in Municipal Lot at City Hall (Enter from Mill Street)

Italian Food (Good Prices, Good Food; You Won’t Go Away Hungry!)

50/50 Drawing Every Night

Big Raffle Drawing Sunday Night

Children’s Activities include:

Kiddies Land, Obstacle Course, Face Painting, Bouncer, Climbing

Wall, Clowns, Sand Art, Game Booth, Popcorn

Free Nightly Entertainment

Thursday, September 8th

7:00 -10:00 Dancing to the music of Mike Torsone

Friday, September 9th

6:00 - 8:00 Bee Bee the Clown, Face Painting, Balloons, Kiddie Show

7:00-11:00 Dancing with Hot Rod Band

Saturday, September 10th

3:00 - 4:30 JG Dancers

5:00 - 6:00 Vassar College Chorus

6:00 - 8:00 Bee Bee the Clown, Face Painting, Balloons

7:00-11:00 Dancing to the Music of Silk and Sounds

Sunday, September 11th

11:30 Italian Mass at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church

12:30 Parade from Mount Carmel Church to Italian Center

               led by 20th Century limited Drum Corp.

1:00 - 2:00 Concert by 20th Century Limited Drum Corp.

2:00 - 5:00 Traditional Italian Music by Carmelo

5:30 - 8:30 Singing and Dancing Italian Style with Moreno Fruzzetti