LAST WEEKEND I ATTENDED THE ITALIAN FESTIVAL AT THE VETERANS BUILDING. IT WAS THE 21ST FESTA ITALIANA. I DID NOT CARE FOR THE FOOD -AS IT WAS WHITE NOODLES, WHITE BREAD AND THE SALAD WAS SOGGY. HOWEVER THE MUSIC AND DANCING WAS GREAT. THE SAME ITALIAN BAND I HAD HEARD IN RAILROAD SQUARE WAS THERE AND THE LEADER BEGAN TO ASK T5HE AUDIENCE TO DANCE. WE FORMED A CIRCLE AS WE DANCED WITH A COUPLE OF STEPS IN ONE DIRECTION AND SKIPPED A LITTLE AND DANCED AROUND THE CIRCLE. IN ANOTHER ROOM THERE WAS AN ACCORDIAN PLAYER WITH ANOTHER BAND WHERE THEY HAD BEAUTIFULLY DRESSED WOMEN DANCERS FROM SACRAMENTO. AND TOGETHER WITH THIS BAND THEY HAD A GROUP OF ROMAN ARMOR WARRIORS WITH STEEL RIBBED SHIRTS! IT WAS PRETTY STRANGE LOOKING AS THEY HAD MANY SWORDS AND ARMOR FROM THE ROMAN DAYS. FOR THE KIDS THEY MIGHT HAVE A FACE PAINTING WITH CLOWNS.
THEY HAD AN EXHIBIT OF THE ITALIAN STONE MASONS WHO WORKED HARD TO CHISEL THE BASALT FROM ANNADEL STATE PARK INTO BLOCKS FOR PAVING STREETS SUCH AS RAILROAD SQUARE, THE LA ROSE HOTEL, PETALUMA MAIN STREETS, AND SAN FRANCISCO. THEY ALSO HAD SOME OLD CARS AND SOME MADE IN ITALY TO LOOK AT. THESE ACTIVITIES WERE ORGANIZED BY THE NORTH BAY ITALIAN CULTURAL FOUNDATION. THEY DONATE FUNDS TO THE SANTA ROSA JUNIOR COLLEGE.
SOME ITALIANS HAD BOOTHS FOR SELLING JEWELRY, PHOTOGRAGHY, LINENS AND VARIOUS TEE SHIRTS.
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