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her UNICO team.
Prior to this, Gardenia House of
Georgetown, directed by Sister Rosa Alvarez, was the recipient of repeated grants to support their programs/food and shelter, for women and children.
The local UNICO-Rehoboth Area Chapter has also made recent contributions to Womenade of Bethany Beach, and the UNICO National Drive for donations to the Maui Fires Relief Fund.
The UNICO Delaware District 1 annual boccetournament,held onSept23in Georgetown, supports the Brian Piccolo scholarships to be awarded in March 2024, to qualified student scholar-athletes. IAH
For more information, or to participate in any of these events/programs, which are open to the public, please contact Maria Teresa Morrison at unicodelawaredistrict1@gmail.com.
This is the fourth consecutive year the Foundation has donated between $1,000 and $2,000 to the Lighthouse for Broken Wings..
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Music world bids farewell to ‘l’Italiano’ singer Toto Cutugno
with Ray Charles. Other popular hits in Italy and abroad include “Il Tempo Se Ne Va,” “La Mia Musica,” and Solo Noi.”
However, it was his 1983 symbolic song, “L'Italiano” which sold millions of records despite the fact that it came in at fifth place at Sanremo. It became famous around the world, including in Israel, Iran, and Korea. In 2012, he performed “L'Italiano” with the choir of the Red Army.
His bond with the annual Sanremo
event was so strong that in 2005 he gave upperformingattheOlympiainParisto participate again at the famous Italian music festival. Between performances at Sanremo over the years, he traveled the world with his message: “Lascaitemi cantare con la chitarra a mano, sono un italiano.” (Let me sing with guitar in hand, let me sing, I'm an Italian.) IAH
Over the years he performed 15 times in the Sanremo Music Festival, including a historic performance in 1990 with Ray Charles.
By Melissa Cannavo-Marino
MILAN – Italian recording artist and songwriter Toto Cutugno died on Aug. 22 at the age of 80 at the San Raffaele Hospital, where he had been hospitalized after a long illness.
Cutugno was one of the most beloved
singers in Italy and a symbol of Italian music abroad thanks especially to the song “l’Italiano,” which has become an unofficial national anthem in Italy.
Over the years Cutugno performed 15 times in the Sanremo Music Festival, including a historic performance in 1990 when he sang
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