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NEWSLETTER APRIL aprile 2021

MARCH MEETING AIHC SCHOLARSHIPS film in their Panorama current affairs series Riunione marzo AND GRANTS purporting to show Swiss farmers picking As before, the March “in person” Membership freshly-grown spaghetti, in what they called the One more reminder, the applications for the Meeting was cancelled. We are hoping to have Swiss Spaghetti Harvest. The BBC was soon AIHC Student Scholarships have been given to a Social Gathering in April. See the “Upcoming flooded with requests to purchase a spaghetti the schools throughout Lake, Geauga, Events” below. plant, forcing them to declare the film a hoax on Ashtabula, and Cuyahoga Counties. If you the news the next day. have a child or grandchild in any of those UPCOMING EVENTS schools, have them fill out an application. With the advent of the Internet and readily Prossimi eventi available global news services, April Fools' APRIL aprile Also, applications for the Membership Student pranks can catch and embarrass a wider 28 April, Wednesday Grants are available online or at one of our audience than ever before. Membership Meeting – Social Gathering at meetings. Remember the Membership Student The above information was obtained from Wikipedia, Pine Ridge Country. Feel free to bring your Grants are awarded via a simple drawing for 2021 spouse and/or a guest. Sign-up is required the number of Grants we have available. So, if however to get an accurate head count for the you have a child or grandchild looking to start SUNDAY caterers. Please contact Secretary Pizzuti at college or some post high school training, get your name in the drawing. Easter, also called Resurrection Sunday, is a [email protected] festival and holiday commemorating the resurrection of from the dead, described MAY maggio APRIL BIRTHDAYS 26 May, Wednesday in the New Testament as having occurred on Compleanni di aprile Membership Meeting – Outdoor Patio Meeting the third day after his burial following his Frank Stinziano ...... 10 at Pine Ridge Country Club crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary c. 30 AD. Mark Schneider ...... 14 It is the culmination of the , JUNE giugno Andy Arena ...... 15 preceded by , a 40-day period of fasting, 30 June, Wednesday Gus Paolucci ...... 19 prayer, and penance. Membership Meeting – TBD Judge Michael Cicconetti ...... 24 Anthony Iliano Sr...... 25 Most Christians refer to the week before Easter JULY luglio as "", which contains the days of the 28 July, Wednesday When you see these members this month, be Easter Triduum, including , Membership Meeting – TBD sure to wish them buon compleanno. commemorating the Maundy and , as well as , commemorating the AUGUST agosto crucifixion and death of Jesus. In Western 20 August, Friday HEALTH AND WELFARE , , or the Easter Season, Golf Outing – Erie Shores Golf Club in salute e benessere begins on Easter Sunday and lasts seven Madison, Ohio. See Attachment 1 for sign up There are no names to mentioned here. weeks, ending with the coming of the 50th day, sheet. Sunday. SEPTEMBER settembre APRIL FOOLS’ DAY Easter and the holidays that are related to it are 29 September, Wednesday April Fools' Day or April Fool's Day is an annual moveable feasts which do not fall on a fixed Club Bocce Tournament – More information custom on April 1 consisting of practical jokes date in the Gregorian or Julian calendars which to follow. and hoaxes. Jokesters often expose their actions by shouting "April Fools!" at the follow only the cycle of the Sun; rather, its date OCTOBER ottobre recipient. Mass media can be involved in these is offset from the date of Passover and is 1 October, Friday pranks, which may be revealed as such the therefore calculated based on a lunisolar AIHC Fund Raiser – LaVera Party Center in following day. The day is not a public holiday in calendar similar to the Hebrew calendar. The Willoughby Hills. More details to follow. any country except Odessa in Ukraine, where First Council of Nicaea established two rules, 27 October, Wednesday the first of April is an official city holiday. The independence of the Jewish calendar and Club Clam Bake – More information to follow custom of setting aside a day for playing worldwide uniformity, which were the only rules harmless pranks upon one's neighbor has been for Easter explicitly laid down by the council. NOVEMBER novembre relatively common in the world historically. No details for the computation were specified; 17 November, Wednesday these were worked out in practice, a process Membership Meeting (Game Night) – More As well as people playing pranks on one that took centuries and generated a number of information to follow another on April Fools' Day, elaborate pranks controversies. It has come to be the first have appeared on radio and TV stations, Sunday after the that DECEMBER dicembre newspapers, and websites, and have been 12 December, Sunday occurs on or soonest after 21 March. Even if performed by large corporations. In one calculated on the basis of the more accurate Club Family Christmas Party – More famous prank in 1957, the BBC broadcast a information to follow Gregorian calendar, the date of that full moon

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NEWSLETTER APRIL aprile 2021 sometimes differs from that of the astronomical they sleep. They wake to find their baskets Il Giuramento di Pontida first full moon after the March equinox. filled with candy eggs and other treats. In early April, there is a historical re-enactment at Pontida of the alliance between the Lombard The , which Easter A custom originating in Germany, the Easter cities of Bergamo, Brescia, Mantova, and celebrates, is one of the chief tenets of the Bunny is a popular legendary anthropomorphic Cremona against Federico Barbarossa on April Christian faith. The resurrection established Easter gift-giving character analogous to Santa 7, 1167. The town of Pontida is 16 km from Jesus as the Son of God and is cited as proof Claus in American culture. Many children Bergamo. that God will righteously judge the world. around the world follow the tradition of coloring The above information was obtained from Wikipedia, hard-boiled eggs and giving baskets of candy. April 21: Rome's Birthday 2021 Since the rabbit is a pest in Australia, the The date of Rome's founding (in 753BC) is is available as an alternative. celebrated on April 21 so if you're in Rome, EASTER EGGS The above information was obtained from Wikipedia, watch for festivals, concerts, and special 2021 The egg is an ancient symbol of new life and events. There's usually a fireworks display rebirth. In Christianity it became associated over the Tiber River and gladiator shows with Jesus's crucifixion and resurrection. The SPECIAL DAYS IN APRIL around the forum area. custom of the originated in the early Apr. 1: April Fools’ Day April 23: Saint George's Day Christian community of Mesopotamia, who Apr. 1: Holy Thursday In Caresana in the Piedmont region, Saint stained eggs red in memory of the blood of Apr. 2: Good Friday George's Day on April 23 is celebrated with the Christ, shed at his crucifixion. As such, for Apr. 4: Easter Sunday Palio dei Buoi, a parade of floats pulled by Christians, the Easter egg is a symbol of the Apr. 6: Sorry Charlie Day oxen. Saint George is the patron saint of farm empty tomb. The oldest tradition is to use dyed Apr. 12: Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day workers. chicken eggs, but a modern custom is to Apr. 13: Be Kind to Lawyers Day substitute decorated chocolate, or plastic eggs Apr. 16: Eggs Benedict Day April 25: Liberation Day filled with candy such as jellybeans; as many Apr. 22: Jellybean Day April 25 is a national holiday celebrating people give up sweets as their Lenten sacrifice, Apr. 26: Pretzel Day Liberation Day (Festa della Liberazione) in individuals enjoy them at Easter after having The above information was obtained from Italy. Some services may be closed but there abstained from them during the preceding forty timeanddate.com/holidays/fun will be festivals and concerts in many places. days of Lent. April 25: Festival of San Marco Easter eggs are a widely popular symbol of ITALIAN EVENTS IN APRIL Saint Mark, San Marco, is the patron saint of new life in Poland and other Slavic countries' Easter Venice and there is a festival in Saint Mark's folk traditions. A batik-like decorating process Easter, Pasqua, often falls in April. Italian Square on April 25, including a to known as pisanka produces intricate, brilliantly- Easter week celebrations start during the week the basilica. On this day in Venice, you should colored eggs. The celebrated House of before Easter and continue through Easter give a rose to your loved one. Fabergé workshops created exquisite jeweled Monday, La Pasquetta, a national holiday and a April 28: San Biagio Day Easter eggs for the Russian Imperial family day where you may find some very interesting San Biagio, the patron saint of Avetrana in from 1885 to 1916. festivals. One of Easter's most unusual events southern Puglia, is celebrated with a 2-day The above information was obtained from Wikipedia, is the , or Explosion of the 2021 Cart, in front of the Duomo in Florence. festival including bands, food, a street fair, and a religious procession. April 1: Pesce d'aprile April 1 is known as Pesce d'aprile, or "April Narni: The Race of the Ring fish." It is celebrated like April Fool's Day in the The Corsa all'anello in Narni in the Umbria US, with practical jokes and pranks, often with region is part of the celebrations held the last elaborate set-ups. week of April. During this medieval jousting competition, three horsemen try to snare rings. Palio della Rana There are also a historical procession and other This frog race, usually takes place the weekend events. after Easter in the town of Fermignano, between Urbino and Urbania in central Italy's Sagre, or food festivals Marche region. Contestants, representing each Look for the word sagra, which means a food of the seven contrade or neighborhoods, dress festival that most often celebrates a locally in historic costume and race with frogs atop grown (or raised or hunted) product. Spring is small wheelbarrows trying to reach the finish a great time to find sagre dedicated to In some traditions the children put out their line before the frog hops off. There is also a artichokes (carciofi) and asparagus (asparagi) empty baskets for the Easter bunny to fill while procession in historical costume. in many parts of the country. One of the best artichoke festivals is in Ladispoli near Rome

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NEWSLETTER APRIL aprile 2021 during the second weekend of April. The first bowl has taken place, the other side has Why are the southern United States called famous white asparagus of Bassano del the opportunity to bowl. From then on, the side “Dixieland”? Grappa in the Verona province gets a week of which does not have the ball closest to the jack The nickname “Dixieland” did not come from events starting at the end of April. The Sagra has a chance to bowl, up until one side or the the Mason-Dixon Line, the boundary between dei Garagoj, dialect for the name of a local fish, other has used their four balls. At that point, the free states and the slave states. Rather, it takes place the last week of April in Marotta di the other side bowls its remaining balls. The came from the word dixie, which was what Monodolfo in the Marche region. object of the game is for a team to get as many southerners called the French ten-dollar note of The above information was obtained from of its balls as possible closer to the target ball New Orleans that was already in use in 1859 www.tripsavvy.com (jack, boccino, or pallino) than the opposing when Daniel Emmet, a northern black man, team. The team with the closest ball to the jack wrote and introduced his song, “Dixie,” which BOCCE is the only team that can score points in any spread the South’s nickname and somehow Bocce, sometimes anglicized as bocce ball, frame. The scoring team receives one point for became a battle song for the Confederacy. bocci or boccie, is a ball sport belonging to the each of their balls that is closer to the jack than The above trivia was obtained from The Little Book of Answers by Doug Lennox. boules family, closely related to British bowls the closest ball of the other team. The length of and French pétanque, with a common ancestry a game varies by region but is typically from 7 from ancient games played in the Roman to 13 points. MISSION STATEMENT Empire. Developed into its present form in Players are permitted to throw the ball in the air dichiarazione di missione Italy, bocce is played around Europe and also using an underarm action. This is generally The purpose of this Association is to promote in other areas with Italian immigrants, including used to knock either the jack or another ball the moral, social and civic advancement of its Australia, North America, and South America, away to attain a more favorable position. membership, and to perpetuate the customs principally Argentina and Rio Grande do Sul. Tactics can get quite complex when players and cultural aspects of Italian Heritage. Article II, Section 1 of the AIH Bylaws Initially played only by the Italian immigrants, have sufficient control over the ball to throw or the game has slowly become more popular with roll it accurately. their descendants and more broadly. The above information was obtained from Wikipedia, AMERICANS of ITALIAN 2021 Bocce is traditionally played on natural soil and HERITAGE asphalt courts up to 27.5 meters (90 ft) in EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE length and 2.5 to 4 meters (8.2 to 13.1 ft) wide. A LITTLE TRIVIA 1 July 2020 – 30 June 2022 While the court walls are traditionally made of Why do we call New York City “The Big President ...... Gus Paolucci wood or stone, many social leagues and Apple”? Vice President ...... Ronald Wassum Special Olympics programs now use inflatable During the 1940s, Robert Emmerich, who Secretary ...... Glenn Pizzuti 'Packabocce' PVC courts due to their portability played piano in the Tommy Dorsey Band, wrote Treasurer ...... William Petrello and ease of storage. Bocce balls can be made an obscure song called “The Big Apple.” It was of wood (traditional), metal, baked clay, or soon forgotten by everyone except legendary Trustee (e) ...... Robert Andreanno various kinds of plastic. Unlike lawn bowls, reporter Walter Winchell, who liked the song so Trustee (e) ...... Rio DeGennaro Jr. bocce balls are spherical and have no inbuilt much that in his daily column and on the air he Trustee (e) ...... James Federico Sr. bias. began referring to his beat, New York City, as Trustee (e) ...... Mario Fioritto “The Big Apple,” and soon, even though Trustee (e) ...... John Perrotti A game can be conducted between two Emmerich’s song was long forgotten, its title Trustee (a) ...... Anthony Illano Sr. players, or two teams of two, three, or four. A became the great city’s nickname. Trustee (a) ...... Ken Mancuso match is started by a randomly chosen side Trustee (Immediate Past Pres.) ...... David Vegh being given the opportunity to throw a smaller Why is Chicago called “The Windy City”? ball, the jack, (boccino or pallino in Italian) from Most people believe that Chicago got its one end of the court into a zone 5 meters (16 ft) nickname from its prevailing winds, but that ATTACHMENTS in length, ending 2.5 meters (8.2 ft) from the far isn’t the case. In 1893, Chicago hosted the 1. Golf Outing Sign-up Sheet end of the court. If the first team misses twice, World’s Columbian Exposition, celebrating the the other team is awarded the opportunity to four hundredth anniversary of America’s COMMENTS TO THE place the jack anywhere they choose within the discovery. The city’s aggressive promotional prescribed zone. Casual play is common in campaign for the event offended the people of EDITOR reasonably flat areas of parks and yards New York City, whose press nickname Chicago If you have any questions or comments about, lacking a Bocce court, but players should agree the Windy City to mock its bragging ways. The or suggestions for this newsletter, please put to the minimum and maximum distance the jack moniker stuck, but, fortunately for Chicago, its your thoughts in an email and send it to may be thrown before play begins. original meaning has been forgotten by most. [email protected] The side that first attempted to place the jack is given the opportunity to bowl first. Once the

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