The ANNOTICO Report

We are led to believe by those with questionable motives that Italian
Street Culture is dying out.
Quite to the contrary, I'm amazed at the number of Italian Events
throughout the year, in SO many cities.

Below is one example. I didn't even know there were Italians in
Indianapolis :)

Indianapolis Star
By Jordan Schrader and Eunice Trotter
jordan.schrader@indystar.com
June 12, 2005

Chris Cooksey and his fiancee, Heather Ross, had polished off the antipasto
salad, the spaghetti and meatballs, the calamari and the cherry chocolate
cake, and Cooksey was diving into a second helping of spaghetti.

The Eastside couple come to the Italian Street Festival every year for
traditional Italian specialties at reasonable prices. "For about 20 bucks
apiece, you can," Ross began, and Cooksey finished: "oh, just gorge
yourself."

People swarmed the 600 block of South East Street on Friday and Saturday
nights for food, wine and carnival attractions. The festival, organized by
Holy Rosary Church, drew Cooksey and Ross before it became so fashionable.

"It used to be a good little secret," Cooksey said.

"But everybody knows now," Ross added.

It certainly seemed that way from the crowds that watched a procession of
children, nuns and a variety of Italian Americans bearing flags and a
statue of the Virgin Mary mount the steps to the church. Church bells
tolled and Latin hymns rang out over the public-address system as the
procession entered the church for a Mass.

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