Friday, September 08,
Ferragosto Festival in
Utah????
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Ferragosto
in
This
is yet another example, of so many that I don
What
I needed to be reminded of, was that bocce is a great
family sport because players of all ages can compete!!!!
What I was surprised about was that the sport is becoming so popular in
the
Italians Revel at Annual Festival
Ferragosto: Bocce ball,
musical performers and a love of all things
help
make the yearly bash a growing success
Salt
September
7, 2006
Vespas and Ferraris lined the street. Spaghetti and fettuccine
packed plates. And visions of
It was the 2006 Ferragosto
Italian Festival, which wrapped up recently on downtown
Italian-Americans and lovers
of all things Italian gather each year in what is considered the city
From the 1890s to the 1920s,
Italian immigrants to the
Ferragosto has played a major role in the revival, attracting ever-larger masses since the first was staged in 2003.
This year
Representatives from the
"I went to the [Family History] Library in 1980," Sciutto said, "but they didn
Dan D
Bocce players take turns rolling balls down the court and earn points for getting their ball as close as possible to the pallino (the smallest ball).
Jim Webster, who sits on the Utah Bocce
Association
Ferragosto also is making waves in
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