JUNE 1, 2014 GENERAL SOCIETY MEETING: SHHH….IT’S A SILENT AUCTION!

Come join your fellow members on Sunday, June 1 at Casa Italiana to enjoy Italian food, musical entertainment and, most importantly, to see and bid on the many wonderful items that will be arrayed on tables there for your selection. Instead of our usual general bi-monthly Society meeting with a luncheon and guest speaker, the June 1 meeting will be a Silent Auction to raise money for our Scholarship Endowment fund.

By now you all should have received and read the letter and flyer sent out to you by either email or post (for those who don’t have email) announcing the auction and inviting you to attend. You were also asked to consider donating an item of value or to seek such an item from others. Now, please understand that this is not an attic or basement clearing event; the items we want to auction off should be of value and of interest to those attending the auction. Please see the flyer announcing the event elsewhere in this Notiziario for a list of the kinds of items we seek for the auction.

So, if you possess such an item consider donating it to the Society for the auction. Alternatively, if you know a friend, businessman, store or restaurant or theater owner, artist, craftsperson, jeweler, collector, sportsman, provider of professional or trade services that could donate such items, please ask them to do so. The event is being planned by the Society’s Program Committee, which is chaired by 1st Vice President Nancy DiSanti. Actively working to make this a big success are members Lucio D’Andrea (who is serving as event chairman), Nancy DeSanti, Ennio DiTullio, John and Eileen Verna, Rocco Caniglia, and Dick DiBuono. For more information, call Lucio D’Andrea, (703) 490-3067 or Dick DiBuono, (703) 960-5981.

SAVE THE DATES

Please make sure to mark your calendars for the following upcoming events:

AMHS Society-Sponsored Events:

 June 1, 2014 – AMHS Silent Auction, 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., Casa Italiana;

 July 27, 2014 - AMHS general Society meeting, 1:00 p.m., Casa Italiana. Program to be determined;

 August 17, 2014 - Ferragosto Picnic, 12:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., grounds of the Villa Rosa Nursing Home, Mitchellville, MD;

 September 28, 2014 - AMHS general Society meeting, 1:00 p.m., Casa Italiana or Italian restaurant in Virginia or Maryland. Program to be determined; and

 November 23, 2014, AMHS general Society meeting, 1:00 p.m., Casa Italiana. Wine makers tasting.

Other Events Hosted at Casa Italiana:

 September 21, 2014 – “The Italian Legacy in the Development and Growth of the United States Marine Band”, 4:00 p.m., Casa Italiana. Presentation by United States Marine Band Historian, Gunnery Sergeant Kira Wharton and a performance by the Marine String Quartet (under the auspices of Holy Rosary Church and sponsored by AMHS, The Lido Civic Club of Washington, DC and The Lucchesi nel Mondo-Tuscany Club);

 October 18, 2014 – Famous Songs from the Festival di Sanremo, 7:00 p.m., Casa Italiana, Artistic Director Maestro Cavalíere Bruno Fusco;

 February 14, 2015 – Carnevale, Casa Italiana (cosponsored by AMHS and the Lucchesi nel MondoTuscany Club)