February 2018

GENERAL MEETING

Thursday Feb 22, 2018

DINNER AT 7:00 PM

Family night! $20 for 2 persons and children under 10 free.
Please call the office to advise if you are attending.
705-474-4190
manager@davediclub.com

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGES

Please join us for fellowship and good meal for all the family at the General meeting on Thursday February 22.

Congratulations go out to the dedicated Culture Committee for a beautiful event which took place on February 3 with organetto player Claudio Santaluce. It was a fantastic evening of dancing, reminiscing and celebrating a piece of our beautiful culture.

Please come out to future events!

Vince Orlando,
President Davedi Club

Ladies Auxiliary President’s Message

I am very proud of all the ladies who have stepped up to the plate and offered their services for the Italian cultural events of this year. I was pleasantly surprised and grateful to the 10 ladies who volunteered at the Chestnuts event and to the 7 who volunteered for Claudio Santaluce night. As always, thanks for the hard work of our members for the spaghetti supper in January, a popular Italian outreach and service in our community. It is your support for these events which really show how serious we are about the Italian traditions in our community.
Just a recap of the many events in the offing:

Embroidery workshop on Feb. 26 thanks to Cathy Fruci and Pina Celebre. $4
Movie and pizza night, March 23, classic spaghetti western “For a Fistful of Dollars”. $10
Baking workshop on March 27th. Baking will be Easter Bread. We’ll be able to bring home some samples. $4
Dances in April and September, tickets only $30.00 which includes one of our full course meals and dancing.
Italian language classes are planned for April and May
Italian history night is in the planning as well.
Scopa tournament has also been talked about.
We are planning an Italian Family Picnic in July. Sorry, we can’t have a greasy pole at the picnic. Safety experts talk about how people fall off greasy poles!
If you have any ideas or suggestions about these plans, please give Janet or me a call. 705-840-5157 (Janet), 705-472-6170 (Lena)
These are all excellent ideas, and with your ideas and input, we will have many more celebrations of our Italian culture supported by our fellowship in the Ladies Auxiliary.

Our Claudio Santaluce event, which was held on Saturday, Feb. 3, was a huge success. Claudio had everyone up and dancing, keeping up to the fast pace of his excellent choice of music. Even I stayed late to enjoy watching and joining in on the excitement. I can truly say “A good time was had by all.” Thank you all for your continued support.

Humour:
“People want the front of the bus, the back of the church, and the centre of attention”.

Lena Fedeli
President Ladies Auxiliary

Culture

Italian needlework workshop: Seminario di ricamo italiano.
Join us on Monday February 26 from 7 to 9 p.m. for an introduction to this lovely craft from an artist of embroidery, Cathy Fruci, supported by Pina Celebre. Materials fee $4.00. Pre-registration required. Call 705-494-4190.

Italian Easter Bread: Pane Di Pasqua.
Join us on Tuesday March 27 1.30p.m. to 4 p.m to find out how to make braided Easter bread and to take a delicious loaf home. Materials fee $4.00. Pre-registration required. Call 705-494-4190.

Movie: “For a Fistful of Dollars”. “Per un pugno di dollari”
Join us on March 23 at 6p.m. for pizza and this classic spaghetti western with Clint Eastwood. $10

Dance with North Bay group “Solid Gold” “Gruppo d’oro puro”
Saturday April 28. Dinner at 6.30 followed by easy listening and dancing music. $30

Past events:

Chestnuts and stories in January. Thanks to our storytellers and 11 volunteers.
Claudio Santaluce in February. Thanks to our 14 volunteers.
Sandro Cipparone Benito Zimbalatti,
Co-Chairs

Ways and Means

Save the date!!! Fun and games for all.
Italian Family Picnic, Festa italiana on Sunday July 22. Planning is going on now for a fine family picnic in the afternoon and evening with barbeque and live music and games in the Italian tradition. Phone me if you would like to volunteer!

Dominic Muratore,
Chairs

Sports

2018 Ford World Women’s Curling Championship. All Italian/Canadians welcome the Italian Women’s Curling team to the 2018 Ford World Women’s Curling Championship in North Bay from March 17 to March 25. Here is the published schedule of their games, played at Memorial Gardens. Come out and support them!

Saturday March 17 7 p.m.
Sunday March 18 9 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Monday March 19 9 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Tuesday March 20 9 a.m.
Wednesday March 21 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Thursday March 22 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Friday March 23 2 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday Semi-finals and Finals
More information http://www.curling.ca/2018worldwomen/

Scopa Tournament. Watch for details on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/thedavediclub/ and the Davedi website
https://davedi.com/news-announcements-events/

Frank Ricciuti,
Chairs

Up-coming events

Friday Lunch Buffet
Mamma Davedi Frozen Food available at the office every day
February 22 General meeting
February 25 Spaghetti supper
March 13 Ladies meeting
March 25 Spaghetti Supper
March 29 General meeting. NB this is the 5th Thursday of the month
April 10 Ladies meeting
April 26 General meeting
April 29 Spaghetti supper