Personally Speaking ~ The Eyes ~ by Jane

                                    THE EYES ARE THE GATEWAY TO THE SOUL
~Herman Melville                          

Look into the eyes of these three and you are looking directly into their hearts and souls.

Joyful eyes when singing…nurturing eyes when holding a child…

Tear filled eyes when thankful…mischievous eyes when taunting each other in fun.

They could simply stand on a stage and just look at us not singing a word

And we would know what was in the heart by the look in their eyes.

Eyes filled with hopes and dreams of bringing their beloved music to the world

And the realization that those dreams have come true.

SOCK IT TO ME ~ Mary Bohling

Crew, This is so totally silly…

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 Socks…..such a mundane item…something we all take for granted.  We put them on every morning without really thinking about it.  They are there rolled up neatly in the sock drawer.  We may give a thought to the color we need for that day….or maybe we just keep it simple and buy all the same color.  Whatever…they are not high on our list of concerns…..

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So why is it such a problem for Gianluca and Ignazio?  Piero tells us that they are so short of socks that they have to wear the same ones two days in a row….even sharing them?  Maybe they aren’t getting their share of the revenue from ticket and CD sales to keep them in socks.  Maybe they just don’t have time to shop.  Maybe with so much on their minds they just don’t think about it until they go to the sock drawer and it’s empty.  Someone must be doing their laundry.  Surely they aren’t expected to rinse them out at night themselves.  Barbara, look into this, please.  Our guys have enough to do without worrying about their sock supply.


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It seems that when it appears that they are going sockless in their dress shoes, they may be wearing sheer white ones which don’t really show….someone said that….don’t remember who, but I did read it.  Gianluca was wearing short black ones with his fancy shoes the other night.

When wearing tennis shoes they all appear to be minus socks…no problem.

Gianluca, MARY, Piero, Ignazio    Gianluca, MARY, Piero, Ignazio

At any rate, I hope that the sock issue isn’t too upsetting for them.  They need to concentrate on more important issues.  If this problem continues, we may have to have a fan “sock shower” for them.  We can’t sit by and have them worrying over the sock situation, now can we?

Sorry,….guess my senility is showing.

~Mary

They Make Everything Better!

Thanks Gina

Good News from…

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Italy: Eurovision success triggers change to main channel

The good run since their comeback peaked with Il Volo this year

Il Volo represented Italy at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna
Il Volo represented Italy at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna Andres Putting (EBU)

Rome, Italy

The Eurovision Song Contest is becoming more and more popular in Italy since their comeback to the competition in 2011. That’s why the 2016 Final will be shown live in RAI 1, their public broadcaster’s main channel.

Following a series of good rankings and having some of their top artists representing them at the Eurovision Song Contest, the Italian broadcaster, RAI, is switching the live broadcast of the Eurovision Final to their first channel, after five years being broadcasted in Rai 2. In fact it will be back live on Rai 1 for the first time in 25 years. The last time being in 1991 when Italy hosted the competition in Rome.

Keeping an eye on Sanremo

It is also announced now that, just like this year, the winning artist of the “CAMPIONI” section will have the right to participate representing Italy at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. The “CAMPIONI” section is the “established artists” category of the Sanremo contest. So basically this means that it’s up to the winning artist to decide about the Eurovision participation and also about the song to be performed in Stockholm.

The winner of the 2015 edition of Sanremo, Il Volo, also went on to represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna with the same song, Grande Amore:

Il Volo’s success story continues

After the amazing third place -and first in the televote- in Vienna, Italian sensation Il Volo continue their story of success around the world. After completing a sold-out summer tour through Italy right now the trio is on a promo tour through Europe. So far they visited Germany and France while Spain and more countries are to follow.

The reason is to showcase their brand new album, entitled as their Eurovision Song Contest entry, Grande Amore. The Eurovision hit is included in the release as well as their follow-up single L‘Amore Si Muove:

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Condolences for Linda

Hello, Everyone.

I was as saddened as all of you to hear the Linda had passed away the morning Marie called me.  I didn’t know her as well as Marie, but working with her as a board sister was always a pleasure, and knowing that she was a nurse and understood the trials and tribulations that go with that was a comfort and encouragement.  She is definitely missed.

Many of you have expressed a wish to send condolences to her family.  Marie reached out to Laura, Linda’s niece that cared for her, and she was very touched by the gesture.  You can send your condolences to:

 

Laura Thompson

8931 NW 55th Place

Coral Springs, Fl 33067

~ Kelly

LInda

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