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There’s still room.  Call Bella Vista by Tuesday, and let them know that you want to join us for the wonderful trip to Venice, Florence, and Rome.  We leave January 21st and return on the 29th. 

Don’t put off your trip to Italy any longer.  Come with us now.  Call Mira at (617) 723-0802. 

Join us for our monthly celebration of Italian culture and fine, slow food.  Click the events link for details. 

Come enjoy outstanding Italian cuisine in wonderfully social atmosphere at Wild Bites in Amesbury tonight. Make reservations, and get there at 6:00.  The dinner begins at 6:30.   The guest speaker for tonight’s cultural dinner is Michelle Topor who gives walking tours of the North End.  http://essexitalian.com/events  

This Saturday is movie night at my house. We’re watching a subtitled comedy called children of Hannibal. 6:00 - 8:00.

Sunday is the Haverhill Feast on Washington Street (downtown). Come see me at the Pageant at 2:00. I’ll be judging.

Outstanding food, exquisite company. Come join me for dinner at Italian Culture Night. See the events page for details.

A number of people who are going on the January tour of Italy with me are going to be at the dinner, so if you haven’t decided to go to Italy yet, come meet everyone.

Bacione,
Linda

Linda is going to be a judge in the October 1, 2006 contest in Haverhill. If you’re between the ages of 16 and 25, check out the entry form. Just paste this address into your browser:

www.essexitalian.com/miss_italy_pageant

Julius La Rosa is coming to the Cheese Festival (see my events page for more details).   He made the song famous with bibbidi bobbidi bu, but here are the traditional lyrics with tipiti tipiti tam.  (Note that this isn’t Tuscan Italian, but it’s close enough to understand.)

Eh Cumpari, ci vo sunari Chi si sona? U friscalettu.
E comu si sona u friscalettu?
u friscalette, tipiti tipiti tam.
E cumpari, ci vo sunari. Chi si sona? U saxofona,
E comu si sona u saxofona? Tu tu tu tu u saxofona
u friscalette, tipiti tipiti tam.
E cumpari, ci vo sunari. Chi si sona? U mandolinu.
e comu si sona u mandolinu? a plig a plin, u mandulin,
tu tu tu tu u saxofon
u friscalette, tipiti tipiti tam.
E cumpari, ci vo sunari? Chi si sona? u viulinu.
E comu si sona u viulinu? A zing a zing, u viulin,
a pling a pling, u mandulin
tu tu tu tu u saxofon
u friscalette, tipiti tipiti tam.
E cumpari, ci vo sunari? Chi si sona? a la trumbetta.
e comu si sona a la trombetta? Papapapa a la trumbetta,
A zing a zing, u viulin,
a pling a pling, u mandulin
tu tu tu tu u saxofon
u friscalette, tipiti tipiti tam.
E compari, ci vo sunari? Chi si sona? a la trombona.
e comu si sona a la trombona. A fumma a fumma a la trombona,
Papapapa a la trumbetta,
A zing a zing, u viulin,
a pling a pling, u mandulin,
tu tu tu tu u saxofon
u friscalette, tipiti tipiti tam.
Retrieved from Wikipedia.org on August 3, 2006. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eh,_Cumpari