ITANJ and The Joseph and Elda Coccia Institute for the Italian Experience in Americain conjunction with the Montclair State University Amici Club present

Montclair State UniversityUniversity Hall7th floor Conference Center

ITALIAN LANGUAGE and CULTURE DAY 2011La Canzone ItalianaA Celebration of Ital ian Pop MusicWednesdayMarch 30, 20118:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

1 Normal Avenue • Montclair, New Jersey 07043973-655-4050montclair.edu

GRAZIEMany thanks to the student-volunteers from the Amici della Cultura Italiana Clubat Montclair State University, and their faculty advisor, Prof. Barbara Carbon, fortheir time and assistance with today's program; to the members of the ITANJItalian Language and Culture Committee (Silvana Berardo, Victoria Buchner,Annette D'Amato, Vita Morales, Maria Papaleo and Catherine Vignale); and, Dinally,a very special thank you to Ms. Angela Borelli for being our "emcee" for the day!All your help is much appreciated. Mille Grazie! Lisa Manfrè, Program Chair

The Italian Language and Culture Day Committee would like tocongratulate all the teachers and their students who participatedin this year's event:

Columbia High School Domenico TancrediElizabeth High School Upper Academy Guido MorsellaEwing Twp. High School Lou ThomasFrelinghuysen Middle School Marcella DiBenedettoFrelinghuysen Middle School Giovanna RicucciGrover Cleveland Middle School Lisa ManfrèHawthorne High School Marisa MargarucciHolmdel High School Elizabeth MalolepczyLong Branch High School Angela BorelliOcean Twp. Interm. School Susanna Fischer and Denise AmatoOcean Twp. High School Regina BasiloneParsippany High School Angela NortonParsippany Hills High School Vita MoralesPascack Hills High School Vita GuardabascioPassaic Valley High School Carmela MonzoPassaic Valley High School Maria PapaleoShore Regional High School Ellen MinzeSt. Peter's Preparatory School Rosalie RomanoWest Essex High School Lucia Bazzarelli

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8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Check-in and Breakfast/Registrazione e colazione9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Greetings and Welcome/Discorsi di benvenuto

Mary Ann Re, PhDDirector, The Joseph and Elda Coccia Institute for theItalian Experience in AmericaLuis Montesinos, PhDAssociate Dean, College of Humanities andSocial SciencesComm. Catherine VignalePresident, Italian Teacher's Association of New Jersey9:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Student Presentations/Presentazioni degli studentiAngela Mangione-Borelli, Emcee11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Cultural and Language Awareness Contest/Concorso a premi sulla canzone italiana

12:00 p.m. - 12:45 p.m. Lunch / Pranzo

12:45 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. AmiciClubPresentations/PresentazionidelClubAmiciEmanuela AndolinaVictoria Buchner1:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Awards Presentation/Presentazioni dei premi

Cav. Joseph CocciaFounder, Coccia Foundation/Coccia InstituteElisa CocciaVice President, Coccia Foundation1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Music by "Legendery Entertainment"/Intrattenimento musicale con "L.E."

ITALIAN LANGUAGE and CULTURE DAY 2011PROGRAMMA DEL GIORNO PRESENTAZIONI

School / Scuola Song / Canzone Artist / Interprete

Ocean Township Intermediate School Tu Vò far Ľ Americano Renato CarosonePassaic Valley High School Giulia Gabry PonteHawthorne High School Mezzogiorno JovanottiHolmdel High School Terra Promessa Eros RamazzottiOcean Township High School Tu Umberto TozziGrover Cleveland Middle School Doppiamente Fragili Anna TatangeloParsippany High School O' Sarracino Renato CarosonePascack Hills High School 50 Special LunapopPassaic Valley High School La Vita E' NEKElizabeth High School Upper Academy Sarà Perchè ti Amo Ricchi e PoveriEwing Township High School La Mia Banda Suona il Rock Laura PausiniFrelinghuysen Middle School Bella Belinda Gianni MorandiWest Essex High School Nella Fantasia Ennio MorriconeParsippany Hills High School Laura Non C'è NEKColumbia High School Vivo Per Lei OROLong Branch High School Tranne Te Fabri FibraFrelinghuysen Middle School 24.000 Baci Adriano CelentanoShore Regional High School Io Canto Laura PausiniSt. Peter's Preparatory School Il Cielo è Sempre più Blu Rino Gaetano

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