ORIGINATORS OF

“FESTA” ITALIANA

IN FLORIDA

CHARTER MEMBER

F.F.I.A.C. MEMBER

La Voce Forte Committee:

Editor

Bernice Constantino

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The Original (THE STONG VOICE)

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SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 2011

OPEN BAR 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM

FINGER FOODS 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

$500.00 IN PLAY MONEY

DONATION $25.00

LOTS OF PRIZES & SURPRISES

RAFFLE STARTS 11:00 PM

EVERYONE WELCOME – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

TICKETS GO ON SALE MARCH 8, 2011

IN THE CLUB OFFICE OR ON

TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENINGS FROM 5:00PM – 7:00PM OR

PURCHASE TICKETS AT THE DOOR

For More Information Call the IASC at 386-445-1893

45 Old Kings Road N. Palm Coast, Florida

March/Marzo 2011 Weekly Dinner Menus

TUESDAYS

TUES. & FRIDAY

DESSERTS

1/2 LB Burger w/Fries 6.95

(Add Bacon, Mushroom or Cheese - $1 each)

2/$20 Tuesday Specials are back and will include

Soup or Salad & Dessert

Cappuccino $2.00 Espresso $1.50

Healthy Choice Entree w/Salad, Veg & Potato $10.95

(Ask your server for the Nights Selection)

Spaghetti & Meatballs or Sausage OR Ravioli

Cappuccino $2.00 Espresso $1.50

Dessert is available for $2.00 – Cannoli only $2.50

(Prices and menu subject to change without notice)

Date:

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Time: Doors Open 6:00pm – Dinner at 7:00pm

Dress: Women –Semi Formal, Men – Jackets

Cost: $ 21.00 Members - $24.00 Non-Members

Tickets: Tickets on sale Tuesday and Friday between 5:00pm – 7:00pm and in office Mon – Fri, 9:00am-1:00pm

Menu: Salad, Vegetable Soup, Corned Beef, Cabbage, Carrots & Potatoes Dessert–Ice Cream with Cookies

Music: Vic Paci

TICKETS GO ON SALE FEBRUARY 8, 2011

An Afternoon at the Opera

The Heritage Committee

Of the IASC Presents a

DVD Showing of

Giuseppe Verdi’s - La Traviata

Friday, March 11, 2011

2:30 – 5:00 PM in the lounge

No charge for this event

3/1 – Tuesday - 2/$20 Dinner Special (or 10.95 each)

Chicken Parm w/Fusilli OR

Manicotti w/Meatball or Sausage Fish Fry w/French Fries ALL YOU CAN EAT 8.95

3/4 – Friday

Spaghetti w/Artichoke & Broccoli Aioli 11.95 Roasted Lamb w/ Veg & Potato 10.95 Prime Rib Queen 12.95 King 14.95 3/8 – Tuesday - 2/$20 Dinner Special (or 10.95 each)

Liver w/Onions & Bacon, Veg & choice**

OR Roast Beef w/Veg & choice** Fish Fry w/French Fries ALL YOU CAN EAT 8.95

3/11 – Friday Bracciole and Pasta 11.95

Stuffed Chicken w/Feta Cheese & Spinach 11.95

Chef Special … Tripe 10.95 Prime Rib Queen 12.95 King 14.95

3/15– Tuesday - 2/$20 Dinner Special (or 10.95 each)

Pork Florentine w/Veg & Choice** OR Chicken Piccata w/Veg & Choice**

Fish Fry w/French Fries-ALL YOU CAN EAT 8.95

3/16 – Wednesday – General Meeting

Chicken Parm w/Pasta 8.00

3/18 – Friday

Calamari Zuppa w/Linguine 12.95 Sauerbraten w/Hot Potato

Salad & Cabbage 10.95 Prime Rib Queen 12.95 King 14.95

3/22 – Tuesday - 2/$20 Dinner Special (or 10.95 each)

Sausage & Broccoli Raab Aioli w/Pasta OR Stuffed Flounder w/Veg & choice**

Fish Fry w/French Fries-ALL YOU CAN EAT 8.95

3/25 – Friday

Tilapia Oreganata 11.95

Baby Back Ribs w/French Fries & Slaw 11.95

Prime Rib Queen 12.95 King 14.95 3/29 – Tuesday - 2/$20 Dinner Special (or 10.95 each) Sausage, Onions & Peppers over Linguine OR

Chicken Francaise w/Veg & choice**

ALL YOU CAN EAT DINNERS – NO “TO-GO” BOXES OR

SHARING

** “and Choice= Baked Potato, Sweet Potato, OR Rice Pilaf”

Italian American Social Club Executive Board Members Executive Members

June 1, 2010 - May 31, 2011

Month of February Highlights

Executive Board Meeting February 10, 2011

The month of January was slow, we only had a surplus of $492.

We are looking into replacing the bar floor with a non-skid tile. The paint is being pulled off when mats are lifted to clean, creating unsanitary conditions.

The board is looking into changing the wording on the associate applications so we may receive at least a partial payment while they are waiting to join the club. This will be non-refundable if they

refuse to join, or applied to their payment if they are able to join.

We are comparing quotes from Massey Pest Control and Bug Guard who we have now. Massey came in with a much lower quote and we want to make sure the services are the same before we think

of switching.

Tom Mayne informed the board that they will be sending out invoices to our advertisers and will be pulling the ads from the ones who have not paid.

Committee Reports

Membership Chairperson Marie Galluccio introduced 9 new members at the Feb. 16th General Meeting.

Health and Welfare: Chaplin Dino reported that 2 get well cards and 1 sympathy card was sent out.

Social Chairs Virginia Esposito and Mickey Logemann reported Carnevale was a beautiful event. Thanked everyone who attended Super Bowl. March 12th is the St. Patrick’s Day Dance and April 9th

is Vegas Night.

50/50/Line Dancing-Sandi Ostresh reported 50/50 made $475 in Jan. and line dancing $48.

Heritage Chairperson Jane Aulicino reported that Carnevale was a great success. Thank you to everyone for all of their help. La Traviata will be played in the lounge on March 11th at 2:30pm.

Bingo Chairperson John LaCorte reported that bingo has finally begun to pick up. Please come and join us, we have a lot of fun.

Newsletter-Bernice Groeger has agreed to stay on as editor until May.

Scholarships Chairperson Arlene Tobia reminded us that applications are due by March 15th. Applicants may live in Flagler, Volusia, or St. John Counties.

Door Greeters/Cashiers Chairperson Carol Minotti reported that all is going well. Thank you to all of her volunteers, and she is happy to report that whenever she calls to ask for help no one refuses.

Pot of Gold-Bridget Passarello explained to our new members how pot of gold works. At this time she has 7 numbers available.

Building and Grounds Chairperson Chuck Pizer reported that the beer coolers have been installed, the outside doors have been painted, they’ve installed more shelving, and are keeping up with every-

day maintenance. Chuck, Pete, Woody, and Roy would appreciate anyone who would like to come join them and help. They could use the extra hands.

Banquet Coordinator Virginia Esposito reported that Feb. had six outside affairs, March has four, April five, and we also have five set for Christmas. Virginia will be sending letters to past groups to

see if they wish to return and will be up-dating our website to include a banquet page.

General Meeting February 16, 2011

We are still looking for a festa chairperson.

There is still time to sign up and march with us on March 19th.

We still have key cards in the office that need to be picked up. Someone is in the office every day from 9-3pm.

Joe Abitante has a cruise in Dec. It will be a fund raiser for the club. Fliers can be picked up in the lobby, and details are in the newsletter.

Joe Abitante made a motion to raise the associate membership percentage to 40%. It was seconded by John LaCorte.

Congratulations to the FEBRUARY winner of the

Pot of Gold for $1000 cash, John Plastini and Lucia

Gentile Plastini, # 76.

The March Pot of Gold drawing will be held on

Friday, March 25th.

I have a waiting list for Pot of Gold and if you are

interested please call me, Bridget 206-3503, or

email, bcoy30@yahoo.com and I will add your

name to the list. All members and associate mem-

bers are welcome to join.

If you have not given me your email address,

please email me with your contact information so I

can easily mail updates and reminders to all pot of

gold members. Thanks for your cooperation.

CARNEVALE DI VENEZIA Cari Soci, Two hundred people attended the Carnevale di Venezia. It was a gala occasion. Many attendees wore costumes and/or masks. The lounge opened at 6:00pm and Chuck Piscitello and Sal Amuso received the guests as they arrived. The ballroom doors opened at 7:00pm and the symphonic music of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, the traditional Venetian music for Carnevale serenaded the guests as they entered the banquet hall. The ballroom chairs and tables were decorated in white and black. The table centerpieces were a mirrored plaque with large red crystal chalice containing a candle and red roses at the base. Mrs. Janet Sullivan donated the use of the chalices. On the walls, through out the hall, were pictures of Venetian masks and costumes and to the delight of all a constant display of Venetian masks and costumes were dis-played on a screen during the evening. Dinner consisted of an antipasto of miniature spanokopita and quiche cups along with sausage bread followed with insalata and wedding soup. The main courses were a selection of either swordfish Livornese, or rolled chicken breast with prosciutto, feta cheese and spinach. Vegetables were green beans with tomato and orzo with parmigiano cheese. Midway through the evening, the Heritage Committee presented its Bacchus Parade. Mike Aulicino led the parade by marching into the hall with the American flag. Tony Vastano followed him carrying the Venetian flag. Lou Barletta and Joe Abitante followed the flag bearers, pulling the Carrettino festooned with laurel branches. Seated within the Carrettino, was the Roman god Bacchus, played by Ernesto Bio. Ernesto wore a toga, a crown of laurel leaves, and held a chalice and bottle of Chianti in his hands, hailing the crowd as he was drawn around the hall. Behind the Carrettino were many attendees in costumes and masks sauntering in parade form greeting those seated with curtsies and bows. The music of Vivaldi filled the hall with joyous music accompanying the parade. Participants in the parade presented laurel leaves to the seated members.

THE LAUREL TREE The tradition of the use of laurel leaves is rather interesting. In ancient Greece and Rome, winners in Olympic Games, and other forms of competition were awarded with the privilege of wearing a crown of laurel leaves. Many statues of the Roman Emperors wear crowns of laurel leaves, for example on some ancient Roman coins is a laureate head of Julius Caesar. Our English word baccalaureate meaning the conferring of bachelor degrees at college graduation ceremonies refers to the laurel leaves. The Italian word for receiving a degree is laurare. In regards to the baccalaureate, Bacca may refer to Bacchus; however, the literature is not very clear on that point even though the Latin dictionary indicates Bacchus as the god of grape growing, wine and celebration. Nevertheless, other awards such as in the term poet lau-reate is indicative of a poet worthy to wear a crown of laurel leaves. Many recipes call for laurel leaf, usually one or two leaves, and the most available is the dried leaf. It is a powerful spice, too much and it will bitter the dish. The fresh leaf when crushed emits a unique aroma. Many also refer to the laurel leaf as bay leaf, both terms are correct, but bay leaf becomes confused with red bay leaf. Both have aromatic leaves and are used in cooking, however red bay leaf is Persea borbonia and different from the common laurel, which is Laurus nobilis, both, however are members of the laurel family (Lauraceae). Red bay leaf, a bush common to the south, is slowly fading from American forests due to a wilt disease of a non-native in-sect, the Red Bay Ambrosia Beetle.

Laurence Amuso Member Heritage Committee

Dear Members,

Another month has passed and our club continues to do well.

As we all know our club is over 30 years old and much of our equipment is outdated and must be replaced. Since our last newsletter we have replaced our beer coolers and installed new shelves in our bar area. We are now planning to complete the bar area by installing new skid-proof tile on the floor which will be supervised by our building & grounds committee. This past week we also had a breakdown in our walk-in refrigerator and a fan had to be replaced. We are also working on our grease pit and our pep tank system that is periodically inspected by the

City officials.

Thanks to Joe Renzo who donated heavy duty shelving for our storage room. Also our chair committee has been busy re-upholstering 17 more of our chairs.

Thanks to the chair committee and its new member, Ben Locastro.

Our socials are doing very well. Super Bowl Sunday was a great success. Everyone enjoyed the game and wonderful food. The event was chaired by Virginia

Esposito and Mickey Logemann.

As usual, Carnevale was one of the highlights of the year. Jane Aulicino and all the Heritage Committee deserve much praise for all their hard work decorating

the ballroom, taking them all down when the event was finished and planning the wonderful menu with Chef Dan.

Bernice Groeger, our editor, who had notified us that she was retiring as of the end of February has since agreed to stay on until the end of May. We are still

looking for a Festa chairperson

My sincere thanks to Joe Minotti, who although he has left office, is still very involved with our club. Joe with his assistant Vice-President Lois Big Mountain, count every penny that comes into our club and handles all the deposits. I can’t think of any one more honest than Joe. He also is the MC of Karaoke every Tuesday night and assists

in setting up the ballroom for bingo every Monday. He also sets up the lounge area every Tuesday with our Receptionist Barbara Brancaccio.

I would also like to thank Fanny Moffa, Edith Santomenno and Felicia Donato, who continue week after week handling the ticket sales for our various events. Three great gals. Many thanks also to Jenny Martin, Sandi Ostresh and Felicia Donato for selling 50/50 every Friday night. As members we owe our gratitude to all these

members who are vital to our club.

At our last General Meeting. Member Joe Abitante made a motion that was seconded by John LaCorte to the raise the percentage of Associate Members, to 40 percent. This motion will be discussed and voted on at our next General Meeting on March 16th. Please make every effort to attend this meeting and give your support to

this motion. It is vital to the well being and success of the future of our club.

Our Tuesday and Friday nights continue to do well but need more participation. Our Chef Dan has requested that our members tell him of any suggestions for

future menus and favorite recipes and he will consider them. All this month’s menus were recommendations by many of our members.

Please be sure to read the letter from Your Board of Directors on page 3. This letter explains our finances and many of our future needs. This is very important

to the welfare of our club.

Looking forward to seeing you at our club very soon. Until next month God bless you all.

Pat LaCorte, President

Pat LaCorte

Get Well Card: Ann Gallo who fractured her arm and recuperating at home.

Eve DiFilippo who had a triple by-pass and recuperating at home. Sympathy Card: Rosemarie Litwak on the death of her husband. Lois Big Mountain on the death of her mother.

Please notify Pat Dino at 446-4757 of any illness or demise in a member’s family so that the Club

may express its concern. Thank you.

01 Pietra Mignano

01 Austin Greene

01 Bobbie Frask

01 Grace Metz

02 Angela Piscitello

02 Rosemary Sarubbi 04 Joseph Beneducci 04 Pat Paloscio(Carl Monte) 05 Anthony Mercante

05 Judy Amuso

06 Angelina Meyer 06 Olivia Rossi 06 Angel Hernandez 07 Vito Incristi 07 Elaine Pacifico

08 James Cimorelli 09 Arlee DeBlasio

09 John Maino

09 Patricia Spinapolice

09 Harlan Johnson

11 Gloria Ridenour

09 Jeannette Wronski 09 Diane Kaminski 11 Michael Mercante

11 Zina Koszalkowski 11 Allene Maggi 11 Chuck Piscitello

12 Anthony Colaluca

12 Anna Bio

12 Joan Kazmierski 13 Jean Burns

13 Ruth Savettiere

13 Jean Perretto Guy

14 Malcolm Clevestine

14 Michael Madden

14 Diane West 15 Douglas Norman

15 Rick DiFilippo

15 Sharon Lawrance

16 Joan S. Davis

16 Ben Laudano

17 Agostino Magro

17 Fanny Moffa

17 Maria Woodward

18 Patricia Dino

18 Janice Bargellini 20 Ippolito Greco

21 Elaine Crowley

21 Michael DeGiulio

22 John Pollinger 23 Charles Pinkston

25 Marie Mento

25 Anita Sanguinetti 26 Joy Garinger 26 Daniel Piettro

26 Maria Sciortini 27 Penny Killackey

27 Irene Greene

27 Denise Renzo

27 Robert Moses

28 Frances Elsing

28 Ronald McEwen

30 Carol Hammond

31 Nancy Beneducci

02 Edward & Joan Kazmierski 10 Karl & Edith Bradley

15 Salvatore & Jeanna Passalaqua

16 Rosario & Angela DiBella

19 Richard & Helen Perlman

21 Frank & Diane Parisi 31 Ralph & Sandra Garcia

Come Join Us Every Monday & Tues-

day Afternoon

FOR BINGO

At the Italian American Social Club

Monday: Doors open 4:30 pm

6:15 pm Starting Time

Tuesday: Doors open 10:30 am

12:15 pm Starting Time

“Free Lunch, cookies and

coffee will be served”

HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY

PLEASE COME OUT AND

SUPPORT OUR BINGO

The proceeds from Bingo allow us to

fund our many charities.

A motion was made by Joe Abitante to raise the percentage of associate members to

40%. This motion was seconded by John LaCorte. This motion will be voted on at

our March 16th General Meeting.

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This month we welcome 9 new members:

Fred and Barbara DePietro Onofrio DeRiggi

Charles and Barbara Foell Joey and Christine Passiglia and

Harry and Karen Williams