It’s time to play Bocce!

Ciao, Amici - Many people have requested that Circolo organizes "get-together's" for the purpose of playing bocce.  At the picnic we organized this year for Ferragosto (see picture above), we had 4 teams playing against each other.  And the general request was, LET'S DO IT AGAIN!!!   People who like to play bocce and people interested in sharing in the fun and cheers (and in the excellent food, as well) are all invited to come.  The more, the merrier! So, here is what we did.  One of us Read more [...]

ANNOUNCING LA FESTA DI FERRAGOSTO!!!

Ciao, Amici! Join us for a great Italian Festa at Montecito's beautiful Lower Manning Park for a fabulous, FUNTASTIC Festa di Ferragosto! And, even better, it will benefit our local students by helping us raise much-needed money for our Scholarship Fund. For those of you who have no idea what Ferragosto is all about, please scroll all the way to the end of this post, after the details of the event, and you will find out. This is the 5th Ferragosto we have organized in our community and people enjoyed this event tremendously throughout the years. Read more [...]