Italian American Digest Spring2020DigestFINAL | Page 16

CLUB NEWS
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SPRING 2020 I talian A merican
D igest
Marker to Sicilian Contributions to
Music Erected in New Orleans
By Charles Marsala
S
aturday
January 25th
at 11:30am, in
conjunction
with the 2020
Louisiana
American Sports
Hall of Fame
Gala, the AIFED
dedicated the first
of two Sicilian
Heritage Markers.
These markers
celebrate Sicilian
contributions
to music in the
genres of Jazz,
Swing, and
Rock ‘n Roll. It
mentions Nick
LaRocca, Louis
Prima, and
Cosimo Matassa.
Members of the American Italian Federation, American Italian Cultural Center and guests meet to dedicate an historic marker at the
New Orleans Jazz Museum. Left to right: Frank Maselli, Paul Vitale, Charles Marsala, Janet Vitale, Lavon Berthelot, Glen Miller,
Dana Cusimano Farley, Claudia Abramowitz, Sal Serio.
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It also
contains a
unique QR
link to the
free tour app
published by
New Orleans
Insider Tours,
mentioned in
this issue on
page 14.
The app
leads users
on a tour
of Sicilian
Heritage in
the French
Quarter with
educational
videos hosted
on a Youtube
Channel.