Welcome to Renaissance Lodge # 2259

 

Columbus Day Celebration

 

Saturday, October 9, 2010

 

Annual Orange County Columbus Day Civic Celebration Ceremony

A Community Event by the Italian Cultural Arts Council, a Bowers Museum Affiliate Organization

 Courtyard at the Bowers Museum, 2002 N. Main Street, Santa Ana, CA  92706

Program

10:00 AM – 12:00 Noon

Welcome – Frank J. DeSantis,  Columbus Day Chairman and President, Italian Arts Council and

Columbus Day Co-Chairman David Prisco, Past State President Grand Lodge of California

Introductions  - Master of Ceremonies Andy Pampuro, Past President, Renaissance Lodge #2259

Invocation –  Al Trentini, President, Saddleback Lodge

Pledge of Allegiance – Russ Rametta, Board Member, National Committee for Social Justice

Welcoming Comments – Angela Salcedo, Queen, Renaissance Lodge #2259

Italian and American National Anthems – Nina LoMonaco-Perez

Italian National Anthem and Children’s Italian Songs by Students of Fondazione Italia

Columbus Day Speaker – Professor Robert Buranello, Ph.D, Musco Professorship of Italian Studies at Chapman University

 

Presentation of Columbus Award to Albert Ricci

By Tom Rizzo, President, OCAIRF

Presentations by Board of Supervisors, Office of Orange County Office of Protocol

Mayor of Santa Ana and Mayor of Orange

Remarks - Consul General of Italy Nicola Faganello

Wreath Ceremony at the Columbus Monument - Frank DeSantis, Tom Rizzo, David Prisco, Consul General Nicola Faganello; President, Federated Rosemarie Vanderhaar; National Trustee OSIA, Joseph LaBanca and State Trustee OSIA Robert Gattinella

 

~ Light Refreshments in Courtyard Compliments of OCAIRF ~

Bowers Museum Italian Cultural Arts Council Affiliate Members

Orange County American Italian Renaissance Foundation

Renaissance Lodge #2259, Order Sons of Italy in America

Saddleback Lodge, Order Sons of Italy in America

Sergeant John Basilone Lodge

Orange County Italian Cultural Association

Lex Romana

Fondazione Italia

Chapman University Department of Languages

 

We Gratefully Acknowledge Our Sponsors

Orange County American Italian Renaissance Foundation  - (OCAIRF)

DeSantis Management Group – ( DMG )

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