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If you have ever attended an Italian religious feast, or even an Italian festival in the Delaware Valley over the last several years, there is a good chance that the music that accompanied the festa was performed by the Verdi Band of Norristown. Pa. Years ago, the Philadelphia area had many such bands, like the Banda Bianca, the Joseph Liuzzi South...

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The 118th celebration of the MSS Feast, held this year as a two-day event at Holy Saviour Church, will show yet again the very close connection of Norristown to the city of Sciacca in Sicily. The MSS Feast, which is highlighted on Sunday Aug. 14 by the traditional street procession through the east end of Norristown, with 25 people carrying a statu...

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Al DeGennaro, chapter president of Americans of Italian Heritage Council Inc., hosted a gathering of local Italian-American organizations on June 15 to they could share their plans for upcoming events. Representatives came from Christopher Columbus Monument in Elmwood Park, the Mount Carmel Club in Plymouth Meeting, the Holy Saviour Parish and Savi...

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