BY: Angela Carella
In a little town beside the Apennine mountains in west-central Italy, more than 4,000 miles away, you will find a whole bunch of Stamford people next month. The occasion is an age-old festival in Settefrati, a town that in the last century sent more people to Stamford than it kept for itself. The population of Settefrati now is less than 800, and the number of Stamford residents descended from Settefratesi is more than 3,000.
At this year’s event, you’ll find on a stage in the piazza — where orchestras typically play Mozart and Puccini — a Stamford band playing Springsteen, The Doors and Grand Funk Railroad. The performance is a lifelong dream of drummer Mario Socci and his late friend, singer Sal Cucco — sons of Stamford and grandsons of Settefrati, long ago designated sister cities.
SOURCE: http://www.stamfordadvocate.com
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