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The Festa di San Zopito 2010 and How I Missed the Killer Shot!

Let’s get the killer shot business out of the way first.

I was on my knees at the entrance to the church of Santa Maria di Recepto waiting patiently for the arrival of the ox. I was feeling proud of my ingenuity. I knew it was going to be difficult to take a really good sharp [...]

What is a Festival without a Marching Band?

Marching bands have grown on me. They hold a fascination for young and old alike and I think that fascination has bit by bit, infected me also.

I didn’t always feel so positive towards them. In fact there was a time I agreed whole heartedly with this quote from Sir Thomas Beecham (1879 – 1961)

Brass bands [...]

A Little Bit Of Repetition: Scenes from a Magazine Revisited

Whenever I’m in Abruzzo I look out for two magazines on the newsstands, D’Abruzzo: Turismo Cultura Ambiente and tesori d’Abruzzo.

Although they are in Italian I find the use of a dictionary can help me discover new places to visit.

D’Abruzzo: Turismo Cultura Ambiente possibly has the advantage over tesori d’Abruzzo for English speakers as it often [...]