Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Here & There Column 6-18-13

Age Of The Crooners

  Bringing back great memories in the Age of the Crooners was certainly fulfilled recently with the outstanding performance of Eddie "My Way" Madaffari along with student and staff members of the Tri-Valley high school at the Cabaret 2013 held in the upstairs gymnasium at Tri-Valley Central School.
  Now we have to set the stage and note that a Cabaret concert is performed in a much different style they other concerts.
  During a Cabaret concert is is perfectly acceptable for you to eat popcorn or other snacks and drinks that were available for purchase at the Tri-Valley Crooner's Cafe prior to the start of the show or at intermission. 
  High school students performing their talent included the High School Jazz band, Danielle DeVito and Katie Jester, Maria TerBush, Matthew Weyant, Aidan Woolsey, Kevin Giroux, the Middle School Jazz  band, Bryan Lowe, and Stephen Carleton.
  A special guest performance singing and bringing audience participation to the show was performed by Secondary School Principal Robert Peters.......great job here.
  The audience was greatly rewarded in keeping with the theme "Age of the Crooners" with songs like Summer Wind, Witchcraft, The Way You Look Tonight, My Way, I Left My Heart In San Francisco, You Make Me Feel So Young, Mack The Knife and New York, New York  sung by Eddie "My Way" Madaffari.
  Eddie was born in the Little Italy Section of the Bronx and raised in the Gun Hill Road section. Like all Italian Americans he grew up with strong family values and great Italian celebrations that included good food, family and of course music.
  He remembers each party filled with song as all generations harmonized to songs from the 20s to the 50s.
  Everyone realized that Eddie's voice was special and encouraged him to sing. His talents didn't end there and he as also a great baseball player and led many of his teams to victory.
  Eddie still sings at family and special event functions and his talented style and voice were a big part of the success of Cabaret 2013.
  The Cabaret 2013 was held under the direction of school music department staff Kevin Giroux, Matthew Wynant and John Calabrese. 
                                            
Picture Identification
                                      

Eddie "My Way" Madaffari

                    


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