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Updated 02/04/2005
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To provide music for any occasion and especially to serve the religious
societies of Boston's North End and Eastern Massachusetts
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The Roma Band was founded in Boston in 1919 by Italian immigrants.
The purpose of the band was and is to play at religious feasts in Boston's
North End. The band has played continuously except during the War Years
(1942-1945) when the North End was used as a military area and due
to the fact that Italy was then our enemy. Rumor has it that most of the
players suddenly became Portuguese and simply walked over to the neighboring
city of Cambridge. (Portugal was a a neutral country) What makes
the band especially interesting is that the feasts held now more
mirror the traditional feast once held in Italy during the days of the
King. Money is pinned upon sacred icons as it is lowered from windows.
A prepared donation is called a calendar which can contain hundreds of
dollars. Sometimes money is lowered in rolls while the band continuously
plays hoping inside that the money will end (as their lips tire) while
the society hopes it never ends. The band will traditionally play the MarciaReale
when a significant gift is offered. This form of feast is no longer performed
or condoned in modern Italy. In 1988 the band went to Washington
DC to play in a cultural event for the Smithsonian Institution.
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Our players consist of music teachers, music college students (especially from Berkeley and New England Conservatory). One player, Tony DiCiccio has played in the Roma Band for 67 years. Tony is currently 78 and started playing for $2 during the depression as an 11 year old boy clarinet player. We now pay him $4. (Just kidding). Salvatore Pugliese, our band manager has been playing in the Roma Band since 1957. Salvi has a knack of picking the right music for the right crowd. Band membership is open to all competent musicians. Lower brass players are especially needed at this time. Please indicate in the guest book if you should be interested. | ||||
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Every attempt is made to play music that fits the occasion. Our subscribers are asked which songs they prefer to hear and ones they don't. Each religious society has a different character. Some are more light-hearted than others and could stand to hear Yellow Submarine while others prefer to stick to the traditional music contained in the Green Book. The Green Book consists of about 20 songs and hymns composed by the late Guy Giarraffa, who passed away at the age of 84 last September. His well-worn handwritten books have recently been republished using Finale. Many of these songs are contained on our midi page At parades we play mostly patriot songs but will throw in an occasional Italian song like Isle of Capri for our North End Fans. Generally our players can play a song spontaneously from memory without music upon request. We are not often stumped. | ||||
| Our 2005 Schedule | Our 2005 Where and when * to see and hear the Roma Band |
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| Our 2004 Schedule | Our 2004 Where and when * to see and hear the Roma Band |
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| Roma Band Midi Page | Hear our bands arrangements of Italian Religious Processional Music |
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| CD/MP3 | Order our new CD containing 28 songs plus hear our band in realty via |
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| The North End Feast | See a feast via our photo gallery |
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| President Clinton | President Clinton visits our band. But he forgot to bring his sax. |
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| Sullivan Globe Story | A recent interesting and entertaining Globe article about the Roma Band |
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| Our 2005 Roster | * Our players |
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| Michael Stephan | Learn more about our talented youthful tuba player |
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| James Nollet | James Nollet on the date of Christ's execution |
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