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The Ciao, Italia! festival is presented by The Christopher Columbus Italian Club of Charlotte. The festival was created in 1996 as a way to share Italy's rich culture, tradit
The day features entertainment, such as performances by the Opera Carolina Chorus, Italian singing sensation Franco Corso from San Remo, Italy, Italian dancers and a special appearance by the international pizza toss champion (as seen on The Food Network). Cultural artifacts will be on display. Festival-goers get involved with Italian language lessons, wine tasting and a variety of children's activities. There will also be Italian luxury cars, Vespa scooters and Ducati motorcycles on display. You can find Italian-themed gifts and souvenirs for sale in our "Bottega." Buy raffle tickets fgor a chance to win our Grand Prize of accommodations for two to Torino, Italy!
And what would an Italian festival be without food? The Club's famous sausage and peppers top the menu, along with eggplant parmigiana sandwiches, pasta, pizza, Italian ice and an array of mouthwatering Italian pastries and cookies. Wine, Italian beer, soft drinks, cappuccino and espresso are also available.
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What festival charges 3 bucks to get in? Only four different types of food, 3 of them were subs!!! The meatball was ok and the stuffed shells were from frozen. Even the desserts were terrible. The vendors looked like they were all last miniute fill ins. The items that they were hawking could all be bought online for less than half the price. What a joke. The coffe was bad and the desserts were frozen. COSTCO desserts blow them away. I am ashamed to be Italian. One other comment. The lady who sold me the food said under her breath in Italian " DID HE PAY?" Make sure he does" Little did she know I speak it very well and fired back not to worry I would not steal. What a shame!!