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JoAnn

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About Me

UPCOMING EVENTS & GIGS


5/24/07- 7PM NELA GALA -GRAND HYATT BALLROOM, WASHINGTON, DC.
6/9, 10 /07 - OSIA CONVENTION, ALBANY, NY
6/14/07 - CUTTING ROOM, NYC 7PM
6/21/07 - OSIA 102ND ANNIVERSARY - SPQR, NYC, NY
6/24/07 - SHEA STADIUM, NYC - PRE-GAME SHOW
6/25/07 - EISENHOWER PARK, L.I., NY 8PM
7/14/07 - OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL FEAST, WILLIAMSBURG, NY
7/21/07 - ST. ANNE'S FEAST, HOBOKEN, NJ
8/11/07 - STATEN ISLAND, YANKEE STADIUM
9/08/07 - TWIN BRIDGES CONCERT AT THE PIERS, NYC
9/16/07 - SAN GENNARO FESTIVAL, NYC
9/28,29,30-SAN GENNARO FESTIVAL-
HOLLYWOOD, CA
For more info, Click the link
http://www.sangennarofoundation.org
I hope to see all my California Friends there.

Click Here to view photos of the event taken by
WCA Photo Studio - André Cohen


10/07/07 - WESTCHESTER COLUMBUS DAY PARADE
10/08/07 - RED CARPET, COLUMBUS DAY PARADE, NYC
11/03/07 - MARINE CORP. BALL, NYC, NY
12/01/07 - LIGHTING OF CHRISTMAS TREE, NYC, NY
12/08/07 - LIVE NATIVITY CHRISTMAS SHOW, NYC, NY
5/24/08 - Salute to our Military Vets - Little Italy, 114 Mulberry STreet, NYC, NY ON STAGE ITALIAN AMERICAN ARTISTS!
6/29/08 - Our Lady Mt. Carmel Feast, Watertown NY
7/15/08 - Cellini Lodge Feast
8/20/08 - Shea Stadium

I am an actress/producer/singer/entrepreneur. Over the past 2 years, I have reconnected with my Italian heritage and culture, made some amazing friends and started SINGING again.In December of 2005, I developed a forum for Italian Americans to network, create and explore our heritage, music and culture keep alive our traditions. I formed a chapter of a national organziation and we call ourselves the OSIA CENTENNIAL LODGE.
Currently, I am the PRESIDENT. Our mission is to create a voice for the Italian American actors, artists, screenwriters, poets, playwrights, musicians, singers/songwriters, visual artists, sculptors and all artists and art forms. We have produced several staged readings of plays, a few singer/songwriters showcases and more recently will curate an art show.
In 2007 we have some exciting events planned to celebrate our newly formed Italian American ARTISTIC COMMUNITY. Something that no one has ever done here in NYC. Our "lodge" (no we don't wear raccoon hats just yet, but we do don regalia) In conjuction with good friend, Bob Leone, we produced a kick ass musical celebration of all IA singer/songwriters at the Cutting Room, this past June; this was our second showcase of Italian talent and boy was it amazing!More recently, I've been performing live and being on stage again singing has been incredible. I am so grateful to be able to touch the hearts and spirits of people. Making people smile and hearing the familiar applause has enlightened my soul. Thanks to all my friends and fans who support me.


My Interests

Music, movies, museums, stage plays. I like watching baseball and basketball; I love to dance and I love to sing and perform! I love the beach and the mountains; just being outside makes me happy; even rainy days.

I'd like to meet:

Cool people, a great guy - this City can get very lonely.



Concert In The Park 7-3-07

Music:


.. Get Your Own Player!

Rock n Roll, jazz, blues. Annie Lenox, Madonna, Stevie Nicks, Grace Slick, Judy Garland, Billy Holiday, Peggy Lee, Etta James, Ella Fitzgerald, Phoebe Snow, Angela Bofill, Evanescence, Steve Perry, The Allman Brothers, Frank Sinatra & Dean Martin, Sarah Vaughn, CSN&Y, Led Zepplin, The Stones, PRINCE, the list goes on and on and on and on...

Movies:

All time favs: Shawshank Redemption, Silence of the Lamb, Blue Velvet, Sophie's Choice, Meet the Parents, Norma Rae, The Godfather, Raging Bull, Mean Streets, Casino, The Bridges of Madison County, and the list goes on and on.

Television:

Friends, Will and Grace, Seinfeld, Bewitched reruns. I have a distaste for reality television; it's overkill. I used to be a news junky...can't handle the war stuff; it kills me...I read more now.

Heroes:

My grandma Lillian, My grandma Josephine, Marilyn Monroe