August 12, 2006 at 7 PM on the West Haven Green. This Concert is co-sponsored by the Columbus Day
Committee of Greater New Haven and Superior Roofing, West Haven, CT. The Columbus Day parade this
year will be hosted by the City of West Haven on Sunday, October 8, 2006 at 1:30 PM.
West Haven club to host post-parade reception
WEST HAVEN, Sept. 20, 2006 – The West Haven Italian-American Civic Association will hold a reception at
its Chase Lane club after the city’s Columbus Day parade. The 2.5-hour parade is scheduled for 1:30 p.m.
Oct. 8 along Campbell Avenue. The $5 donation includes hamburgers, hot dogs, coffee and soda. For
tickets, visit the I-A Club, 85 Chase Lane, or call Frank Consorte at 676-6379.
2006 Columbus Day Parade Grand Marshal - Bruno DelSanto
Bruno DelSanto was born on Jan. 2, 1944, in Alife, Caserta, Italy, where he grew up and learned the trade
of hairstyling. On Dec. 5, 1965, DelSanto married his hometown sweetheart, Maria Rossetti, in Italy before
moving to Toronto in 1966, where he worked as a hairstylist. In 1970, the DelSantos immigrated to West
Haven, where they now live at 101 Chase Lane, a stone’s throw from the West Haven Italian-American Civic
Association. For the past quarter-century, DelSanto has owned and operated Bruno’s Hairstyling Salon.
Before opening his Campbell Avenue barbershop, he worked as a coiffeur in downtown New Haven for
several years. A former member and president of the old Alife Society, DelSanto is a long-standing
member of the West Haven I-A Club. His hobbies include making wine, playing bocce and darts, playing
guitar and singing Italian songs and walking. The DelSantos have two children, Giovanni DelSanto, of
Woodbridge, and Mina Menga, of West Haven, and two grandsons, Marco and Matteo DelSanto.
Italian-American Culture Night
The Columbus Day Committee of Greater New Haven is sponsoring a free Italian-American Culture Night.
The evening will feature the viewing of the Film The Making of America, which highlights the contributions of
Italians in the United States. The facilitator of the evening is Dominic Corraro, Chairman of Foreign
Languages at Notre Dame HS and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Foreign Languages at Albertus Magnus
College and Quinnipiac University. Refreshments will be served and the awards for the Middle School
essay contest will be presented. The evening will take place at the St. Anthony Parish Center, Washington
Ave. (rear), New Haven on Friday, September 29, 2006 beginning at 7:30 PM. Admission is free. For more
information, please contact 281-3460.
Columbus Committee Thanks Hamden For 2005
Library Director Bob Gualtieri (center) receives "The Last Voyage of Columbus" from Rich DiPalma (left)
and Lou Criscuolo. It was presented on behalf of the scholarship committee of the Columbus Day Parade
Committee of Greater New Haven -- a token of appreciation to Hamden for a successful weekend of events
last year celebrating Columbus Day.
