John Barella Interview
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Title
John Barella Interview
Subject
Barella, John
Description
In this interview with Leona Casey Signor, John Barilla, Chairman of the House Committee of the Princepessa Elena Society, discusses the Feast of St. Michael's. He recounts the parade route, the fried pizza, the weather, riding bicycles in the parade, and the Eagles of Saratoga marching band.
Publisher
Saratoga Springs Public Library
Date
04-09-1999
Rights
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Format
MP3
Language
English
Identifier
WSONP.0016.a.1
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Interviewer
Leona Casey Signor
Interviewee
John Barella
Original Format
Cassette Tape
Duration
00:22:22
Time Summary
Tape 1 Side A notes
Chairman of The House Committee of the Princepessa Elena Society
00:01:25 Feast of St. Michaels meaning
00:03:30 St. Michael is a great warrior; idolized by Italians in 1800s
00:04:30 Statue St. Peters school
00:04:50 Statue that gets carried at the parade
00:06:25 Boat carried at parade; Bencivenga family
00:06:55 Rode bicycles in parade
00:07:55 People put money on ribbons of statue to remember the dead
00:08:55 March to St. Peters and have St. Michaels mass
00:09:00 Parade route
00:09:25 Eagles of Saratoga marching band
00:10:35 Fried pizza, Frances Scirocco, Jimmy “Sciroc” Scirocco, Skip Scirocco
00:10:50 Joe Arpey, Oak Street and Beekman Street
00:11:30 Miglucci family
00:12:15 Bocce ball
00:12:50 Simone family offered Simone’s Undertaker and Barbershop building
00:13:25 1953 Built back room
00:13:45 Older generation loved bocce ball, but not younger generation
00:14:10 Maybe bocce ball will be opened up again someday
00:14:30 Tony Bencivenga, Frank “Chicilla (sp?)” Cardillo, Dominic Carusone chance tickets
00:16:00 Food
00:17:30 Weather in August and September
00:18:15 The Boat
00:18:25 Margaret Famiano
00:18:40 1975 Boat got lost
00:19:45 Flag Day parade
Chairman of The House Committee of the Princepessa Elena Society
00:01:25 Feast of St. Michaels meaning
00:03:30 St. Michael is a great warrior; idolized by Italians in 1800s
00:04:30 Statue St. Peters school
00:04:50 Statue that gets carried at the parade
00:06:25 Boat carried at parade; Bencivenga family
00:06:55 Rode bicycles in parade
00:07:55 People put money on ribbons of statue to remember the dead
00:08:55 March to St. Peters and have St. Michaels mass
00:09:00 Parade route
00:09:25 Eagles of Saratoga marching band
00:10:35 Fried pizza, Frances Scirocco, Jimmy “Sciroc” Scirocco, Skip Scirocco
00:10:50 Joe Arpey, Oak Street and Beekman Street
00:11:30 Miglucci family
00:12:15 Bocce ball
00:12:50 Simone family offered Simone’s Undertaker and Barbershop building
00:13:25 1953 Built back room
00:13:45 Older generation loved bocce ball, but not younger generation
00:14:10 Maybe bocce ball will be opened up again someday
00:14:30 Tony Bencivenga, Frank “Chicilla (sp?)” Cardillo, Dominic Carusone chance tickets
00:16:00 Food
00:17:30 Weather in August and September
00:18:15 The Boat
00:18:25 Margaret Famiano
00:18:40 1975 Boat got lost
00:19:45 Flag Day parade
Physical Format
Oral histories
Tags
Citation
“John Barella Interview,” Saratoga Room Digital Exhibits, accessed July 30, 2025, https://digitalarchive.sspl.org/items/show/416.