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Terry Fabrizio on guitar, Stu Waters on keyboards, and Lenore and Al Lambert on vocals are pictured from the left. (Photo by Al Lambert)Advance of Staten Island
New York’s Staten Island. Al Lambert, a crooner and entertainer, is promoting The Tunnel to Towers Community Chorus, which was just established under Lambert’s leadership and funded by the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation.
The good news is that the choir will be playing at a few Tunnel to Towers events as well as several other community service activities on and around Staten Island, and possibly even farther away.
THE FIRST EVENT
The Miss Staten Island-Miss Richmond County Scholarship Organization will benefit from the first production that included live music to welcome in the holidays.
The production, titled “Christmas On Our Island,” will be staged on Tuesday, December 10 at the Hilton Garden Inn’s Lorenzo’s Cabaret.
Al Lambert and Lenore Cibelli Lambert (photo courtesy of the Lamberts)Advance of Staten Island
There will be an abundance of outstanding entertainment options in the full cabaret version of the gala presentation.
The Chorus will begin with well-known, uplifting songs as well as festive and patriotic classics.
The remarkable lineup includes the Al Lambert Quartet, virtuoso keyboardist and vocalist Stu Waters, guitarist and vocalist Terry Fabrizio, and drummer/percussionist Ray Marchica, whose credits include The Rosie Show, Broadway’s Mamma Mia, and Barbara Streisand’s most recent record.
Recording artist Laura Lambert and Ms. New Jersey Senior America 2024 Lenore Cibelli Lambert will be among the special guests on the second set.
Al Lambert and Laura Lambert, his daughter. (Thanks to the Lamberts.)Advance of Staten Island
Ms. New Jersey Senior America 2024 was crowned by Lenore Cibelli Lambert. The Lamberts provided the following: Staten Island Advance
Holiday tunes by the Beatles, Eagles, Carpenters, Amy Grant, Sinatra, Bing, Chuck Berry, and others are on Lambert’s set list.
Additionally, Lambert would like to remind everyone that he is now seeking vocalists who are at least 16 years old to join the chorus. The musical director can be reached by phone at 917 495-4236.
MEETING AND GREETING
This year’s newest titleholders and some former delegates who will be performing and/or participating in the production will be introduced to guests by Carmine DeBetta, executive director of the Miss Staten Island-Miss Richmond County Scholarship Organization, and Felicia DeBetta, assistant director and the driving force behind the scholarship competition.
Dinner and drinks are available on a special menu ($25 minimum), and tickets for the cabaret performance cost $25 per person. 6:30 p.m. is when doors open.
The Hilton Garden Inn can be reached by phone at 477-2400, extension 4, to make reservations.
There is space for tables ranging from two to twelve.
OCCASIONS FROM DEC. 1 TO DEC. 7
December 1st
Happy Sunday, Steve Pedersen, Emma Rose Fleming, Jeff Long, Dan O. Leary, Robin Behar, Tom Macchia, and Peter McFeeley.
Cheers to your wedding anniversary! Deana and James Walker celebrate their 23rd wedding anniversary on Sunday. After winning Miss Staten Island in 1998, Deana went on to win Miss New York.
December 2
Lisette Faraj, John DiClerico, Rose Moody, Harold Lara, Robert Nestel, Nick Lauser, Lisa Marie Madalone, Lana Sbarra, and Maria Gorgia all had birthdays on Monday.
Dec. 3
Happy birthday to Joseph Hicks II, Jonathan Rodriguez, Claire Bisignano Chesnoff, Laura Lorentzen, Allen Cappelli, Terry Naeder, Lorraine Coppola, Patty Driscoll, Kacey Semler, Joe Hicks II, and Liana and Christopher Calabro, all turn 131 on Tuesday.
December 4
Michele Valente, Katie Fleming, Jeanine Koesel, Christian Trischitta, Deborah Bocchiaro, Michael Forlenza, Lisa Marie Madalone, and Jordan all had birthdays on Wednesday. Ferrer, Anthony J., who turns 17.
December 5
John DiMaggio, Elaine Verna, and Matthew Albert Neuman all had their finest birthdays on Thursday.
December 6
Happy birthday, Friday, to Michael Pittelli Jr., Steven Leahy, Gerard Loesch, Grade Decker, Lindsay SanFilippo, Parker Hayes Lorentzen, who turns 14, and William J. Slaven Sr.
Wishing Terri and Mike Boyle a happy wedding anniversary on Friday.
December 7
Jim Canfield, Jenna Cauldwell, Harvey Urbach, Rich Dimaio, Cory Torjesen, Tracey Currenti, and Hayley Augustyne all had birthdays on Saturday.
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