Kent the Pimp

An American in Roma

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July 9th 2006
Yesturday was the most fun I've had yet. For those of you who don't know the way my program works, they do two shows and a choral piece each summer. Well, last night was the choral piece and even though I'm not in the choir, me and my friends went to support and listen. It was an evening of Vivaldi with the choir singing Vivaldi's Gloria with an orchestra. The performance was in an outdoor basi ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more