HUDSON – “Gone,” an independent-release album by Hudson musician Jack Colaianni, is now available on Spotify and YouTube.
Although the 28-year old acoustic guitar player and singer has performed with several rock bands and composed rock-n-roll music, he said his “Gone” folk-music album has “softer songs.”
“About a year ago I began to think about the love I have for my life, the work that I do, and the town [Hudson] that I grew up in, and the ‘Gone’ songs resulted,” the teacher-musician said.
Colaianni said he was about 10 years old when his father, John Colaianni, taught him to play the alto saxophone, and he learned power chords on acoustic guitar from his uncle, Bill Rubino. A 2014 graduate of Hudson High School, he appeared in school productions of “The Producers” and “Godspell,” and also organized his first band, “13 Waffles Later.” While with “Odds for the Ageless,” he performed at the former Harvest Café (now Kith n Kin). A few years ago, his punk rock band “Local Cult,” got good reviews on Boston blogs after playing at “Charlie’s Kitchen” in Cambridge.
The son of John and Ginny Colaianni, and grandson of Mary Rubino, all of Hudson, Jack holds a bachelor’s degree from Fitchburg State College and his master’s from Lesley University. In his “day job,” he heads an after-school program and is a pre-school teacher at the Learning Center in Hopkinton.
Keep singing and composing Jack!
Couple’s shower
A “Couple’s Shower” was held for Stephanie Maria Durand and her fiancé Thomas Patrick Mroz July 19 at Hudson Portuguese Club, as a way of introducing both families.
Over 220 guests attended from throughout the area to shower the couple with gifts and best wishes. The shower was hosted by Nicole Fanning, who will be her sister’s matron of honor. The couple will be married in September at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Boston.
The bride-to-be is a graduate of Becker College School of Nursing accelerated program and is a registered nurse at Broward Health Medical Trauma Center, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. She is the daughter of Lizett Frias-Valchuis and Daniel M. Durand, and granddaughter of Antonio and Maria Frias, Ruth Durand and the late Albert Durand. Dr. Mroz, from Phoenix, Ariz., graduated from Creighton School of Medicine, and completed his residency at Broward General, where he is an emergency medicine physician at the Trauma Center.
He is the son of Robert John Mroz and the late honorable Rosa Peng Mroz, and the grandson of Jane Peng of Phoenix and Rosemary Mroz of Salem.
Best wishes, you two!
Portuguese-Brazilian Festival
St. Michael’s Annual Portuguese-Brazilian Festival will be held Saturday, Aug. 24 at the Hudson Portuguese Club, Port St., from 5-10 p.m. The festival will feature Portuguese and Brazilian foods, music, dancing and raffle prizes. Raffle tickets are $20 each and the winners will claim $4,000 first prize, $2,000 second prize and electric bicycle third prize, to be awarded that evening. Tickets are on sale from Naomi Braga, cell 508-733-8908 or home phone 978-568-1340.
Ms. Braga said the Festival was held for many years in the St. Michael Church school yard, but since last year, it has been held at the Portuguese Club.
Music lovers alert
Summer concerts continue Wednesday evening, Aug. 21 at 6:30 p.m. at Vic Dyer Memorial Shell, 65 Park St., when “Rhythm” a three piece vocal band will perform. Bring chairs or blankets.
Granddaughter tours Massachusetts
Anastasia Walling, 14, of Liverpool, N.Y., granddaughter of Hudson residents Mike and Mary Walling, was conducted on a tour of Massachusetts “must-sees” on a recent visit. It was Anastasia’s first visit “on her own,” and her grandparents took her to Ecotarium in Worcester, New England Aquarium and Science Museum in Boston, House of Seven Gables in Salem, the Witch Museum, Erickson’s ice cream stand in Maynard, and locally to Centennial Beach, where they spotted a Bald Eagle! What a visit!
Rock painting Aug. 20
Adults are invited to Rock Painting classes at the Hudson Public Library Tuesday evening, Aug. 20 at 6:30 p.m. Rocks will be supplied, and you can paint nature scenes on smooth stones. Program is for adults 18 and over. Register at huds.pl/events.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Aug. 10 – John Stapelfeld, Dave Quinn Jr. and “Vic the Barber”
Aug. 11 – Crystal Greene, Kevin Coleman, Anna Drummey, Matt Monteiro and James Reardon
Aug. 12 – Arthur Redding and Barbara Maglione
Aug. 13 – Shelby Horton, Jared Colbert, Michael Barry and Keri Lenthall
Aug. 14 – Shaelyn Madden, Antonio Costa, Nicole Gilles, Ollie Nunes, Adam Tedstone and Olivia Esteves
Aug. 15 – Mike Naugler and Dave Scott
Aug. 16 – Kyle LaCerte, Michael Blake, Jimmy Moraes, Michael Campbell, Alyssa MacDonald, Alyssa Wetherell and Liana Braga Peterson
Aug. 17 – Bill Charbonneau, Tom Morgan, Michael Percuoco and Jacy Calvao
Aug. 18 – Nancy Zina, Gerry Kerdok, MaryBeth Goodwin, Chuck Jacobs, Bill Cabral, Zachary Murphy and Dick Hubert
Aug. 19 – Dan Milton, Michelle Monteiro, Matthew Keenan, Bob Melewski and Julia Tracy
Aug. 20 – Cristina Fernandes, Dick Thomas and Steve Beard
Aug. 21 – Richard Spiller, Maggie Appel, Jaclyn Marie Bratica, Joyce Rossignol and Joanne Waterhouse
Aug. 22 – Colby Quest, Jason Braga, Chris Sullivan, Paul Sadowski and Justin Underwood
Aug. 23 – Kathy Roemer, Matt Smith, Dan McClellan and Amanda Dalton
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
Aug. 11 – Leo and Margaret Murphy
Aug. 13 – George and Beverly Sousa
Aug. 14 – Alan and Susan Saunders
Aug. 15 – Ron and Peg Desrosiers
Aug. 16 – Jim and Susan Niro
Aug. 17 – Jim and Susie Norton
Aug. 18 – Steve and Pat Yerardi
Aug. 19 – John and Mary Loureiro, Steve and Debbie Jacobs
Aug. 21 – Tom and Maryanne Ethier, Fran and Karen Michaud, John and Mary Stapelfeld, Bill and Chris Bisset
Aug. 22 – Ernie and Lee Waingortin, Robert and Lee Clark
Aug. 23 – Kenny and Arlene Blair, Frank and Cheryl Budrewicz
LOOKING BACK TO 1973
Sisters Paula Visnoski and Linda Rafuse were exhibiting their paintings at Hudson Public Library. Tom Walsh, retired Light & Power manager, was taking a course at the University of New Hampshire. The former Coolidge property at 132 Packard St. was bought by Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Cody, formerly of Michigan Drive.
Hudson Youth Football was reorganized with Earle Winand as president. Adeline Perry was president of the Senior Citizens of Hudson. Dave Otto defeated Stan Diniz for the men’s championship of Riverside Tennis Club. D & M Shoe store, South St., was selling back to school shoes at factory prices. A total of 24 modular homes were being built at Lake Boone Drive and West Street.
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