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Help choose the music for 145 years of Italian Immigration in Southern SC

The chosen song will be announced at the Festa da Colônia Azambuja, which starts on April 29th

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The chosen song will be announced at the Festa da Colônia Azambuja | Mystras

The official song of 145 years of Italian Immigration in the South of Santa Catarina will be chosen through voting on Facebook. Three songs are competing that talk about the saga of pioneers who colonized Azambuja in 1877.

The competitors are: “Thank you, Immigrant”, by Fábio Dalló and Jaciano Eccher; “Immigrants”, by Nilton César de Abreu and Eusébio Pasini Tonetto; and “145 years of love!”, by Geziel Freitas, interpreters Luana and Gabriel.

The chosen song will be announced at Azambuja Colony Festival, which starts on April 29th in Big Stones. Voting opens on the page facebook.com/festadacoloniaazambuja1877.

Listen to the 3 competing songs

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