THE STORY

This website is dedicated to my mother Pierina Carubia who immigrated to Canada with my father Giovanni in 1957 to the city of Toronto from Belgium where I was born in 1953. This is a picture of my mother placing me on the hood of my father's 1958 Ford that he had just purchased the day this picture was taken on Dufferin Street near College Avenue. My mother was in love with the accordian .She made me practice the accordian for at least one hour a day and expected me to play it at every family function such as birthdays, anniversaries, picnics, barbeques, Christmas and Easter large family gatherings and if any family friends, paesans or relatives would come over to our house for "la visita"usually on Sundays. After she made the guests feel at home with her many servings of pastries, cookies and nuts she would give me the silent signal to get the accordion and then I would surprise everyone with a majestic entrance. Me and my grand red Paolo Soprani 120 bass accordisn which was taller than me." Che bella fisarmonica!!" "What a beautiful accordian!" the guests would remark.....