Vince Shuta: Engineer, Writer and Raconteur

Viva Las Vegas!!!: Shuta Multimedia Vlog Episode 150

Wednesday, 29 June 2016 16:24 | Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 June 2016 16:26 | Written by Vincent J. Shuta Jr. |

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Check this out. June found me in Las Vegas, NV, and I decided to bring you along! Well...digitally at least. Hey you don't have to put up with the air travel at least...

I stayed at the Stratosphere, Toured the Hoover Dam with the most awesome "Joe", had Sarsaparilla and talked with Tom Sheckells at the Pioneer Saloon in Goodsprings, saw the Bonnie & Clyde Death Car in Primm, got a selfie with Rich Little, and saw an old friend (Greg Korin) play "Reliable Jake" in "Evil Dead the Musical."

You could say I was at the "Top of the World." No seriously. That's a restaurant at the Stratosphere.

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By the way, I was going to put "Big Iron" in the video, and then feared getting banned in Germany or something for copyright infringement. It happens more frequently than you'd think...

At any rate, I'm embedding the Big Iron Music Video and the Heynabonics Video Below, along with the usual list of relevant links. Enjoy!

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Queen City Days 2016:Shuta Multimedia Vlog Episode 149

Saturday, 04 June 2016 12:33 | Last Updated on Saturday, 04 June 2016 12:34 | Written by Vincent J. Shuta Jr. |

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Hustling this one to YouTube so you know where the FFF are tonight. (Food, Fun, Fireworks!) It' s Queen City Days at Wargo Park in Olyphant, PA! And this year they have really gone all out! Check it out!

Bosak's Choice Meats - http://www.bosakschoicemeats.com/
The Boneyard Boyz - https://www.facebook.com/The-Boneyard-Boyz-560728957325259/
Eureka Hose Co. on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Eureka-Hose-Co4-Squad-26/112577352109583
Ss Cyril & Methodius Ukrainian Catholic Church - http://stcyrils.maslar-online.com/
Yogi's Potato Pancakes, Halushki and Perogi's (570-823-0787)
Whiskers Wold Inc - https://www.facebook.com/Whiskersworldinc/

St Ubaldo Day - The Race of the Saints: Shuta Multimedia Vlog 148

Saturday, 04 June 2016 03:04 | Last Updated on Saturday, 04 June 2016 03:08 | Written by Vincent J. Shuta Jr. |

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This Episode shows highlights from the 2016 St Ubaldo Day, AKA the Race of the Saints or La Festa Dei Ceri in Jessup, PA. This year we put extra focus on the Procession of the Relic of St. Ubaldo, which culminates in the start of the race. (And of course we got lots of action from the race!) A great time was had by all! Just like all the other years!

Background:

Every year, on memorial day weekend, La Festa Dei Ceri is celebrated in Jessup, PA. This festival celebrates the actions of Bishop Ubaldo Baldassini, who was canonized as St. Ubaldo. St Ubaldo rescued the town of Gubbio, Italy by talking Barbarossa out of sacking the town. Before he could return with the news, the town was overcome with fear and panic. Lacking CNN or any social networking sites, and with his health failing, Ubaldo needed a way to tell the town he was fine--in a hurry. So he had himself carried on a platform carried by young men from the town. They ran through the city, calming the population. In Gubbio, this event was reenacted by carrying a statue of St. Ubaldo along the same route. Later Statues of St. George and St. Anthony were added. When immigrants from Gubbio settled in Jessup, PA, they brought this tradition with them.

Thus, in Jessup, PA, the Saturday of the Memorial Day weekend is St. Ubaldo Day, and it culminates in the Race of the Saints.

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