C O N C E R T
Per sempre Chico
Celebration of Chico Scimone, Taormina’s sporting and musical icon
Taormina Sporting Club / Taormina Tennis Club, Via Bagnoli Croci 71 @7:00pm
Free Entrance
Today The Taormina and the Taormina Plectrum Orchestra celebrate Chico Scimone who was a marathon runner, a pianist, an orchestra conductor and an athlete by vocation.
Born in 1911 in Boston (USA) from Sicilian emigrants he spent many years playing piano at trendy nightclubs in New York and Chicago and on cruise ships.
In Taormina he founded the “La Giara” nightclub, welcoming and playing to the Taormina jet set of the fabulous Dolce Vita: Sofia Loren, Liz Taylor, Richard Burton. And he kept playing piano bar throughot his life.
In 1974 he founded the Women’s Tennis Asssociation and lauched another symbolic feat: the January 1st dive into the sea, a gesture of renewal, courage, and hope that has become an annual event.
When his physical condition no longer allowed him to participate in marathons, he began climbing skyscrapers. For 17 consecutive years, from 1984 to 2005, he participated in the legendary Empire State Building Run-Up, the race that leads athletes to climb 1,576 steps to the 86th floor of Manhattan’s iconic skyscraper. Chico began this feat at 72 and finished it at 93 years old.
Upon his death, the skyscraper was illuminated with the colors of the Italian flag in his honor.
He died in 2005 at 94.
MORE INFO
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chico_Scimone
WHERE TO STAY
Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta
