Mayor David Roberts & the City of Hoboken presents
Sinatra Idol Contest

Friday, June 19, Free - Begins at 6:30pm
Sinatra Park on Sinatra Drive bet. 4th & 5th Street
IF IT RAINS - Sinatra Idol Contest will take place at DeBaun Auditorium on 5th & Hudson Sts.

Contestants will strut their stuff, to see who will be the best Sinatra Style singer prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd & 3rd prize winners

for more info call Geri Fallo at 201-420-2207 - www.hobokennj.org

Prizes provided by:

The Hoboken Historical Museum
Leo's Grandevous
340 Grill
Bliss Day Spa
Biggies

Contestants:

1. Joe Cofone
Paramus, NJ 07652.
201-843-0174
I am a retired cop who is currently employed by an engineering firm as an accident reconstructionist. I am 55 years old and have been singing Sinatra songs since I was about 16 or 17. I grew up in the Rock and Roll era of the late 50s and the 1960s. I knew who Sinatra was but never really knew much about his music. While at the home of a friend, he played a Sinatra 45 single containing the song Cycles. Something about the song and the way he sang it moved me deeply. I was hooked and never looked back.

2. Steve Holowacz
Stockholm, NJ 07460
973 697 3247 / 973 902 2242
Raised in Cliffside Park, NJ a few miles north of Hoboken and now I reside in Sussex County. As a young man I listened and danced to Frank Sinatra’s songs on local jukeboxes and became a fan. At present I am a retired co-owner of an instrument manufacturing business formerly located in Waldwick, NJ and now in Carlstadt, NJ with the new owners. In the past 15 years or so I have been listening carefully to the Sinatra repertoire and learning to sing “his” songs using CD instrumental tracks many of which are reminiscent of the original Sinatra arrangements.

3. Mitch Maglio
Staten Island, NY 10307
718-948-8822
I am a Senior Manager of Project Management and Operational Analysis for Choice Logistics I started singing Sinatra back when i was in college. I worked my way through by hosting several regular talent nights on Staten Island and I would sing in between acts. Now my 18 year old DAUGHTER sings Sinatra at various events and in school talent shows. I guess the apple does NOT fall far from the tree :)

4. Greg Myers
1116 Loraine Avenue
Plainfield, NJ 07062
908-472-4374
Profession: Management Consultant
How I got started singing Sinatra tunes:
As a kid I played piano and trombone, and I always loved the standards. But I never sang until I auditioned for a community theater play as an adult and only singing parts were left. I had to sing on the spot and they loved my voice (I got the part). After that, I got the singing bug and karaoke made it easy. And since Frank's voice first matured listening to Tommy Dorsey's trombone, you could say we both went through the same training program.

5. Rory Aylward
Astoria, NY 11103 rory.aylward@us.army.mil
I am an Army Reservist who just returned from a deployment to Afghanistan. On the civilian side, I work in the film industry and was one of the producers of a Hallmark Channel film called "Silent Night" that starred Linda Hamilton. I have been a Sinatra fan since I was in high school, but didn't start singing until they had karaoke at the Officer's Club when I was on temporary duty in North Dakota in the summer of 1995. I started singing a lot in when I moved to San Luis Obispo, CA in 2001 and recently had the privilege and pleasure of singing "That's Life" and "New York, New York" at the "Sinatra Birthday Bash" at the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank, NJ with a band led by Joe Muccioli. It was one of the best nights of my life.

6. Sean Reilly
Wilmington, DE 19801
Home 302-652-0769
Cell 302-690-9487
I'm an Executive Recruiter with The Network Group in Wilmington, DE. I started as a Sinatra fan when I was a baby, instead of singing "Itsy Bitsy Spider" or "Mary Had A Little Lamb", my Mother would hold me and sing Frank songs like "In The Wee Small Houirs Of The Morning" and "Nice & Easy". By the time I was 7, I was playing my Parents Sinatra albums, singing along with them. This all progressed till in High School, instead of The Rolling Stones or Elton John, I was all Frank. My friends had to listen to my Frank 8 Track Tapes if they wanted to ride in my car and to this day, those same friends thank me often for that musical education, especially now when at our age of 52(ish), they know all of those Frank songs and impress others by knowing them. I recently turned 50 years old and I started to perform Frank in a play at first and that has led to all kind of gigs and now in these past 2 years, it's grown into some regular local gigs. I even just did a web site: www.seanssinatra.com

7. Antonio Torres Jr.
Brooklyn N..Y. 11231
Cell Phone 347 587-0354
From: Vip Id - vipid@ymail.com
late 2006 i started to sing at the puglia restaurant little italy impersonator young sinatra and everyone has said to me that i should do entertainment and now every where i go outside carmera on me that's funny

8. Bobby Fischetti,
Staten Island, NY 10307
718-948-8822
Bio: Bobby was born and raised in Brooklyn , New York and learned to appreciate music from his mother. She had a particular fondness for Mr. Sinatra and was a bobbysoxer (in today's terms--a groupie) at the Paramount in the 1940s. He currently resides in Staten Island with his wife Vicky, is the proud father of two equally talented daughters and is the doting grandfather of two-year-old, Michael-Robert. Bobby has been a school bus driver for 27 years and in his spare time sings professionally throughout New York and New Jersey. He is thrilled to be part of Sinatra Idol!

9. David J. Arellano
Staten Island, New York 10310
davidj1219@aol.com

10. Lawrence A. Florek LCSW
Brooklyn, New York 11209
(718) 354-0709
I started singing Sinatra songs when I was in high school (1967-1969) @ Lafayette H.S. Brooklyn NY... I have since continued to study voice, acting and stand-up comedy. I have performed in various venues including Don't Tell Mama's on 46th St. in Manhattan.

11. Steve Arellano
staten island, ny 10306
Cell # 917-361-0917
Email: stephen_arellano@ml.com
Occupation - Sr. Equities Client Service Rep, for Merrill Lynch , been with merrill for 17 1/2 years worked on wall street for 25 years Started singing Sinatra songs at around 16 years old, And then in my first wedding band around 20 years old. I was the lead singer and frontman to 2 different wedding bands over the years From 1984 thru 1998 , so had an opportunity to sing many sinatra songs.
My dad had all his records, And he was a huge Sinatra Fan. So Sinatra songs were played in the house growing up all the time.

12. Anthony Kane
Hoboken, NJ
I started out as a Blues singer, and in the last few years have been doing Sinatra and standards at Clubs in NYC. I currently work in sales.