Simone Alessiobronze in Paris in taekwondo, 80 kg category, will take part in the closing party of the GrEst2024, XII edition, of the Oratory “San Nicola” of Sellia Marina. The Italian born in 2000, pride of Sea saddlehis hometown, will be the evening’s special guest and will also act as testimonial for an initiative aimed specifically at young people.
The event of the Santissimo Rosario parish of Sellia Marina will take place this Saturday on the Ionio seafront starting at 10 pm, to the delight of young and old. The evening will be animated by Tita Savarese “rocker but with a heart of cream”, a Neapolitan singer who in 2023 participated in the Rai 1 broadcast, “Tale e Quale Show”, Carlo Conti’s program, singing and imitating Cristina D’Avena. Accompanied by her “Cristita D’Avena Cartoon Band”, she will propose the greatest successes of the career of the “queen of cartoons” loved by all generations. A tribute to Cristina d’Avena all to dance and sing. “The concert – the parish priests Don Giuseppe Cosentino and Don Raffaele Rimotti recalled – will be a unique opportunity for parents to relive those magical moments of childhood and adolescence, singing and dancing together with the famous songs that accompanied the youngest memories animated led by the animators, the evening will be preceded by the presence of mascots and they will perform on stage with the hymns of our Oratory, with a surprise finale”.
And again, as Don Giuseppe underlined, the testimony of the Calabrian taekwondo athlete will be precious. After defeating the Uzbek Jasurbek Jaysunov in the repechage last Friday, August 9, he wrote another page of history: he managed to give Italy its 34th medal in Paris, the first from taekwondo, beating the American CJ Nickolas.
“About a year ago, exactly on August 13, 2023, on the occasion of the 25th wedding anniversary of Simone Alessio’s parents – Don Giuseppe recalled – I gave him a statuette of the guardian angel, wishing in front of the community to wear a medal. Here it is. Best wishes! Pride of Sellia Marina”.
