The Accademia dei Transumanti degli Abruzzi has accompanied the representation for the living crib. The aim of the association is to revive the use of the bagpipes, thanks also to such young musicians as Galvano Coppa, Antonello Di Matteo (14), Cristian Cellini.

Florindo Carabba continues in this second book the history of Lanciano, that he interrupted at 1860. Great pictures and wealth of information.

Teresa Teti, born 1900, will blow 101 candles today. Surrounded by nephews and nieces - she never had children - and by relatives just back from France for the occasion - In her life she was also in America for a period.

Antonietta Salvi, a wellknown teacher of many generations of sulmonesi, says that her regular life (meals at 11 and 16 always) allowed her to reach the prestigious goal.

The history of Franciscans in Abruzzo, written by Padre Felice Di Virgilio, will appear in a new history journal edited by prof. Sandro Sticca with the University of Binghamton, New York. Franciscan monasteries in Abruzzo began to rise in 1209.