This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CANTORE Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JRB.2ACE/621.1.1 Message Board Post: ATTILIO CANTORE ALONG WITH HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE ORETHA ON GUITAR & VOCALS & THEIR LOVELY DAUGHTER RENATA WHO SANG DID FOLKDANCES, WAS A BRILLIANT MUSICIAN -RATHER ETHNOMUSICOLOGIST WHO WITH HIS FAMILY PERFORMED WONDERFUL MULTIFACITED EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS THAT TAUGHT AUDIENCES OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS ABOUT THE CULTURES OF THE WORLD. THEY PERFORMED FOR EVERY TYPE OF GROUP FROM NURSERY SCHOOLS TO NURSING HOMES AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. THEY WERE PUPPETEERS FOR THE N.Y.C.DEPT. OF PARKS & RECREATION'S PUPPET MOBILE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THEY REGULARLY PERFORMED & EXHIBITED THEIR OWN HANDMADE DOLLS AND EDUCATIONAL ITEMS AT VARIOUS MUSEUMS IN THE TRI-STATE AREA. ORETHA CANTORE & RENATA CONTINUED TO PERFORM AFTER ATTILIO'S PASSING. AND IN TURN RENATA CONTINUES THE FAMILY TRADITION.