{"id":2637,"date":"2021-06-07T08:25:53","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T12:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/?p=2637"},"modified":"2021-06-10T14:06:33","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T18:06:33","slug":"his-mothers-smile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/07\/his-mothers-smile\/","title":{"rendered":"His Mother&#8217;s Smile"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- Added by Post\/Page specific custom CSS plugin, thank you for using! -->\n<style>.section-title  {\r\n    display:none;\r\n}<\/style>\n[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_row_inner column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221;][vc_column_inner column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]\n<h1>His Mother\u2019s Smile<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><em>by Adam Zara<\/em><\/p><br \/><p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Singer, musician and songwriter Sly Furino is a familiar face if you\u2019ve ever been to a wedding, gala or corporate event in and around Montreal in the past quarter century.<\/strong><\/p><br \/><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"729\" class=\"wp-image-2639\" src=\"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/unnamed-5-2-1024x729.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/unnamed-5-2-1024x729.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/unnamed-5-2-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/unnamed-5-2-768x547.jpg 768w, https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/unnamed-5-2-600x427.jpg 600w, https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/unnamed-5-2-84x60.jpg 84w, https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/unnamed-5-2-126x90.jpg 126w, https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/unnamed-5-2.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<figcaption>Sly Furino<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure><p>His SophistOccasion Showband had been booked solid, until the wedding and event industry began to turn upside down in March of 2020. \u201cLast year was a write-off for my industry and it seems like 2021 won\u2019t be looking any brighter,\u201d says Furino. \u201cI am hoping for better times ahead for everyone, but I\u2019m afraid that for a large 10-piece band like mine, and others in the industry, it will be a while before we can perform again for very large weddings and corporate galas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As with far too many families during the pandemic, tragedy struck Furino\u2019s early on. \u201cMy mother (Carolina Boffice Furino, born in Naples, Italy) passed away, aged 82, in a senior residence on April 9, 2020, during the first lockdown,\u201d he says. \u201cWhile my family did get a chance to give my mother a funeral, we were only allowed to have 10 immediate family members attend the mass and only two could actually witness her being placed in the mausoleum. I was not one of them.\u201d<\/p><p>His forced hiatus from live performances and the loss of his mother, led Furino to focus his energy on a different kind of project. \u201cI spent the past 4 months creating a short film\/music video. It helped distract me from the financial and mental stresses of what we are all living today. Most importantly, it was a way of finally saying goodbye to my mother, since I did not get a chance to mourn her.\u201d<\/p><p>Furino\u2019s tribute especially hits home for anyone who has lost a loved one, under any circumstance, during the past year. Here\u2019s hoping he, and all of his colleagues can get back to what they love doing as soon as humanly possible.<\/p><br \/><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=En3SUatj0mc<\/div>\n<figcaption>Sly Furino, Your Smile<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_row_inner column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221;][vc_column_inner column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2638,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[456,455],"class_list":{"0":"post-2637","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-daniela-fiorentino","9":"tag-sly-furino"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/unnamed-5-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2637"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2717,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2637\/revisions\/2717"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}