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Tara boasts bocce bash

Residents enjoy a monthly post-bocce meal together.


  • By Pam Eubanks
  • | 4:51 p.m. April 28, 2016
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More than 20 residents of the Tara Golf and Country Club enjoyed a special Bocce Bash after their weekly bocce play April 27. After putting away bocce balls and equipment, they headed to the clubhouse for food and drinks.

Lynn Dallesandro rolls her bocce ball.
Lynn Dallesandro rolls her bocce ball.
Sue Laker tests her aim.
Sue Laker tests her aim.
Joyce Leone, Gina Adjan and Maureen Rudy play together. It was Rudy's first time.
Joyce Leone, Gina Adjan and Maureen Rudy play together. It was Rudy's first time. "I love it," she says.
Bocce organizer Pete Donatucci makes the sport look easy.
Bocce organizer Pete Donatucci makes the sport look easy. "We're trying to get people involved in activities other than golf," he says. "We have a good time."
Marty and Hope Ettinger, Ed Wolff and Anita and Gene Rubin, all Tara residents, are from Philadelphia.
Marty and Hope Ettinger, Ed Wolff and Anita and Gene Rubin, all Tara residents, are from Philadelphia.
Ralph and Janice Hollmeyer sit for the bocce bash with Adie and Ira Abelson.
Ralph and Janice Hollmeyer sit for the bocce bash with Adie and Ira Abelson.
Shirley Patrone, Rose Tucciarone and Barbara Raper are regular bocce players.
Shirley Patrone, Rose Tucciarone and Barbara Raper are regular bocce players.
Mary McLaughlin, Mary and Dennis Crowley and Malcolm Laker find a corner patio table.
Mary McLaughlin, Mary and Dennis Crowley and Malcolm Laker find a corner patio table.
Patti and Charlie Viani join Fred Kurst for food after playing.
Patti and Charlie Viani join Fred Kurst for food after playing.
Bocce Bash chairman Ralph Hollmeyer and bocce organizer Pete Donatucci think the day was a success.
Bocce Bash chairman Ralph Hollmeyer and bocce organizer Pete Donatucci think the day was a success.

 

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