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Sam and Sandra as Lorio are local singing legends.

ack in the early 1970s while doing the Las Vegas
scene, Lorio was a four-person singing group
making it big in the fun town ... Circumstances
caused the group to disband in 1978, but two members
stayed together and retained the Lorio name ... As Lorio,
Sam Locricchio and Sandra Mandella later became a
huge favorite when Sam was co-owner of Arriva
Ristorante in Warren ... With Sandra, they were tremen-
dous hits ... playing the dining room Saturday evenings
and downstairs with Johnny Trudell on Wednesday
nights.
Today, the refreshing and enjoyable duo is a stalwart
togetherness couple whose sparkling personalities put
over song after song with constant applause-gathering ...
Their corporate dates and private shows are interspersed
with featured appearances that have guys and gals follow-
ing them from venue to venue.
Sam and Sandy make up the key entertainment on
Friday evenings now at Mezzaluna Ristorante, Metro
Parkway (16 Mile) in Sterling Heights, almost the same
distance between Mound and Van Dyke as his former
Arriva on 12 Mile in Warren.
Their vivacious personalities, enjoyed onstage weekly
in Mezzaluna's lounge bar with its rocking soft armchairs,
gives enjoyment to followers like Jack and Lois
Anstandig, Nettie Weiss, Lita Friedman and Mort
Krosnick, there this evening to also take pleasure in the
excellent Mezzaluna Italian cuisine ... while hearing a
couple who have become a local legend in show business.
Starting out with "Something's Gotta Give" and "Side By
Side," the Lorio duo of Sam and Sandy put on a series of
nonstop shows that have their audiences gaping with
smiles of highly satisfied approval.
Sandra's solo on "The Man Who Got Away" is choice ...
along with the rest of her solo medley, "Over the
Rainbow" and "The Trolley Song" (Clang, Clang, Clang
Went the Trolley) ... Sam's solos bring out a strong, yet

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tender, style of vocalizing that
carry much appeal.
The house rocks with rhythm on
Sam and Sandra's medley of Louis
Prima and Keeley Smith renditions
that show immense talent of show
business love and professionalism.
Sam Locricchio and Sandra
Mandella are not to be missed ...
Danny Raskin
They are ingredients that make up
Senior Columnist
a fun evening ... Have a fine dinner
at Mezzaluna and enjoy this cou-
ple's wonderful offerings for a fully entertaining experi-
ence.
NEWEST DELI in town, Moe 'n Al's, on Hamilton
between Woodward and Old Woodward, Birmingham, has
a nice comeback twist attached to it ... When owner, for-
mer Feldbro Meats gent Alan Feldman, worked at Sy's
Deli years back, his boss was owner Sy Ginsberg ... Today,
Alan returns the favor by buying his deli meats from Sy's
United Meats ... The Moe part of Moe 'n Al's is that of his
late grandfather, Morris Feldman ... Feldbros was origi-
nally started by Alan's father, Harold Feldman, and his
uncle Bob Feldman, in 1952 on Seven Mile and Evergreen
in Detroit ... Moe 'n Al's is big on carryout with seating of
30, making its fat-free chicken salad and fat-free tuna
salad, serving all-beef kosher hot dogs and an already
popular very thin "slider"-type hamburger on a bun.
IT IS SATISFYING a lot of wants by giving folks
their favorites in Mexican dishes, and now Ole Ole on the
corner of 14 Mile and East Lake Road, Novi (across from
Walled Lake Road), has top-notch entertainment every
Friday night, 7-9 ... Local recording artist and Grammy
Award nominee Salvador Torres with his
five-piece Mariachi band (four guitars and Torres on
trumpet) stroll among tables playing South of the Border
rhythms.

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FOLKS WHO TUNE IN would see her every year host-
ing the pre-Academy Awards show on the E!
Entertainment TV channel ... A far cry from when she
and other comedy gals like Totie Fields and Phyllis Diller
played sleazy New York niteries in the late 1950s ... This
will be Joan Rivers' third appearance at the Andiamo
Italia Showroom, 14 Mile between Mound and Van Dyke,
Warren, Friday, Nov. 11 ... She sold out both in 2001 and
2002.
THIRD SINGALONG by Yossi's Israeli Cuisine, in the
Robin's Nest center off Orchard Lake Road, north of 14
Mile, is Saturday, Nov. 12, 6:30 p.m.... No charge for the
funfest with live entertainment.
CONGRATS ... To Linda Zalla, Paula Goldberg and my
wife, Frieda Raskin, on their birthdays.
WHEN HE PERFORMS with his band in December at
a Four Seasons Hotel wedding in Palm Beach, Fla., it will
be one of five out-of-state marriage engagements Mel Ball
and Colours have received following their playing at
President George Bush's Inaugural Ball ... In February, Mel
and the group will do a Jewish biggie for over 600 at the
Plaza Hotel in New York.
Mel and Colours played the recent wedding of Tribute
co-owner Larry Wisne ... Former Tribute chef Takashi
Yagahashi and Tribute's present chef, Don Yamauchi, pre-
pared a 10-course dinner for Larry and Christine, who
flew Mel and his 11-piece Colours into Wisne's Stone Pine
Estates in Carmel, Calif.
REUNION DEPT. ... 60th by Central High's 1946
January and June classes, is Sunday, June 4, 2006, at Glen
Oaks Country Club ... January grads can contact Al Weiss,
(248) 737-9313, or Esther Bornstein, (248) 851-6625;
June grads' contacts are Barbara Keidan, (248) 646-7199,
and Saul Saulson, (248) 932-5177.E1

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