PEAHOF inducts 18 Hall of Famers

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Eighteen of Pittsburg's cultural icons make up the second induction class of the Pittsburg Entertainment & Arts Hall of Fame.

The Induction Ceremony is scheduled Oct. 4 at the Creative Arts Building on the Pittsburg High School campus.

Inductees include Pittsburg native James Barbagallo, a noted classical pianist who earned the bronze medal in the 1982 Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in Moscow, and Johnny Steele, winner of the San Francisco International Comedy Competition in 1992.

Also scheduled for induction are popular Bay Area jazz singer Faye Carol, gospel singer Barbara Jean Davis, versatile singers Nicky DePaola and Jesse DeTorres, accordion player Lou DiMaggio, California Theatre organist Tony Enea, jazz saxophonist Raymond Glasper, big-band singer Bob Grabeau, bassist-guitarist John Guerrero, versatile musician Delfo Lanzafame, gospel singer Ronald Lawson, singer-poet Guillermo Muniz, the Bay Area's "Queen of Gospel" Dorothy Stanton, founder of Pittsburg's first Latin big band Felix Urbina, drummer Leo Vigil and bluesman Sam Wesley Sr.

Tickets for the Induction Ceremony are $10 general and $20 reserved. They are available at the Pittsburg Historical Society Museum, 515 Railroad Ave., the Railroad Book Depot, 650 Railroad Ave., and the PEAHOF website at www.pittsburgentertainmentandarts.org.

Following the Induction Ceremony, a PEAHOF All-Star Band will perform, inviting inductees to join them.

A limited number of tickets for the Induction After Party to be catered by the New Mecca Café will be available for $20 at the PEAHOF website.

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