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Speaker 2: Welcome to this week's episode of Loving Animals with your
host Robin Ganzert. Thanks so much for tuning in, so
glad to have you all join us for this incredible
celebration of love and animals. Well, today we're going to
have a very special guest, in fact two guests. Franco
Corso is a pop opera international recording artist from Italy
and he's often referred to as the voice of Romance.
He's in so much demand throughout the US to share
his passion on large stages with Symphony Orchestra's festivals and
corporate events, and one of his many career highlights was
his Soul Out concert at the Berkeley Performance Center in Boston.
Unbelievable amount of incredible concert history. But I tell you
this man has really truly the voice of romance. And
he's going to talk about one of his favorite songs
that he's dedicating to American Humane and joining with Franco
is Lexia Versa, a powerhouse woman from Palm Beach, Florida
who's represented Franco for a number of years who also
celebrates a great love of animals. So just in a
few minutes, we're going to hear from Franco and Lexi. Well, friends,
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will be right back after this brief message, and you'll
get to meet my good friends Franco Corso and Lexia Versa.
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Speaker 2: Welcome back, friends to this week's episode of Loving Animals
on pet Life Radio. Joining me this week are Franco
Corso and Lexia Versa. Many of you know that Franco
Corso is known as the Voice of Romance. He is
an incredible, passionate performer with a voice just sent from
the heavens. In fact, in twenty thirteen, Franco had a
new chat during his musical story with the release of
five new original songs, including the incredible hit Angel, which
is one of my favorite songs of all time. Franco, Lexi,
thanks for joining us. How are you today, Hi, everybody.
Speaker 5: It's a pleasure to be with you.
Speaker 6: Robin thrilled to have you both.
Speaker 2: You know, Lexi, you've worked with Franco for a number
of years, and we met a few years ago when
Franco was performing. Tell us a little bit about what
made you so interested in representing Franco.
Speaker 7: Robin.
Speaker 5: You know, our saga together, you and me weaves through
Palm Beach, philanthropy and society and the joys that emanate here.
And when I had a couple of radio shows in
Palm Beach, I'm so enamored being on your show because
I know the platform. So Franko came on to promote
one of his concerts and I was delighted to interview him.
And you know, then I went to the concert and
heard this magnificent voice and witnessed his showmanship. And even
though I do events all over the planet for many
years and special venues, castles, palaces all over Europe, South America, everywhere,
I have not encountered a talent likeness. And so I said,
you know, I would like to represent you. Would you
give me that honor so that we can forge ahead,
so we can share your gift with the world, and
you know it's just grown from there exponentially.
Speaker 2: That's wonderful, absolutely wonderful. Franco, talk to us a little
bit about with your incredible voice, a little bit about
your passion for music and where it comes from.
Speaker 8: Well, growing up in Italy, I was surrounded by a
music all my life because, as you know, Italy's music
all over the country. So I startied hotel business first,
and then I came to America about twenty three years ago,
work in the hotels and I started doing music on
the side. And after that, you know, I got myself
into a music vocal coach and get really professional on
my passion and then the restaurant somehow is this history
because I was you know, lucky enough to bring the
opera music into a United States with incredible singers like
Andrea Bochli and Caruso, and also the American song book.
And you know, the passion of music has been part
of my life since I was in Italy. But I
really perfected when I came to the US with incredible
people around me that they believe in my talent and
they gave me the opportunity to improve myself and hit
some important stages like yours, like the American Humane one
of the greatest achievement for now to be able to
perform for an incredible organization like yours.
Speaker 2: Well, Frank honored to have you performed for us. You
did an incredible kickoff to our Hero Dog Awards this
past spring in New York City. But I know you
were also featuring an amazing platform at the Columbus Day
Parade in New York this fall too. Tell us a
little bit of what it was like to perform this
past year in the Big Apple.
Speaker 8: Yeah, it was a great experience to bring the Italian
culture to the Columbus Foundation, which is an incredible organization
that brings the Italian culture back to the way it's
supposed to be in the United States because, not to forget,
the America is a country of immigrants, so the Italians
had been playing an incredible part after the Second World
War to come to the United States and work very
hard and make their dreams come true. So singing for
the Columbus Red Carpet event I'm Seed by Maria Barceromo
and Joe Piscopo was an incredible experience to be part
of this excitement.
Speaker 2: Absolutely wonderful talk to us if you could a little bit,
Franco about this incredibly new original song called Angel. It's
one of the prettiest songs I think I've ever heard
and share with our listeners where they can hear and
see you perform Angel.
Speaker 8: It's a song that I was able to co write
it with two other writers three years ago, and it's
a song about love. It's about hope and you know,
never never lose your faith for what you believe. And
somehow of this song in my own personal in my heart,
especially because of my love for animals and for thinking
that the animals itself is an incredible source of help
and motivation for the human kind. I somehow made this
song official for the American Humane because it's a song
that brings you to a different level, brings you to
a level of love, of understanding each others and make
a better world. And you, Robin, with your incredible organization
of doing such a beautiful job to bring the love,
the piece and the excitement about society. So you can
actually check the and listen to the song on my
YouTube which is Franco Courson. You just search Frank Cocurson
and you click you just type angel and you will
be able to see an incredible music video which I
filmed two years ago in Italy in a small village
called Dolciaqua, which is ten miles away from my hometown
which is Ventimilia, right on the border with south of French.
And the setting, the landscape, and it's just mesmerizing. It's
a medieval village surrounded by brickstones and castles. So I
would like to invite you to fill the song projected
to this incredible setting of Italy. And the song is
and half English, but the English lyrics are really that
take it to a different level. So if we have
a little time, please check the song. Because I fell
in love from the first note I start to sing,
and I hope you will do the same.
Speaker 2: It's a gorgeous song and it really does touch all
of us who have animals in our lives. We know
our animals are our angels, Franco.
Speaker 6: So the song is.
Speaker 2: Beautiful, so beautifully sung, and you're such a powerful performer
that I want to courage everyone to go to your
YouTube page right away. But listeners, this is even better.
Franco is going to be our featured singer. We're so
lucky to have this international superstar be our feature singer
and our pups for Patriots Gallon in sunny Palm Beach,
Florida and Alexi. I gotta get back to you because
I know you've just loved animals your whole life, and
I know you've got a very special pup in your life.
Speaker 5: Well, Robin, the animals complete our lives. And I've been
listening to the exchange of you and Franco and so
many images and emotions come to Forruich. And you know
you have had the ability to bring together so many
different entities thanks to the animals that we all love.
I mean working with our veterans, working with those that
are disabled, and people who just adore animals because they
know that they they give us everything they have unconditional love.
I have a cutie pi Romeo. He's twenty five percent
Pembroke Welsh Corgi and seventy five percent many Australian sheep dog.
He's like a little Bordivorice. And guess what, I'm the
sheep that keeps me on my toes.
Speaker 2: But I love it.
Speaker 5: You know, so much time and love is devoted to him.
But he gives me back so much more. And that's
why I always think of you, you know, with all
of my travels and doing events and tours all over
the world for many years. I remember sometimes when I
stopped into hospitals in Europe and the family would bring
the because they allowed it, and that's what gave solace
to the patient. The animal, we know, you know what.
And even one time when I was in the hospital.
This is kind of silly, but someone brought me a
stuffed animal and I kind of mentally reached out to
what it would have been to have my dog there,
and it gave me tranquility and lifted up not just
my spirit, but I know it benefited me physically. And
you take that to the the exponential level with American
Humane and you have so many people and organizations that
follow you, and we're all proud to be involved. And
the fact that we have Franco Corso involved and his
magnificent song Angel, which takes us all to another place.
You know, it's it's what we're all about as humans,
just all the special harmony that we're meant to experience together.
Speaker 2: Let's see your people. I want to find out more
about Franco and find out more about where he's going
to be performing. How can they reach you?
Speaker 5: Well, I represent Franco and as you know, we are
launching his sixth concert tour to Italy. You were with
us last year and we had such a magnificent time together.
We're going to repeat it and welcome all the members
of American Humane to join us in Sorrento, and we
even stay at that hotel where Return to Sorrento was
composed and Franco will sing it again there. So they
can reach me Lexia Versa at five six' one five
one two seven three three. Three that's my cell So
i'll answer it at three, am or they can email
lex l E x at lextravelworld dot. Com lex at
lextravelworld dot.
Speaker 2: Com, lexi that's. Wonderful you And franco are a dynamic
duo and we're so proud that the Song angel is
devoted To American. Humane our love for animals just shines
through and we can't wait to Hear franco perform that
beautiful special song at our graduation ceremony for service dogs
healing both in the.
Speaker 4: Leash thank you.
Speaker 2: Both for joining me on this week's episode Of Loving.
Animals any final, words, well beautiful to be part of the.
Speaker 8: Family thank, You Robin.
Speaker 2: Oh thank you both so very very. Much and, friends
you've been listening and hearing the beautiful voice Of Franco
Corso Lexia versa here to help us champion service dogs
with the gorgeous Song. Angel we'll be right back on
this week's episode Of Loving animals after this brief.
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Speaker 2: Animals you just heard From Franco, corso The voice Of,
romance and this incredible Song angel you can find on,
YouTube and it's getting devoted to all the angels we
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Speaker 2: Friends as we opened up Our Loving animals, today many
of you have heard about Our American Humane canine And
Childhood cancer study supported By, zoetis which does provide for
the first time ever scientific evidence gauging effectiveness of the
promising underutilized weapon in the war on, cancer that weapon
Ms man's Best friend A. DOG i just love this
study AND i love that the clinical trial is now
done and we can now proudly proclaim the. Results the
data from this five this year clinical trial has been
published in The journal Of Pediatric Oncology, nursing and it
furnishes evidence that regular visits from a therapy dog can
provide for significant friends significant psychosocial benefits to families of
kiddo's undergoing treatment for. Cancer the data indicates a positive
effect on, parents including improved communication within families as well
as between parents and the medical, staff which we know
leads to better medical care and reductions and levels of.
Stress this study really advances our understanding of the benefits
of the vital bond shared between people and. Animals AND
i want to salute our principal, investigator my good, Friend
American Humaine's National director Of Humane, research Doctor amy, McCollum
for leading this effort for the past five to six.
Years you, know for decades we've been telling tantalizing stories
about the power of animals to bring comfort and help
in the face of. Illness and this, study again the
first clinical trial of its, kind he does go to
show the proof that therapy dogs do make a. DIFFERENCE
i want to thank our friends At pwettis for helping
to fund this study, now and for our friends AT,
habri The Human Animal Bond Research institute for helping to
create this study. Too it takes the village friends to
The Human Animal bond. Space and Again i'd like to
salute all the partners that were, involved the children's hospitals
that were, involved and indeed the one hundred and six
pediatric patients who participated in the study tune in their.
Families cheers To swoosh and the many therapy dogs as
well who came in wagging their tails and giving lots
of hugs and kisses throughout this clinical. Trial if you
want to learn more About American Humane canaanan's And Childhood Cancer,
study please visit our Website americanumane dot. Org, well, friends
you've been enjoying this week's episode Of Loving animals with your,
Host Doctor Robin. Ganzer please tune in next week for
an incredibly exciting show with some really incredibly passionate animal.
Lovers look forward to seeing you, then take care of
this week and every. Week i'm loving animals AND i
know you are.
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