Many of us in the Capital Region turned on American Idol at 8pm hoping for an exciting and proud night for our area. Shortly after 8pm, reality set in on one of America's most popular reality shows. 21-year-old Julia Gargano, the Staten Island native and St. Rose singer/songwriter was the casualty of the first wave of Idol chops that sent her and one other contestant home early, leaving 5 to co
This would have been the weekend that St. Rose senior Julia Gargano was to graduate from college in Albany, but the pandemic had other plans. Graduation day will have to wait until sometime in September as the singing/songwriting sensation has turned in her cap and gown and replaced it with a microphone and piano. Celebrating a big night on Mother's Day with her mom and family down on Staten Islan
Julia Gargano admitted to Brian and Chrissy from the GNA morning show last week that while she's on 'pause' and at home with her family on Staten Island, she really misses playing at her comfy coffee houses in Albany. Most of all though, she misses her buds from the College of St. Rose whom she'd be graduating with next weekend. But things could be worse for Gargano who, along with the rest of