Love, Nancy (from Jersey)

I have several great memories, some serious and some more light-hearted. I first actually met Dom at Kevin Crewell’s cabaret and he actually recognized ME from the blog. My gosh, normally the cast members see me and attempt a clean getaway, but this welcome was the exact opposite.

A few months later, on a serious note, I donated a modest amount to a charity in memory of a late friend of Dom’s, and he thanked me via a personal message as if I had just donated the Hope Diamond. A gesture like that makes it all worthwhile. Thanks Dom.

Obviously, though, as they say, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. At the Doo-Wop’s Project at Feinstein’s, Kathy (Dom’s mom), weaved her way through the crowd and introduced herself and thanked me for posting a couple of nice comments on Facebook.

On a more lighthearted note, I timidly went up to Dom at the JB Fifth Anniversary gathering, and playfully announced, “Hey Dom, did you know that Doug Crawford calls you ‘Scags’?? Without missing a beat, Dom made my day with, “You know, Howard, you can call me Scags too.” I was in seventh heaven, as the cliche goes.

But I think the best memory was talking with Dan Sullivan, Toronto’s “Tommy”. I mentioned that most of the Frankies were on the quiet side, while Dom, so friendly and fan-friendly, was ‘the exception to the rule’. Dan’s response, “Scags is the exception to EVERY rule.”

You are so loved, Dominic Scaglione, Jr. You have such an awesome future ahead, and I join everyone else in celebrating your great success.

I can only add a hearty and heartfelt “Hear, hear!” to what others have said about what a class act Dominic is both on and off the stage. he will be missed in the JB world, but hopefully “rediscovered” elsewhere soon.

One other key to his popularity can be found, perhaps, in your hometown desert of Las Vegas, where it all began: It’s not (just) the heat; it’s the humility.

Best of luck to this fine young man in all his future endeavors.