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This is a visually-oriented and sensory-rich piece, which gives listeners a sense of my godmother, an African-American woman who I knew for more than 40 years. The piece is particularly appropriate for Mother's Day, but could be broadcast at any time.
This is a visually-oriented and sensory-rich piece, which gives listeners a sense of my godmother, an African-American woman who I knew for more than 40 years. The piece is particularly appropriate for Mother's Day, but could be broadcast at any time.
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Piece Description
This is a visually-oriented and sensory-rich piece, which gives listeners a sense of my godmother, an African-American woman who I knew for more than 40 years. The piece is particularly appropriate for Mother's Day, but could be broadcast at any time.
Broadcast History
Broadcast on WRPI radio in Troy, New York--March 2006
Transcript
Doris
?I?m bouncing back this way,? she?d say, along with ?I?m just so thankful to be in my right mind,? and at 89 years old, she clearly was. She could recall, and did, her arrival in Cleveland?booming, bustling, industrial Cleveland back in 1943, her visit to the Moondog Ball?the first rock n? roll concert in the nation, in 1952, and her arrival at my parents? house, to work as a cleaning lady, in 1965.
Occasionally, but not often, a gear would slip, just a tad. A few years ago, sitting at an Indians game at Jacobs Field, a meaningless game against Toronto as the Indians were rebuilding and fans were scattered in the stands, listless, just like in the old days of my youth, Doris referred to ?that 3rd baseman Joe Gordon, who played for us a little while back.? I?d heard of old Joe, who had played for the Tribe in the 1950?s, almost 50 years before our night at the ballpark. It t...
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