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Joyce Family Musicians
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From: Meghan Vigeant
Families that play music together stay together. The Joyce family on Swan's Island made their own entertainment.
Island Childhood
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From: Meghan Vigeant
Swan’s Islanders share their childhood memories of growing up on the island.
Cheaters Never Prosper on the 4th of July
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From: Meghan Vigeant
Celebrate America's independence the Island way, with pranks, potato-spoon races, and pie eating. But remember, cheaters never prosper here.
Ice Cream Socials
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From: Meghan Vigeant
Of course ice cream is a treat at any time for anyone, but it was awfully difficult to stock in any island store in the 1930’s. Marguerite Staples remembers the Ice Cream ...
Drag Racing on Swan's Island
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From: Meghan Vigeant
Every town has its troublemaker. But Normie Burns is not a troublemaker. Normie wouldn’t hurt a fly. But he does like to stir things up once in a while.
The Jackknife Incident
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From: Meghan Vigeant
The battle between a kid’s fun and her parents.
Ball Game Days of Swan's Island
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From: Meghan Vigeant
The softball players on Swan's Island were more than a team. They were a family.
Record Hop Romance
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From: Meghan Vigeant
As Elvis and Chubby Checker came into American homes Swan’s Island teenagers were jiving along, too. Gwen May remembers the record hops she went to as a teenager on the ...
Last Member of the Band
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From: Meghan Vigeant
Probably the biggest musical feature of Swan’s Island history were the dances at the Odd Fellows Hall. Marion Stinson was there adding her own flair for music with the island ...
The Legend of Clyde Torrey
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From: Meghan Vigeant
A true island character here. Clyde Torrey. Fire and homelessness could not dampen his spirit or his music.
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Piece Description
Up or down, Bipolar Disorder is a disorienting condition. Alyssum D'Aoust, a Detroit area actress, talks about her first bipolar episode. It was an experience she's compared to a strike going on in her mind.
There's a lot things that I could tell you that just sound silly. I remember this one guy kept coming up to me and going, "Who let the dogs out? Who, Who, Who, Who?" Now I had never heard that song before. So, I just though, you know he's warning me, maybe the hounds of hell are gonna come out. It's like, is that real? Or is that my imagination working?
Alyssum has written a play about her experience with bipolar, working title: Asylum/Alyssum. She hopes to have it published soon.
This piece was selected for the 2008 Third Coast Audio Festival Short Docs. It was inspired by books from the Prelinger library: Control of Body and Mind and The Big Strike. It also features the voices of Mario Savio an activist leader during the Berkley Free Speech Movement and Tom Wootton, author of The Bipolar Advantage.
Broadcast History
Third Coast Audio Festival Short Docs 10/9/08
Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychadelic Journey to Selkirk Mental Health Centre | Jonathan Heppner | Internet Archive | 10:25 |
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