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cbb grandchildren 73-74 (29.8 MB)
00:00 - 02:43 Ann plays the piano. (11/73)
02:43 - 04:42 Robert plays the piano. (11/18/73)
04:42 - 16:25 Karen spells words and reads. (11/22/73)
16:25 - 20:26 Susan reads a story she wrote. (11/23/73)
20:26 - 25:46 Robert plays the piano. (05/29/74)
25:46 - 30:06 Karen spells words. (05/30/74)
30:06 - 31:48 Ann plays the piano. (06/02/74)
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cbb grandchildren 74-75 (30.0 MB)
00:00 - 01:16 Ann plays the piano. (06/03/74)
01:16 - 02:37 Susan reads a story she wrote. (06/16/74)
02:37 - 06:56 Ann plays the piano. (11/17/74)
06:56 - 11:20 Susan plays the flute and reads a story she wrote. (11/17/74)
11:20 - 14:50 Robert plays the piano. (11/28/74)
14:50 - 22:15 Karen cheers, sings, and reads. (11/28/74)
22:15 - 25:40 Robert plays the piano. (06/28/75)
25:40 - 26:36 Mindy talks. (06/28/75)
26:36 - 29:21 Karen plays the piano. (06/28/75)
29:21 - 31:59 Robert plays the piano. (11/23/75)
Charles and Mary Biswell traveled to North and South Carolina from Woodstown, NJ, to visit David Biswell's and Diane Ferrier's families about twice a year over a ten-year period: from 1968, when Charles retired, to 1978, when he and Mary moved to Orangeburg, SC. Many of these trips were around Thanksgiving Day, the meal either in Orangeburg or Charlotte, NC. These recordings were made from November 1973 to November 1975.
He records performances from Ann Biswell (piano), Susan Biswell (reading and flute), Robert Ferrier (piano), and Karen Ferrier (spelling, reading, cheering, piano, and singing). Karen steals the show with her rendition of Simon and Garfunkel's "Cecilia."
At the time of the recording the Biswells were living in Charlotte, and the Ferriers were living in Orangeburg.
During a week in June of 1975, Charles and Mary Biswell; David and Sue Ellen Biswell, Ann, and Susan; David and Diane Ferrier, Robert, and Karen; and Herschel and Jane Golub and Mindy rented a beach house on the Isle of Palms, SC. There is some video of this vacation. Charles and Mary and the Golubs must have spent some time in Orangeburg after the beach week.
My Mother was a rather conservative Baptist and I remember well how she cringed when Karen sang "Cecilia" (which Karen sang a lot). She didn't feel the lyrics were appropriate for a young girl to sing. I doubt if Karen had any idea what the lyrics were about.
ReplyDeleteYes, listening to her in this and other recordings, I can tell her and others' faiths are important to her. She used the term "progressive" in a positive way when describing the First Baptist Church in Woodstown. I wonder what she meant by that. It may have had a different connotation in those days.
DeleteI thought Charles kept his composure rather well and probably got a big charge out of it, knowing his bawdy side.
Robert
I enjoyed my mother talking,spelling,singing,and cheering although I didn't know she was so country and had a deep voice.Keep up the good work Robert!!!!!!!
Deletelove,
Grace
On another matter, after the Isle of Palms vacation, MYB accompanied our family to Charlotte while CBB probably did go to Orangeburg. Perhaps you remember that MYB experienced heart problems during the Isle of Palms visit. On the way to Charlotte a tire blew out near Rock Hill and the tire was changed by a black boy whose employer stopped to assist.
ReplyDeleteSubmitted by C. David Biswell