Pam Merrigan interviewed by Rob Willis in the Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection
- Bib ID:
- 6333236
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Merrigan, Pam, 1950-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research; written permission required for personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2013
- 3 sound files (approximately 218 min.)
- Series:
- Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection.
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording. Pam Merrigan speaks about her family background; her parents; her brother; her childhood in Gosford, NSW; her schooling and education; her musical training and studying music; WWII; her marriage; her involvement with Newcastle Folk Club; formation of the band Rum Culls; changing to Primary Teaching course; her husband Norm; Malaysia; Brad Tate; Sally Sloane; her role at the Turning Wave Festival; her performances and recordings; Warren Fahey; Billy Tea Bush Band; her children; RAF Radio Station RRV, Malaysia; Frog Puddles; her Australian and overseas performances; RAAF; Tug Moon; Stringybark and Greenhide magazine; teaching music at Cherrybrook Technology High School, Sydney; types of early music software and using technology in music; HSC Music marking; changes in the composition of music; her involvement with Irish music; her role as the Artistic Program Manager at the National Folk Festival; the impact and the influence of the National Folk Festival; her grandmother and the music she played; methods of playing music; dance music.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on 11 September and 21 November 2013 at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (10 pages)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Willis, Rob, 1944-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection.
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- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2013
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