Leila O'Keeffe interviewed by Rob Willis in Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 332287
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- O'Keeffe, Leila, 1917-, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1995 Jan. 19
- 1 digital audio tape (ca. 77 min.)
- Series:
- Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection.
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording.
- Full contents:
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- 1. Conversation: her early life on a farm at Foxground, having to milk up to 60 cows by hand a day, yodelling, no-one played music in the family, the types of games played and dancing, types of dances included progressive barn dance and 1930's dances, singing and reciting as a sideline at dances, some games played at dances, how Leila learnt to play, discipline at school, ditties sung at school included 'Grasshopper Green', 'Advance Australia Fair', many dances were held at Kiama, left school in the Depression years, how her husband wwa a renown cattle judge, how she learnt to play the organ, played with various bands, she would play at Deb Balls, waltzing competitions, recalls where she was when WWII ended, various stories about playing at dances, how she got involved with the Berry Child Welfare Home for 10 years, places and tunes played
- 2. Lilly of Laguna (piano)
- 3. Isle of Capri (barn dance)
- 4. Schottese bracket
- 5. Birds of Spring (mazurka)
- 6. Waratah (mazurka)
- 7. Jolly Miller Waltz
- 8. Alexander's Ragtime Band
- 9. Darktown Strutten Ball
- 10. Mussouri Waltz (waltz from her mother's old book)
- 11. Four leaf clover
- 12. Repasz March
- 13. Unidentified (waltz)
- 14. Love is a beautiful thing
- 15. Conversation: an introduction to dance tunes and tempos, her strong left hand for dance music.
- Notes:
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- Recorded with Olya Willis.
- Recorded at Gerringong, N.S.W. on Jan. 19, 1995.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-202029744
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- Published status:
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- Creation date:
- 1995
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