Leonore Lanzillotti Clip 1: Saturday Night Dances
Collection: Sunnyside Sound Project Records at the Archives at Queens Library: Leonore Lanzillotti
Date: Time Period: 1950s; 2009; Interview recorded in 2009
Material: digital audio recording made using Edirol R-09 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth software. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:02:40
Creator: Leonore Lanzillotti interviewed by Paula Hostetter
Identifier: aql:18246 lanzillotti_leonore_clip1
Description: Leonore Lanzillotti talks about the romantic Saturday night dances at the park on 43rd Street and Greenpoint Avenue. After the war, men and women would dress up in gowns and tuxedos on the weekends to listen and dance to the music of big bands. Children would dance in Hawaiian and Scottish costumes, competing with children from other parks. This clip was originally posted on the Sunnyside Sound Project web site.
Creator :
Leonore Lanzillotti interviewed by Paula Hostetter
Date :
Time Period: 1950s; 2009; Interview recorded in 2009
Summary/Description :
Leonore Lanzillotti talks about the romantic Saturday night dances at the park on 43rd Street and Greenpoint Avenue. After the war, men and women would dress up in gowns and tuxedos on the weekends to listen and dance to the music of big bands. Children would dance in Hawaiian and Scottish costumes, competing with children from other parks. This clip was originally posted on the Sunnyside Sound Project web site.
Subject :
Dance parties; Costume; Big bands; Parks
Rights :
These audio recordings, photos and articles are the property of Sabine Heinlein. Uses of edited excerpts from her interviews are protected under a Creative Commons public domain license, but her full, unedited audio is open to researchers by request. Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for access. For reproductions of the unedited recordings, please contact Sabine Heinlein at (sabineheinlein@gmail.com).
Coverage :
Locations discussed: Sunnyside, NY Sunnyside (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
Oral history
Format :
digital audio recording made using Edirol R-09 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth software.; Total running time: 0:02:40
Identifier :
aql:18246 lanzillotti_leonore_clip1
Rights Notice
These audio recordings, photos and articles are the property of Sabine Heinlein. Uses of edited excerpts from her interviews are protected under a Creative Commons public domain license, but her full, unedited audio is open to researchers by request. Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for access. For reproductions of the unedited recordings, please contact Sabine Heinlein at (sabineheinlein@gmail.com).
These audio recordings, photos and articles are the property of Sabine Heinlein. Uses of edited excerpts from her interviews are protected under a Creative Commons public domain license, but her full, unedited audio is open to researchers by request. Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for access. For reproductions of the unedited recordings, please contact Sabine Heinlein at (sabineheinlein@gmail.com).
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