prelude/walking Flashcards
D: I remember this one!
I had my first kiss to this song!
recording: they all lived around the manual high school neighborhood
they all lived around the manual high school neighborhood. they would have band practice living room of my grandfather’s house on Gilpin street. One of my mom’s fondest memories was having little dances at their house and getting friends together and relatives to listen to the group. this is my mom’s copy. (recording) keep it safe.
D: Crazy how much has changed, huh? You know I grew up in the projects just over there.
My family’s all from the eastside too.
D: We had our dances there. Dancing and music was just part of your life.
When my family first came in the 1930s, they bought land, a piece of land right there on Wynkoop street, right next to the Platte. Why? Because they had access to water. They could go to the Platte, if you could beleive this, and get the big tubs of water and bring it back to the house, right there on Wynkoop, right where the butcher block is now, across the street.
C: City elite laundry
Many women, mostly Latina women worked there, 27th and Lawerence. Huh, still called the Laundry on Lawerence but now it’s a bunch of offices.
Alma: Offices?
At that time, hotels and motels got their bedding and towels laundered, pressed, and folded there. The work was difficult. The wages were low.
C: My mom worked there every summer to earn money to pay our tuition at Sacred Heart School.
I remember my mom worked ling hours. She taught us how to fold sheets. I always remember her saying-
B: That’s not how you fold a sheet!
So, we learned.
My parents always worked, and I was the babysitter. I remember listening to music, playing with the other neighborhood kids in the projects right here off of 28th and Lawerence, going to Curtis park pool, riding bikes,
the nuns from sacred heart used to walk through the projects, and we just thought “oh my god” that was the neatest thing, just to see them all, you know, covered up and walking through the street saying “hi”
in the summer, sacred heart used to sponsor movies in the school yard. The fence was lined with sheets so only the children who paid 10 cents could see the movie.
right there. It was right over there.
B: Green chile and chile relleno….mmm so good
Alma! Here’s the chips and salsa fro the party- and a container of my green chile. Herrera secret family recipe. I made it special for the birthday girl, so don’t spill it! Hopefully I’ll be able to swing by later tonight. Tell Margaret we send our love!
C: Yeah so people wouldn’t complain
Aren’t you supposed to drop these off to Mrs Vasquez?
Alma: Yeah but I’m not sure where to-
El paraiso
B: That’s the store Mrs Vazquez bought after she sold her clothing boutique
But didn’t they move it to 24th and Champa and change the name?
B: Maybe the anglos had a hard time saying “Paraiso”
I used to love going there. Seeing all those little trays with the different items
D: like the soundtrack to your life growing up here, what would it be?
Topsy part two, a jazz thing.
