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Past Florida Stories |
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Linda and
William Southworth |
Linda and William Southworth
Linda Southworth has spent her life in artistic expression. From private art lessons at age 10 in Long Island, to her masters degree in fine arts in 1978 and living in New York and teaching as well as creating and displaying her own work, she can attest to both the challenges and rewards that go with artistic pursuit. She recently sat down with her father, William Southworth, to talk about her background and education, her influences and her own creative process.
 Listen now. (First aired September 28, 2007)
EXTENDED AUDIO: Linda describes the process she uses to create a new painting.
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'Trio in Iris Major"
by Linda Southworth. |
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Music credits: Movement 1 from the String Quartet in A major composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Melos Quartet, Deutsche Grammophon Recordings |
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Ethel Altman
and Sylvia Gross |
Ethel Altman and Sylvia Gross
Ethel Altman was born in Brooklyn, New York, and moved to Miami with her family in 1940. Ethel's father taught her to play the mandolin at age 7, and she had an early career as a performing musician. As a teen, however, her life moved away from the stage. Now retired in Sarasota, she tells her friend Sylvia Gross that sometimes the music just won’t let you go.
Listen now. (First aired May 4, 2007, rebroadcast on September 21, 2007)
Click here
to watch a slideshow about Ethel's lifelong love affair with her 1924 Gibson American mandolin. |
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Ethel Altman talks about her father and performs
"The Soul of Russia,"
a folk medley he taught her how to play on the
mandolin as a girl.
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Music credits: Overture from The Magic Flute, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, arr. by Modern Mandolin Quartet, The Nutcracker Suite, Windham Hill Records
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John and Gary Moore |
John and Gary Moore
John Moore is 83 years old this year. He lived most of his life in Irwin, North Carolina, but recently relocated with
his wife to Sarasota. John's son Gary has lived in Florida since 2005. Together again, the father and son came to WUSF to talk about John's training and eventual service with the 91st Chemical Mortar battalion in the army
during World War II.
Listen now. (First aired September 14, 2007.)
Music Credits: Wildflowers, Tom Petty, Wildflowers, Warner Bros. Records |
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Robert Bell and
Michael Harvey |
Robert Bell and Michael Harvey
Robert Bell was 11 years old in August 1942. At that time he was returning to the United States from Africa’s Gold Coast (now Ghana) on a freighter ship after serving with his mother, sister and others on a mission trip on the continent. On August 30th, the freighter was sunk by a German submarine in open water. Numerous casualties were sustained, but many passengers and crew members survived 20 days on a raft prior to their rescue. Robert Bell recently talked with his son-in-law Michael Harvey about the sinking, their subsequent days at sea, and his perception of the event many years later.
Listen now. (First aired September 7, 2007.)
EXTENDED AUDIO: Robert Bell describes the life raft the group was on for 20 days in September 1942.
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Music Credits: Amazing Grace, James Galway, Jay Ungar and Molly Mason, A Song of Home, RCA Victor |
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Carol Byrd and
Edith Illgen
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Carol Byrd and Edith Illgen
In 1938, Edith Illgen was a 13-year-old girl living in Germany. An only child born to middle class parents, she understood little of the long shadow that would be cast by Adolf Hitler's rise to power. During her teenage years she moved from place to place as the result of advancing warfronts. She stuggled to provide food for the older members of her family, and to secure their day-to-day survival. Edith spoke with friend Carol Bryd about some of her experiences during World War II, opening the conversation with a European view of the start of the war.
Listen now. (First aired August 31, 2007.)
EXTENDED AUDIO: Edith Illgen reads "A Letter To The Unknown Soldier"
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Music Credits: Movement 1 from Sonata for Piano and Violoncello in E minor, Mstislay Rostropovich, violoncello, and Rudolf Serkin, piano, Johannes Brahms-The Cello Sonatas, Deutsche Grammophon Recordings |
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John Germany |
John Germany and John Germany, Jr.
John Germany’s life can be described in three words: country, career and community. Germany was born in Alabama in 1923, and moved with his family to Plant City, Florida as a child. John spent time at the University of Florida and served in Europe and Japan during World War II. Germany attended Harvard Law School, and his career as an attorney is the cornerstone for his many professional accomplishments. He recently sat down with his son, John Germany Jr., to discuss his life.
Listen now. (First aired August 24, 2007.)
Music Credits: Movement 2 from Trio No. 6 in C major, Anne-Sophie Mutter with Andre Previn and Daniel Muller-Schott, Anne-Sophie Mutter-Piano Trios, Deutsche Grammophon/Universal |
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Leone Lawrence |
Leone Lawrence
Leone Lawrence was first born in 1931 in Evanston, Illinois into a family that placed great emphasis on the arts, high culture and education. She graduated with an art degree, received her masters in Fine Arts in 1965 and later worked in the art world in various capabilities — teaching, creating her own artwork and working for museums. During her professional life, a series of unique experiences led her to leave that life behind to study Native American spirituality.
Listen now. (First aired August 17, 2007.)
Music Credits: Cherokee, Clifford Brown and Max Roach, Study in Brown, EmArcy Records |
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Mary Jane "MJ" Burke
and Scott Nolan |
Mary Jane Burke
and Scott Nolan
Mary Jane Burke, or "MJ," as her friends call her, was born in December 1937 in New Bedford, Massachusetts. She lived as a child on Cape Cod during World War II, but she readily admits she has little recall of what day-to-day life was like for most people at that time. MJ spoke with WUSF’s Scott Nolan about one specific memory involving her father that later became a family legacy.
Listen now. (First aired August 10, 2007.)
Music Credits:Organ Grinder’s Swing, Jack McDuff, Brother Jack, Prestige Records |
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William Russell - taken on Tinian Island, 1945. |
William and Catherine Russell
In 1943, William Russell enlisted in the U.S. Navy and was told he would be serving with the Seabees. ‘Rusty’, as his wife Catherine calls him, describes his experience in the South Pacific as we continue with our focus on World War II-era stories.
 Listen now. (First aired August 3, 2007.)
Music Credits: Movement Four from Suite for Solo Cello No. 1 in G major, Edgar Meyer, Suites Performed on Double Bass, Sony Classical
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Kelly and Reda Reynolds |
Kelly and Reda Reynolds
Reda Reynolds’ father, John S. Weil, lived in Frankfurt Germany before coming to the United States in 1936. He married in 1938 and served in the Army as a German POW interrogator during World War II. Reda was born in New York in 1939, and she starts this conversation with her husband Kelly by relating an early memory of time spent with her father.
Learn more: American WWII Orphans Network
Listen now. (First aired July 27, 2007.)
Music Credits:Width of the World, Tin Hat Trio, Helium, Angel Records |
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Judith Viener |
Judith Viener and Laura Bamond
In 1996 Judith Viener was involved in a cycling accident. She suffered a traumatic brain injury that impacted her career, her personal relationships and her day-to-day life. Judith speaks with her friend Laura Bamond about the accident, her recovery and her outlook from this point forward.
Listen now. (First aired July 20, 2007.)
Music Credits:Breeze of Nostalgia, Ali Jihad Racy, Mystical Legacies, Lyrichord Discs, Inc. |
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Julie Leyde
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Traci Gainforth |
Julie Leyde and Traci Gainforth
Julie Leyde lives in Lutz. Julie recently came to the Donis studio at WUSF with her daughter Traci to talk about Darek, Julie’s son and Traci’s brother, and how the family bond they share led to the project they’re working on now.
Learn more: Angel of Hope Memorial Garden
Listen now. (First aired July 13, 2007.)
Music Credits:The Water Garden, Alex De Grassi, The Water Garden, Tropo Records |
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StoryCorps and WUSF in Sarasota
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