My children descend from a variety of cultures.

The BRIGHT family relocated from Pennsylvania to the booming riverfront town of Wyandotte, Kansas, shortly after the Civil War.

The MOORE family, of Scots-Irish descent, lived in the upcountry of South Carolina for a hundred years or more.

The THADEN family came from German immigrants and Tennessee Scots-Irish clans.

The NICHOLAS family originated in Tripoli and Beirut, Syria, and lived among a Syrian colony in Jacksonville, Florida.

The HAHN and LUTES families raced for land in the Oklahoma Land Run of 1893 and had been ever on the frontier prior to that time.

The ROMEO and MOTTA families immigrated to this country at the turn of the century from Sicily.

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Let's Dance!

My father has mentioned an old Victrola that belonged to one of his great-aunts and on this Victrola, Syrian music, recorded on 78s, was played. Listen to a sampling of the kind of Arabic music our immigrant ancestors listened to in the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. This collection of 78s once belonged to Robert Bitar (no relation to our family) of Portland, Oregon.
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