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Title: Caring Teachers: King George High School - Interview with Gary Pennington
Contributor(s): Pennington, Gary (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2014
Language: English
Description: Gary recalls baseball, basketball, and many more memories of his time at King George High School [1913-1963]
Extent: 00:02:15
Subject(s): King George High School [1913-1963], Teachers, Sports, Dance, Teenagers, Active life enthusiasts, High schools, Schools
Location(s): West End
Time Period: 1940s, 1950s
Collection: West End Stories

Title: Dinner Dances - Interview with Eleni Dedegikas
Contributor(s): Dedegikas, Eleni (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2017-02-01
Language: Greek
Description: Eleni talks about the Greek businesses in the Kitsilano neighbourhood and the dinner dances that took place at that time.
Extent: 00:03:19
Subject(s): Dance, Immigrants - Experience, Restaurants, Grocery trade, Greek Canadians
Location(s): Kitsilano
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: Greek Day 2000
Contributor(s): Kourtessis, Dino (Contributor)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 2000-07-26
Description: Men Greek dancing wearing traditional Macedonian costumes. Left to right: Fred, Dino, Peter Papayian.
Subject(s): Dance, Greek Day (Festival), Greek Canadians, Folk dancing, Greek, Festivals
Location(s): Kitsilano
Time Period: 1990s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: High School Memories: King George High School - Interview with Delaine and Glenn Mackenzie
Contributor(s): Mackenzie, Glenn (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2014
Language: English
Description: Delanie and Glenn Mackenzie recount their experiences at King George High School [1913-1963].
Extent: 00:02:00
Subject(s): King George High School [1913-1963], Dance, High schools, Schools
Location(s): West End
Time Period: 1940s, 1950s
Collection: West End Stories

Title: It Was a Good School - Interview with Ann Frost
Contributor(s): Frost, Ann (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2014
Language: English
Description: Ann Frost talks about the activities of the students at King George High School [1913-1963].
Extent: 00:03:48
Subject(s): King George High School [1913-1963], Dance, Sports, High schools, Schools, Active life enthusiasts
Location(s): West End
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: West End Stories

Title: Japanese Canadian Internment and Returning to Vancouver - Interview with Lurana Kikuko Tasaka
Contributor(s): Tasaka, Lurana Kikuko (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-05
Language: English
Description: Lurana Tasaka explains leaving Vancouver to live in Greenwood during the internment of Japanese Canadians and then returning when she was 17. She goes on to tell us some of her favourite activities as a teen.
Extent: 00:02:17
Subject(s): Japanese Canadians, Japanese Canadian Internment, King Edward High School, High schools, Schools, Racism, Catholic Church, Dance, Teenagers, Schools
Location(s): Fairview
Time Period: 1940s, 1950s, 1960s
Collection: Story City

Title: Twisting the Night Away - Interview with Marianne Schmidt
Contributor(s): Schmidt, Marianne (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2016-05-07
Language: English
Description: Marianne talks about the Randy ELVIS Friskie - The REAL Tribute Show and how she opened her home to the travelling musicians who were performing for Expo 86 and how she did "a twist and jumping around on stage every single night" in her '50s clothing.
Extent: 00:02:31
Subject(s): Expo 86 (Vancouver, B.C.), Musicians, Dance, Vintage clothing, Music, Creative community
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1980s
Collection: Expo Retro