Siam: Margaret on Peggy's Play at School

Siam: Margaret on Peggy's Play at School

Margaret tells about the girls in the school who were rehearsing a play. She was watching one night when suddenly a little girl ran up on stage and began to dance. "I never saw anything funnier." The Siamese dance was very beautiful, but very formal, with every movement conveying some meaning. Siamese music "has an odd rhythmic cadence like nothing else I've ever heard, something rather primitive and yet quite sophisticated."

Landon, Margaret (1903-1993)

July 1, 1930

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Over a course of 13 years Kip Landon (Kenneth Landon Jr.) began recording stories from his parents, Margaret and Kenneth Landon, resulting in 95 hours of recordings. Beginning on July 20, 1976, recording finished in June, 1978. The project resumed again in 1982 for a few months. After a long break, the third recording period began in 1988 and concluded in March 1989.

Margaret Landon (1903-1993)

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Box 78: Oral History: "The Landon Chronicles" Tapes 55-60

Hour 56, clip 14

Sub-Series 8: Audio and Video

Series 1: Biographical