COLLECTION NAME:
Soundscapes of the People: A Musical Ethnography of Pueblo, Colorado
Record
Collection Name:
Soundscapes of the People: A Musical Ethnography of Pueblo, Colorado
Title:
Penny Zavichas Interview April 13, 2022
Title Type:
Devised
Name:
Zavichas, Penny
Name Role Term Text:
Interviewee
Name:
Thomas, Susan
Name Role Term Text:
Interviewer
Resource Type:
Moving image
Genre:
Oral histories
Date Created:
2022-04-13
Language Term:
English
Extent:
1 online resource (1 video file) (1 hr., 14 min., 19 sec.)
Physical Description Note:
For access to the recordings on YouTube contact the University of Colorado Boulder American Music Research Center.
Abstract:
Penny Zavichas is a community leader of Pueblo, Colorado's Greek American population. She recounts her childhood in Pueblo and experiences growing up in the Greek American community, including musical and religious activity. She describes her professional career as a golfer and her current community work at Pueblo's St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church.
Note:
00:00:02 Susan Thomas, Director of the American Music Research Center at CU Boulder introduces herself. Penny Zavichas introduces herself and describes her family's move to Pueblo. Additional topics include: Greece, Oklahoma, Princess Cafe, Princess Candy Shop, Pueblo Army Depot, and sports. 00:02:27 Zavichas shares about her early educational experiences. Additional topics include: Bessemer Grade School, business district, childhood, church, coffee shop, community, dancing, grandmother, Greek school, and singing. 00:06:29 Zavichas talks about her memories of live music in Pueblo. Additional topics include: ballads, band, bouzouki instrument, brass, clarinet, dance, Elvis, and funerals. 00:08:40 Zavichas describes the priests, congregation, and development of St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church. Additional topics include: baptisms, church, coal, congregation, marriages, men, mill, priests, railroad, smelters, and Greek Orthodox Church. 00:12:25 Thomas asks about Zavichas’ love for Bing Crosby and Elvis Presley, as well as what kind of music was at social dances. Zavichas shares about her social life and music education as a middle and high school student. Additional topics include: Central High School, clubs, concert band, cornets, dating, District 70, marching band, Pleasant View Junior School, trombone, violin, and Greek American families. 00:17:21 Zavichas talks about her childhood in Bessemer. Additional topics include: Greek communities, Italian communities, Japanese communities, kids, roller skating, and theaters. 00:21:46 Zavichas discusses her move to Phoenix and development of her golf career. Additional topics include: Babe Didrikson Zaharias, country club, drive-in, food service, Ladies Professional Golf Association, Rocky Ford, sand greens, softball, Steve Grady, and female athletes. 00:37:00 Zavichas talks about staying connected to her Greek roots during travel and the evolving makeup of the Greek Orthodox church in Pueblo. 00:38:47 Zavichas describes Holy Week traditions at St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church. She also sings some passages from Good Friday hymns. Additional topics include: cantor, carnations, flowers, hymns, kouvouklion, Kyrie eleison, lamentations, oil, prayers, Royal Hours, Twelve Bibles, and Greek Orthodox traditions. 00:48:22 Zavichas discusses the beginning of St. John the Baptist and how it has changed over time with the Greek community. Additional topics include: 100th anniversary, bouzouki band, Greek Orthodox Community Association, and Hellenic Orthodox Community Association. 00:52:06 Zavichas talks about the Greek Festival held at St. John the Baptist. 00:54:42 Zavichas talks about various sights, smells, and sounds of celebrations that she has experienced as part of the Greek American community in Pueblo. 01:04:34 Zavichas talks about listening to mirologia with her grandmother and plays a recording. She also talks briefly about Greek dances. End of recording.
Note Type:
Time coded description
Note:
Collection is a collaboration between the American Music Research Center (AMRC) and the Colorado State University Pueblo Foundation. For more information contact the AMRC.
Subject Topic:
Greek American families--Social life and customs
Subject Topic:
Greek Americans--Music
Subject Topic:
Music--Instruction and study
Subject Name:
Orthodox Eastern Church
Subject Name:
St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church
Subject Name:
Ladies Professional Golf Association
Subject Geographic:
Pueblo (Colorado, United States, North America) (populated place)
Identifier:
Penny_Zavichas_111925_2022-04-13.mp4
Physical Location:
American Music Research Center
Date Captured:
2022
Internet Media Type:
video/mp4
Digital Origin:
born digital
Access Condition:
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