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- Identifier
- wwu:923
- Title
- Laura Smith oral history
- Date
- 2007-02-11
- Description
- Ms. Smith was born in Hawaii in 1947. She recalls that her early exposure to music came from her father playing classical piano and ragtime when she was growing up. Her main musical outlet was choir, and she sang in her church choir through high school. She went to college in Portland, Oregon, and continued to sing there. Ms. Smith recalls her musical influences and interests during those years, including Joan Baez, Mimi Farina, Mark Spoelstra, and Steve Young. She relates how she began playing banjo, and how this led to her playing with Larry Hanks, her husband. She moved to Bellingham in 1979, where she and Larry reconnected with Robert Scholtz and became involved in the WCHMS. As a host, she has sponsored various acts including The Wanderers, Bill Merlin and Carl Allen, the Bird’s Creek Boys, and Sarah Gray. She discusses briefly where she sees the WCHMS headed.
- Digital Collection
- Whatcom County Homemade Music Society Oral Histories
- Type of resource
- Text
- Object custodian
- Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
- Related Collection
- Whatcom County Homemade Music Society Oral Histories
- Local Identifier
- Smith20070211
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- 1 Collection Name: Whatcom County Homemade Music Society Oral Histories Repository: Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Libraries Heritage Resources, Western Washington University Interview title: Interview with Laura Smith Interview Date: February 11, 2007 Interviewer: Coty Hogue Original