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Audio Recording Interview with Peggy Roche Boyle about Irish dance, Chicago, Illinois, part 1

Interview with Peggy Roche Boyle about Irish dance, Chicago, Illinois, part 1

About this Item

Title

  • Interview with Peggy Roche Boyle about Irish dance, Chicago, Illinois, part 1

Names

  • Moloney, Mick, 1944- (Collector)
  • Boyle, Peggy Roche (Interviewee)
  • Boyle, Jimmy (Interviewee)

Created / Published

  • Chicago, Illinois, May 7, 1977

Headings

  • -  Irish Americans
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Interviews
  • -  Illinois -- Chicago

Genre

  • Ethnography
  • Interviews

Notes

  • -  Jimmy & Peggy Roche Boyle, part 1
  • -  Part 1 of 2-part interview with Peggy Roche Boyle about Irish dance, including mention of her father Pat Roche who reprinted Francis O'Neill's book of Irish fiddle tunes in the 1930s, father's influence on his family, had the Harp and Shamrock Orchestra, about Peggy Roche Boyle's dancing and teaching, changes over time, methods, desire for a repertory theater; topic sequence includes her background, her family’s Irish activities, about her father, Pat Roche, and his early involvement with dancing; about the World’s Fair 1933, where Pat Roche helps organize the presentation of Irish culture; how Pat Roche kept the dancing alive, his involvement with the music scene and the reprinting of Francis O'Neill’s collection of fiddle tunes in the 1930's; how Pat Roche transmitted his love of Ireland to his family, about other family members; about Pat Roche’s Harp and Shamrock Orchestra, their recordings, his dances, other dancers who came to Chicago and from whom he learned; how Peggy Roche Boyle learned her first steps; about Pat Roche’s school and his occupation; about Peggy Roche Boyle’s participation in competitions, why she prefers teaching, when she started teaching, her negative attitudes toward competitions; about Peggy Roche Boyle’s role in adult education in Irish dancing in St. Xavier’s College; about the motivations of her students, where dancing is performed and why; about change over time in the nature of steps and techniques discussed, the reasons for change, teaching methods, steps not written down, labanotation problems, semi-formal method of transmission; about the role of Irish Dancing Teachers Commission; fieldworkers notes that at this point a child starts playing with the microphone around mother Peggy Roche Boyle's neck; about the standards and requirements of the Commission; problems with testing of teachers and teaching methods; about need for a Repertory Theatre for Irish dancing in Chicago.; about problems with dancers who never dance after they pass competition age, and the lack of suitable contexts; the number of people in Chicago learning Irish dancing; how a Repertory Theatre might be established, and potential problems, including personality problems, logistical problems, lack of finances; potential value of a study in Ireland with teachers and repertory theatres there; about the paucity of suitable rehearsal and performance contexts in Chicago.

Medium

  • audiocassette, C-60

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20585a
  • MBRS Shelflist: RYA 0644
  • Field Project Identifier: CH77-T062-C

Source Collection

  • Chicago Ethnic Arts Project collection (AFC 1981/004)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • audio

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Credit line: Chicago Ethnic Arts Project collection (AFC 1981/004), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Moloney, Mick, Peggy Roche Boyle, and Jimmy Boyle. Interview with Peggy Roche Boyle about Irish dance, Chicago, Illinois, part 1. Chicago, Illinois, May 7, 1977. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20585a/.

APA citation style:

Moloney, M., Boyle, P. R. & Boyle, J. (1977) Interview with Peggy Roche Boyle about Irish dance, Chicago, Illinois, part 1. Chicago, Illinois, May 7. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20585a/.

MLA citation style:

Moloney, Mick, Peggy Roche Boyle, and Jimmy Boyle. Interview with Peggy Roche Boyle about Irish dance, Chicago, Illinois, part 1. Chicago, Illinois, May 7, 1977. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20585a/>.