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February 10 2012 Margaret (Peggy) Maryanne Askew (née Gillies, b. 1943 in Sidney, NS) is the only child of Donald John Jones Gillies (b. 1901 on St. Kilda) and Lillian Gilmore (b. 1911 in Turriff, Scotland). As the youngest of five boys, Peggy's father grew up on the island of St. Kilda, collecting eggs and birds on the island's cliffs, one of the many jobs necessary to stay alive. The soldiers stationed on the island during the First World War intrigued many of the young people with stories…

Recording Context: Cultural event; Specific activity; IndoorContext Notes: StompingThe locations indicated on the map may be approximate, depending on log/archival data available. A soundscape recording.

Recording Context: Cultural event; Specific activity; IndoorContext Notes: StompingThe locations indicated on the map may be approximate, depending on log/archival data available. A soundscape recording.

Recording Context: Cultural event; Specific activity; IndoorContext Notes: StompingThe locations indicated on the map may be approximate, depending on log/archival data available. A soundscape recording.

Recording Context: Cultural event; Specific activity; IndoorContext Notes: Contrast; ReverberationThe locations indicated on the map may be approximate, depending on log/archival data available. A soundscape recording.

Recording Context: Cultural event; Specific activity; IndoorContext Notes: StompingThe locations indicated on the map may be approximate, depending on log/archival data available. A soundscape recording.

Recording Context: Environmental ambience; Public; OutdoorThe locations indicated on the map may be approximate, depending on log/archival data available.

Recording Context: Cultural event; Specific activity; IndoorContext Notes: StompingThe locations indicated on the map may be approximate, depending on log/archival data available. A soundscape recording.

Nov 2 2011 Violet Third (née Schleger, b. 1921 in Neudorf, Saskatchewan) is the daughter of German immigrants, her father owned a cement-contracting company and her mother was a dressmaker. At the age of three, the family moved to Vancouver (the West End) where Violet attended Dawson Elementary School and a commercial secondary school on Broadway and Granville. Her first job was in her sister's restaurant on Pender and Granville. At nineteen, Violet met her first boyfriend and soon-to-be…

Photograph depicting a woman and man dancing.

Image depicting indigenous ceremony.

Four couples dancing on large stump, musicians at left