Summary(0:17) Great experience at Midwood High School -- (0:45) School activities -- (1:30) Maintaining friendships over four decades -- (2:00) Family oriented nature of Brooklyn during their childhoods -- (2:22) Grit and grime of New York in the 1970s -- (2:38) Movement to leave Brooklyn and their parents staying -- (3:10) Midwood High School Diamond Jubilee -- (3:34) Considering Midwood High School for his daughter -- (4:45) The bonding experience of Midwood SING! -- (5:45) The origins of SING! with Bella Tillis in the 1940s -- (6:20) SING! Competition with other Brooklyn high schools -- (6:55) Solidifying bonds of friendship in high school -- (7:30) Changes in the neighborhood and the school -- (9:20) Wishing similarly positive experiences for high schoolers today -- (11:06) Pride in high school being some of the best years of his life -- (11:56) Learning lessons and being shaped by his high school experience.
NoteAudio interview conducted on October 15, 2016, by Miguel Angeles at Midwood High School. Collected through Our Streets, Our Stories, an oral history project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is a partnership with Services for Older Adults and the Brooklyn Collection.
SubjectNineteen seventies ; Friendship ; Childhood ; Graduation (School) ; Choreography ; High school ; High school musicals
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TitleOral history interview conducted with Bradley Wolf, Alison Berger, Lisa Napoli, and Peter Brackman on 2016 October 15.