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My interview of John Elder has a definitive arc. I started out asking very random questions, but gradually learned how to allow my questions to follow the way the conversation was tending. I found it was good if the interview had some elements of a conversation, and when we found we had something in common (an interest in music) the interview flowed even more easily. I feel that it is important to be able to wait until the conversation reaches the heart of the interview, to be able to be patient. I see now it would have been great to follow up on certain more subjective statements. For instance, at 6:52, he says that raising 3 kids could be “intense” at times! I proceeded to tell my own story about this topic, and he began to ask me questions about it! Instead, I would have liked to ask more about that, why it was intense. In all, it was a good interview and valuable for learning about the interview process.

Part I
1:29 Where were you born?/Moving as a kid
4:50 Son coming to Middlebury College
5:12 relationship with your parents
7:40 Job at Middlebury
8:42 What is Vermont’s character?
12:22 What do you think of Middlebury college as a community
14:44 Pomona
14:59 where did Rita grow up?
15:54 Watson fellowship
16:46 oral storytelling now, moving away from the culture of the book

Part II
9:12 Kids coming back to Vermont
9:37 Kids getting married
11:18 Baking
13:08 Music as a hobby
15:25 playing “odd” musical instruments!
17:02 Playing vs. listening to music
17:39 Kids playing music
18:29 Parents playing music
19:27 groups
20:30 performing a practice

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I find myself smiling listening to John Elder’s interview of me. I imagine I feel similar to others who have been interviewed and received a copy of the interview. It’s special to hear back all of the things that are important to me, and hear them from my own voice from outside myself!

Part I
00:30 Home and School
1:21 Petaluma, old and new house
2:00 My mother’s art, and my father’s art
6:30 Artistic leanings?
8:30 Growing up in Petaluma

Part II
0:00 a new high school
4:08 we were pioneers together
4:17 Middlebury College
7:00 Visiting
9:21 from west to east coast
11:00 Semester abroad in France
13:38 the best thing about Middlebury
15:26 Weybridge House, Middlebury dining
17:41 American Studies, understanding your own country
27:05 Where do you see yourself going after Middlebury
27:57 my relationship with classical music, other music
33:59 character of Middlebury