2009 A Year of being me, MB!

2009 A Year from Marybeth on Vimeo.

Wela isms

Wela isms  by  Milsapy

These selected clips of Wela make me smile.

Beautiful Greetings from Nancy Ryan (recycled from 2008)

2008 Holiday Wishes from Lucy Sunshine on Vimeo.

ENJOY!

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

We Wish you a Merry Christmas from Marybeth on Vimeo.

If you are in the mood here's a little Christmas video greeting, if not watch the first bit and fastforward to the last few minutes, (about 10:30). Audio is from December 24, 1981. These Christmas tunes and a few more can be heard or downloaded from my soundcloud page.

www.soundcloud.com/milsapy

Happy Birthday Mom

Favorite Things  by  Milsapy

My Favorite Things performed by Dina Ryan, Arlington, VA. December 1981

And now for something completely different.....John and EJ

John and EJ  by  Milsapy

MP3 Mom plays some golden oldies

This is a large file. The tape is from 1979 and is pretty much awesome so I decided to post it in its entirety. Cringe worthy when we were kids but now kind of amazing.

MP3 Link - Cielito Lindo

Hi, just testing a whether or not I can post MP3s. Let me know if it's easy to access this music/audio file. Don't always have time to create my little movies vignettes.

Asturianas Party Mashup from Marybeth on Vimeo.

Please enjoy this retro mashup of two parties at Welo and Welo's house in St. Louis. I lifted just a few spanish songs for the audio. I have no idea what the occasion was for the party in the 8mm film. See how many aunts and uncles (and cousins!) you can recognize. More clips from the audio portion coming soon.

Suddenly I See

Suddenly I See from Lucy Sunshine on Vimeo.

Thought I would add this nice video Nancy created last Christmas.

Party at the Ryans

Party at the Ryans from Marybeth on Vimeo.

This side of the tape was a bit of a mess but I managed to cobble this together. I thought the words to the song might help since there is quite a bit going on in the background.

A Day in the Life of Dad

A day in the life of Dad from Marybeth on Vimeo.

Film by James P. Ryan circa 1969

Musical Interlude

Interlude - Mom plays the Maple Leaf Rag from Marybeth on Vimeo.

Not sure when I will finish my next "masterpiece" Nostalgic Video(the Sing-a-Long side). I can't quite conceptualize the visuals yet. So this little musical memory is just to tide you over.

Maple Leaf Rag played by Dina Ryan in December 1981 (Arlington, VA)

A Cappella

A Cappella En Français from Marybeth on Vimeo.

The audio from this clip is from around 1967.

Nancy goes camping in Korea

Camping Trip Story 1977 Korea from Lucy Sunshine on Vimeo.

Please enjoy this film created by Nancy Ryan and starring Nancy Ryan.

Barbara sings and swings

Barbara sings and swings from Marybeth on Vimeo.

This is a good one!! Enjoy.

UPDATE: I should clarify for the outlaw folks, that the singing is in Belgium in 1966 but the swinging is some time later in Pana, Illinois at Grandma and Grandpa Singer's Farm.

I Wanna hold your Hand

I Wanna Hold your Hand from Marybeth on Vimeo.

Success! I couldn't think of a good audio to go with this one, so left in the projector noise.

Asturias 1967 from Marybeth on Vimeo.

Dina and Jim visit the Fernandez ancestral home in Santa Maria Del Mar, Asturias in 1967. Mom is pregnant with John. The background piano music is Dina playing at her mother's house in 1980.

Upside Down World from Marybeth on Vimeo.

My conversion of the 8mm film is fraught with problems. After an entire day this is the clip that had the clearest picture. yea, yea, yea

A Spanish Song from Marybeth Neradka on Vimeo.

Wela and her sisters sing a little Spanish song.

UPDATE: I was listening to another tape of Donna Lee speaking with Wela and Alice and apparently Chic wrote this song? Interesting.

1965 Message to Tio Don from Marybeth Neradka on Vimeo.

This is a short clip and worth listening to the end to hear the fade out music.

An Immigrant Story from Marybeth Neradka on Vimeo.

This recording has some bad audio but you can still hear Wela "pretty good" throughout the tape.

1967 Brussels

1967 Brussels "doradeer" from Marybeth Neradka on Vimeo.

Watch out, this one has lots of kids singing in French!

Patricia Ryan playing Granada 1977

Granada from Marybeth Neradka on Vimeo.

Finish what you start

I need to back to this project. Just have a handful of letters to transcribe. It's my mission to get this project finished!

Additonal Berne letters

I am putting the new letters I found in chronological order. The "posting date" to the Blog will start September 20, 2007. The series I found is from September 20, 1964 through October 1, 1964.

Update

I found a few more letters from these series in some boxes of old slides and misc stuff Jim had. Will be adding them soon.