Brigham Young University; Candy; Community; Dances; Demolition; Flashlights; Furnaces; Graduation (School); Grand Opera House; Grantsville High School (Grantsville, Utah); Ice cream, ices, etc.; Legacies; Maypoles; Merrymakers; Mothers; Motion pictures; Pageants; Parents; Piano; Remodeling (Architecture); Silent films; Social life and customs; Stairs; Talking Pictures; Ten commandments; Theaters--Utah; Ushers; Grantsville (Utah)
Description
Oral history interview by Patti Johnson with Lola Sutton and Claude Sutton. Topics include: Growing up in Grantsville and living their entire lives there with the exception for the year Claude was attending BYU, loving their community, Being sad when the Opera House was torn down, A remodel job on the Opera House when they were kids including a new ceiling and furnace, Attending a school pageant - The Ten Commandments, Attending dances in the basement, Maypole dances, Having High School Graduation at the Opera House, Getting pictures taken on the front steps, Claude's mother playing the piano for silent movies, Loving going to the dances, Buying candy at the Bluebird next door to take to the movies, How the Opera House was the center of community events, Loving their community and people of Grantsville, Renovating the cemetery, and the ushers trying to keep order with flashlights.
Collection Number and Name
Mss B 1954 The Grand Opera House Oral History Collection, 2011-2012
Type
Image/MovingImage
Genre
oral histories (literary works)
Format
video/mp4
Extent
20:02
Language
eng
Rights
Source
Mss B 1954 The Grand Opera House Oral History Collection, 2011-2012