Truth and reality are only debatably relevant. Their job is much more than transcription - it's a process of editing and shaping the moments that each client wants to be remembered by. I are both interested in the process and use of collecting oral histories of various forms. You all are probably a more forgiving audience, presumably being interested in documentary work yourselves. In any case, we were pleasantly surprised by how fun this piece was to edit and we hope that you will enjoy these bits of history in the making as much as we have.
Rail riders have different strategies for getting on and off a moving train.
Caroline McCoy, although she prefers not to jump a moving train, has learned that it safe so long as the train is going slow enough for you to run alongside. The piece took on its form therefore, based on the constraints of being part of a larger product. We were given a small slot of time within the show, and were therefore faced with the task of cutting out hours for valuable sound, until we came to our final product. It was a valuable lesson in radio editing. Her first radio appearance, at age five, involved her describing the lavish Christmas windows at Macy's department store.