Missouri Nineteen - Text
Caucasian male, born 1981 in New Orleans, LA. Raised in St. Louis, MO. Reads The Rainbow Passage. Talks about his high school senior prom. Recorded by Dawn Youngs (on behalf of Louis Colaianni) 4-23-01 and edited by Shawn M. Muller. Recording length 00:02:32.
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My high school prom? (Pause) Well, (um) the main part about my high school prom was, the limo was a catastrophe. We (uh)-- There was a whole group of us, and one of my friends decided to ditch on us, which meant two more friends of his, which were gonna come with us, also ditched on us. So we had to pay a little bit more than we were expecting for the limo, but-- Overall, the prom was really-- really nice. And (uh), yeah, I had this really cool vest, it’s like blue and buncha stripes….
UNSCRIPTED SPEECH TRANSCRIBED BY JACQUELINE BAKER, ASSOCIATE EDITOR FOR TRANSCRIPTIONS, June 30, 2008