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Pennsylvania Four - Text

This white female, 21, is a student and bar-tender, born and raised in Philadelphia, PA. She describes her studies in the hospitality industry. She was recorded by Cynthia Blaise on 8/09/99 and edited by Paul Meier on 12/01/99. Running time 00:02:38.

TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH
My major is tourism/hospitality management.  Ah, we learn the (uh)-- the avenues of the entertainment business an’ (um) the industry, an’ (uh) entertainment ’n’ leisure, an’ working in hotels or casino-resorts, working with people, working with people with disabilities, learning to cater, certain kinds of variety of, y’know, different kinds o’ people, people with different ethnicities or things like that.  Planning an’ booking for (um) banquets or special events that happen in (uh)-- in a hotel, or, like, shows or, y’know….  

UNSCRIPTED SPEECH TRANSCRIBED BY JACQUELINE BAKER, ASSOCIATE EDITOR FOR TRANSCRIPTIONS, July 2, 2008

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