I am Doris Oden Darrow, born in the late 1920s in a coastal suburb of Los Angeles, California, known as Venice. In the 1980s, my grown children asked me to write down as many memories from my childhood as I could. In 1987 I sat down at our old Royal typewriter and began my first blog. It is reproduced here, as faithfully as possible. The dates are manufactured, as Blogger's tools only allow dates as far back as Jan 1, 1999.
Singing
We learned to sing in harmony while doing the dishes. We sang songs like, I've Been Working on the Railroad, You Are My Sunshine, and other camp songs, plus just about every hymn in the hymnbook. We did a trio at the little Mar Vista Fundamental Church on Inglewood Blvd., and always had parts in the Christmas and Easter programs.
Rachel and I sang a duet just once, for Machado Grammar School's "Talent Show." I think we sang, When I Grow Too Old to Dream. (Rachel will probably remember what we sang). Our first duet at church was hymn number 212 in Tabernacle Hymns Number Four, Near to the Heart of God. I was about six.
Rachel and I sang a duet just once, for Machado Grammar School's "Talent Show." I think we sang, When I Grow Too Old to Dream. (Rachel will probably remember what we sang). Our first duet at church was hymn number 212 in Tabernacle Hymns Number Four, Near to the Heart of God. I was about six.
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