Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Dancing at Kennywood in 1937 changed the life of George Vrbanac, who was then working in an Ohio tin mill for 40 cents an hour. On that long ago weekend, Vrbanac was recruited by Lester Pierce, founder of the Duquesne University Tamburitzans, to join the school's new Eastern European song and dance troupe. "I learned to dance from the Serbian girls in my neighborhood. I used to practice in the basement, dancing with a broom," said Vrbanac, who is 95 and lives in Canton, Ohio.
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Tammies, at 75, keep Eastern Europe song and dance alive
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Dancing at Kennywood in 1937 changed the life of George Vrbanac, who was then working in an Ohio tin mill for 40 cents an hour. On that long ago weekend, Vrbanac was recruited by Lester Pierce, founder of the Duquesne University Tamburitzans, to join the school's new Eastern European song and dance troupe. "I learned to dance from the Serbian girls in my neighborhood. I used to practice in the basement, dancing with a broom," said Vrbanac, who is 95 and lives in Canton, Ohio.
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This is a really great thing for the area considering how many Eastern Europeans settled here during the days of the steel mills. I noted that they travel which is also neat, there is little focus on Eastern European movement compared to movement and dances from the Middle East, Asia, and the Latin Americas. Because American culture stemmed largely from European culture, we forget that Eastern and Western Europe, despite proximity, are quite different as Eastern cultures pull heavily from surrounding continents. I appreciate the spreading of these dances types though it must be awful busing to the west coast!
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