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Marta's Blog: A Look Back
My name is Marta Selbryth, well it was Selbryth, before I married. I want to take you back to my growing years which were filled with so many differences from my present ones. Join me.
First Recollections
Spinning. I remember spinning around in our living room with my arms spread wide and my eyes squinted so I looked like I had my eyes closed.
My father sat in his leatherette chair, my mom sat on the couch in front of the gold gilt mirror watching me, gasping when I moved too close to the coffee table. I thought I was a ballerina. They told me how lovely I spun around.
When I became six, I began dance lessons complete with pink leotards and black ballet slippers. We danced and spun in slow motion to music played by violins. We pointed our toes. We curtsied. In June we put on make-up, dotted Swiss aprons over black leotards to dance and spin for an audience. I was hooked! My love affair with ballet, spinning and music lingers today.
Please comments. Share your recollections or stories you've been told about the late 1950s. Let's share those it-seems-like-yesterday moments before they are lost forever.
First Recollections
Spinning. I remember spinning around in our living room with my arms spread wide and my eyes squinted so I looked like I had my eyes closed.
My father sat in his leatherette chair, my mom sat on the couch in front of the gold gilt mirror watching me, gasping when I moved too close to the coffee table. I thought I was a ballerina. They told me how lovely I spun around.
When I became six, I began dance lessons complete with pink leotards and black ballet slippers. We danced and spun in slow motion to music played by violins. We pointed our toes. We curtsied. In June we put on make-up, dotted Swiss aprons over black leotards to dance and spin for an audience. I was hooked! My love affair with ballet, spinning and music lingers today.
Please comments. Share your recollections or stories you've been told about the late 1950s. Let's share those it-seems-like-yesterday moments before they are lost forever.
