Interview with Peter Davis
Dublin Core
Title
Interview with Peter Davis
Date
12/8/2016
Is Part Of
Skidmore-Saratoga Memory Project
Publisher
DS113A: Storytelling Interviewing, Skidmore College
Description
An interview with Peter Davis, the program director of the Flurry Festival from 2006- present day. Peter discusses the nuts and bolts of creating the schedule and how it changed from Paul Rosenberg's direction to the current form.
Language
English
Creator
Amanda Muir
Subject
Saratoga Springs -- Flurry Festival -- History
Format
Original recording wav file, 16 bit 44.1 khz
Oral History Item Type Metadata
Interviewer
Amanda Muir
Interviewee
Peter Davis
Location
Room 128B, Lucy Scribner Library, Skidmore College
Original Format
digital audio recording
Duration
53:34
Time Summary
00:00:00 Introductions
00:00:32 Discusses role of program director
00:01:28 Relationship to Paul Rosenberg, becoming the flurry program director
00:03:17 Asks wife how to strategize taking on the Flurry organization. Turns to computers
00:04:18 First year directing the festival, a power outage occurred in the city center while the weather became colder
00:07:25 Brought in swing music, the vision of Paul Rosenberg
00:08:30 Restructured the guidelines to increase profit for organization and increase younger attendance
00:10:40 Hired younger bands to increase youth attendance and added more youth oriented programing
00:12:20 Expanded the Flurry festival reach to a national scope, while still including local bands, teachers, and performers
00:14:20 Set up specific event for little kids and teens with help from board members
00:16:05 Remincing of sense of community at first Flurry festival.
00:16:50 Placed in a swing dance workshop at Old Songs Festival, met Jay Unger and Molly Mason who were big influences in the beginning of the Flurry Festival
00:17:30 Early swing dancing at the Flurry. Played the band at the festival and helped spread the word of the festival to more swing dancers
00:19:17 Played as a musician at the Flurry along with his son Ben
00:20:30 Maintained and increased the diversity in music and dance, added techno contra dance along with urban and traditional dance forms
00:23:50 Advertising the amount of music and songs available
00:24:25 Grant outreach through the Flurry Organization to underprivileged organizations to give them attendance to the festival
00:26:14 Increased positivity and support from the Saratoga community, specifically businesses
00:28:05 The flurry festival community. Hired musicians discovering the Flurry for the first time
00:30:07 Support of flurry community through financial troubles
00:31:00 Effects of the cold weather on the festival programmers and participants
00:33:25 Enjoying the Flurry. The difficulty of programming the events
00:36:20 Final performance was a medley of musicians at the festival that jammed including the Midwestern Swing
00:38:30 Watching the new people see the huge contra dances
00:39:30 Explaining the Flurry experience to non participants
00:42:20 The role the Flurry plays in Peter Davis’ life, looking towards the future
00:45:03 Considering the attendance of workshops and events
00:45:40 Positives and negatives of program director, writing a decline to a workshop teacher
00:46:50 The directors and departments on the Flurry Organization board
00:49:30 Desire to have support from local colleges and student performances
00:53:20 End
00:00:32 Discusses role of program director
00:01:28 Relationship to Paul Rosenberg, becoming the flurry program director
00:03:17 Asks wife how to strategize taking on the Flurry organization. Turns to computers
00:04:18 First year directing the festival, a power outage occurred in the city center while the weather became colder
00:07:25 Brought in swing music, the vision of Paul Rosenberg
00:08:30 Restructured the guidelines to increase profit for organization and increase younger attendance
00:10:40 Hired younger bands to increase youth attendance and added more youth oriented programing
00:12:20 Expanded the Flurry festival reach to a national scope, while still including local bands, teachers, and performers
00:14:20 Set up specific event for little kids and teens with help from board members
00:16:05 Remincing of sense of community at first Flurry festival.
00:16:50 Placed in a swing dance workshop at Old Songs Festival, met Jay Unger and Molly Mason who were big influences in the beginning of the Flurry Festival
00:17:30 Early swing dancing at the Flurry. Played the band at the festival and helped spread the word of the festival to more swing dancers
00:19:17 Played as a musician at the Flurry along with his son Ben
00:20:30 Maintained and increased the diversity in music and dance, added techno contra dance along with urban and traditional dance forms
00:23:50 Advertising the amount of music and songs available
00:24:25 Grant outreach through the Flurry Organization to underprivileged organizations to give them attendance to the festival
00:26:14 Increased positivity and support from the Saratoga community, specifically businesses
00:28:05 The flurry festival community. Hired musicians discovering the Flurry for the first time
00:30:07 Support of flurry community through financial troubles
00:31:00 Effects of the cold weather on the festival programmers and participants
00:33:25 Enjoying the Flurry. The difficulty of programming the events
00:36:20 Final performance was a medley of musicians at the festival that jammed including the Midwestern Swing
00:38:30 Watching the new people see the huge contra dances
00:39:30 Explaining the Flurry experience to non participants
00:42:20 The role the Flurry plays in Peter Davis’ life, looking towards the future
00:45:03 Considering the attendance of workshops and events
00:45:40 Positives and negatives of program director, writing a decline to a workshop teacher
00:46:50 The directors and departments on the Flurry Organization board
00:49:30 Desire to have support from local colleges and student performances
00:53:20 End
Record Creation Date
8/12/2016
Collection
Citation
Amanda Muir, “Interview with Peter Davis,” Skidmore Saratoga Memory Project, accessed January 31, 2025, https://ssmp.skidmore.edu/document/416.
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