Cultural Placemaking Through the Arts - Dave Fry

Annotation Dave Fry is the founder of Godfrey Daniels, a listening club and musical venue on the Southside of Bethlehem, PA. Fry talks about founding Godfrey Daniels in 1976, about its approach to music, and about some of the challenges that Godfrey Daniels has faced in its history. Fry reflects on the way that Godfrey Daniels and other arts organizations contribute to the local community of Bethlehem. This interview is part of a series of interviews conducted by Lehigh University in collaboration with area artists Doug Roysdon (Mock Turtle Marionette Theater), Anna Russell, and Avi Setton. These interviews were supported in part by the Lehigh University Mellon Digital Humanities Initiative. An oral history interview is an act of memory and hence both highly selective and highly subjective. While it accurately reflects what a narrator remembers (or chooses to tell) of his or her experience and viewpoints, it may not accurately represent what actually transpired or what another person may have experienced. As such users should subject interviews to the same degree of critical scrutiny they would any other historical source.