[Magdalen] Music memories

[Grace Cangialosi]

It was interesting dealing with the Birmingham stereotype when I was on college and then when I applied for my first job in Flint, because I was totally unaware that it even existed. My dad was military, and I had spent high school in Germany. My parents had bought the house in B'ham when I was in Junior high, and that was what allowed me in-state tuition. But I learned in college and later that people made certain assumptions about me, and I started saying, "Well, my parents live in Birmingham..."

> On Dec 23, 2014, at 12:41 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Christ Church, Cranbrook, was beautiful, and my aunt and uncle belonged there, but it was too upscale for us!  Besides, I could walk to St. James, if I needed to...
> 
> I belonged to St. Philip's, Rochester, but went to CCC when I wanted
> to feel upscale. :)
> 
> Birmingham in general is pretty upscale! But of course Cranbrook is
> dripping with $$$. Not that that's important...it was mainly an
> attractive ethos for me back then.
> 
> -- 
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA