Friends on Saipan sing in Kosraean, Marshallese, Samoan, English and Christmas songs | Nov 22, 1975

Typhoon June passed through the Mariana Islands November 22, 1975. Schools were closed and neighbors, Lisa Porter & sisters Leilani and Marta Elstrom, decided to make an audio tape to Lisa's grandparents in Massachusetts. Lisa & her parents lived at number 8 Pink Apartments on Saipan from September 1975 till August 1976 when they moved to Navy Hill and remained there until August 1983. The Elstroms lived in number 1 Pink Apartments until June 1976, when Leilani, Marta and parents moved to their grandmother's in Ebeye. The girl’s moms, Seni Elstrom & Kit Porter were also friends.
The girls loved to sing and here is a selection of songs in Kosraean, Marshallese, Samoan & English, Christmas songs, and some folk songs from that typhoon day in November, 1975.
SPEAKERS/SINGERS: Marta Elstrom, Lelani Elstrom, Lisa Porter
RECORDED BY: Lisa Porter
CREATED BY: Kit Porter Van Meter & Michael Sousa
AUDIO TAPE: P7-14: 0:00-15:32. KPV Collection Music Inventory, Nov 22, 1975
PHOTOS: Photos in KPV image inventory 1979-83: B9 Pink Apts & Saipan Nov 1975: B9-0130 cliff & ocean, B-9-023 at Pink Apts, B-9-0141 Lelani, Marta & Lisa, B-9-0128 at bird island, B-9-0126 in back of truck, B-9-0129 on cliff, B-9-0142 the girls’ moms: Seni Elstrom & Kit Porter
REFERENCE: Audio BOOK 4 YEAR 1: WORK, SCHOOL & LIFE IN CNMI, SEPT 1975-AUG 1976 by KIT & LISA PORTER, 2025, CHAP 6.
(C) Kit Porter Van Meter