A Green River Soundscape
Audio recording by Molly Marcello and Zoe Gardner
Sound mixing by Molly Marcello
What does Green River sound like? It sounds like geese honking above Swasey’s rapids. A crowd cheering at the Melon Days watermelon eating contest. The final buzzer at a Green River High School basketball game. Rumbling trains moving slowly on the tracks. An old metal building creaking in a windstorm. Water lapping rhythmically on the river bank. In this audio collage of Green River, we listen closely to the places in our town that sound like home.
Sounds in order of appearance:
Water lapping on banks of the river
Geese chatting as they fly overhead
Swasey’s rapids
Birds on a wire, near Elgin Cemetery
Sprinklers
Car passing on Main Street
Crystal Geyser erupting
Melon Days
GRHS basketball game
Historic bible church bells
Dogs barking
OK Anderson park, kids playing
La Pasadita cumbia music
Truck shifting gears on Main Street
Wind on Main Street
Old metal building in the wind
Trains; freight and Amtrak