Doo Dah Days! DVD  

DVDs Now Available! The Lawrenceville Historical society is offering the Doo Dah Days!DVD for a donation of $20.00.  All proceeds will benefit The Stephen Foster Music and Heritage Festival (Doo Dah Days) ensuring it’s continuance for years to come. This director’s cut edition runs a full hour - with eight minutes more material than was seen on the WQED broadcast.  The DVD also includes 20 minutes of additional bonus material including a tour of the historic Allegheny Cemetery.     Get yours today! The DVD (or download) is also available from Film Baby DVDs are also available from Borders Books  (East Liberty and Pittsburgh Mills) and Paul's CDs and Dreaming Ant in Bloomfield.  You can also get your copy in Lawrenceville at The Wild Card, Jay Design, Espresso a Mano, T's Upholstry and Fresh Heirlooms on Butler Street; The Arsenal Cider House on 39th Street near Penn Avenue and Wilson's Drug Store at Penn and Main.   Doo Dah Days! on KDKA-TV News

Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864) Born on July 4, 1826, while the country celebrated its 50th anniversary of independence, Stephen Foster has become Lawrenceville’s most famous native son. He was the son of William Barclay Foster, founder of Lawrenceville and Eliza Tomlinson. Foster’s parents moved to Allegheny City (now Pittsburgh’s North Side) when Stephen was very small. He developed a love for music at a very tender age of about three or four, and from that point forward there was no stopping him. Foster is considered by many to be the world’s foremost composer, and is the only person to have written two state songs – “My Old Kentucky Home” (Kentucky) and “Swannee River” (Florida). A third song “Oh! Susanna” was considered by the state of California as being their state song, but it was rejected. Today he is considered the founder of “Pop Music” and his works are played throughout the world. There are many books written on Stephen Foster and the University of Pittsburgh maintains the Stephen Foster Memorial Center in his honor. It is located in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh close to the Cathedral of Learning.