The Fabulous Disney Babe
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Man, do I have a lot to write about this week - so much so, that I'm going
to - if it's okay with Doobie - break it up into pieces over the next week.
Anyone who knows me well knows that I'm nuts about Discovery Bay and have a serious thing
for Captain Nemo. K
The CHANDLER'S
COVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY is presenting
THE 20,000 LEAGUES EXPOSITION/ IMAGINEERING THE SECRETS OF THE
NAUTILUS
July 12th & 13th, 2003 in Anaheim, California
An amazing weekend of adventure and wonder!
Guest of Honor - Richard Fleischer, Director of Walt Disney's
Classic Adventure film - 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA
Also appearing:
Tony Baxter - Walt Disney Imagineering
Peter Renaday - Actor & Voice Talent - was the voice of
Captain Nemo for Walt Disney World's 20,000 LEAGUES ADVENTURE, appeared in the pilot film
for the legendary (but never built) DISCOVERY BAY project
Rich Allsmiller - Master Modeler & Historian of the
NAUTILUS
Exhibits and Displays include:
Models of the NAUTILUS
Artwork from the film
Conceptual Artwork of Imagineer Tom Scherman (DISCOVERY BAY
PROJECT, MYSTERIES OF THE NAUTILUS - DISNEYLAND PARIS, MYSTERIOUS ISLAND - as conceived
originally for the Long Beach, California version of DisneySea...)
CONCEPTUAL DISPLAY FROM WALT DISNEY MARKETING ON MERCHANDISE
BEING CREATED FOR THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF 20,000 LEAGUES in 2004
A Private Reception for 85 - 100 Guests with Richard Fleischer
A Panel honoring the memory of legendary Disney Imagineer, Tom
Scherman (DISCOVERY BAY PROJECT, MYSTERIES OF THE NAUTILUS - Disneyland Paris, MYSTERIOUS
ISLAND - as conceived originally for hte Long Beach, California version of DisneySea,
much, much more...)
Amazing Silent Auctions & Raffles with proceeds to benefit
Cancer Research in the name of Tom Scherman
A slide presentation from Walt Disney Imagineering on the
NAUTILUS in Disney Theme Parks & related projects
Panels will include:
20,000 LEAGUES - THE FILM
THE HISTORY OF WALT DISNEY'S 'NAUTILUS'
THE MANY BERTHS OF THE 'NAUTILUS' IN DISNEY THEME PARKS
HOW TO BUILD YOUR OWN SCALE MODEL OF THE 'NAUTILUS'
THE LEGENDARY TOM SCHERMAN - "MR. NAUTILUS"
MEMORIES OF FILMING 20,000 LEAGUES
All of the above and a whole lot more!
For more information visit our website at
www.chandlerscove.com
Isn't the name "Chandler's Cove Historical Society" cool? I named it. I'm just an attendee, not an organizer, however. I hope to see you there.
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Speaking of Discovery Bay, et al., I'm finally
going to finish that Discovery Bay series I started a long time ago. Last week, I had the
pleasure of sitting down with a true Disney Legend - Pete Reneday. We talked about the
Discovery Bay Chronicles, his long career with Disney, and his latest gig for them - the
voice of the narrator for The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, which officially opens
today at Disneyland Park, while Playhouse Disney Live on Stage debuts across the plaza in
Disney's California Adventure. The openings have been scaled way back due to the war,
which is a pretty logical action on Disney's part, but I will be there, and you'll see a
story and photos about that later.
Last night, I attended the AMPAS Marc Davis Animation Lecture Series - the eighth one -
and it was all about Disney Legends, two of Walt's Nine Old Men, and living American
Treasures Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnson. What I love about the AMPAS lectures is that you
really do learn a lot - in fact, I'm still kind of "wrapping my head around"
everything that was stuffed into it last night. I really want to cover this in depth
when I'm sure I've got everything where it's supposed to be. But I will give a brief
overview of the evening.