posted a movie ticket from one of the screenings we used to have at the park, Cast Activity's would show screenings to the Employees, either A Disney Classic, A not so Classics... or a Special Cast Premiers.
these were a lot of fun!
Employees would go over to the "Center" [Cast Activities] and pick up a couple of tickets...
Here it is, late September... Home Depot, Target and half the other stores in town have the Christmas decorations on the shelves... and it's 113 degrees out side!! Everything's melting...
What we need is a little Christmas!!!
Here's a couple of pictures I took for my Christmas cards in the past...
I'm now thinking of the Cool California morning when we walked around the park to take this picture...Aaaahhhhhh... Feeling cooler already...
and the crisp night around 4 am when I walked over to the front of the castle to get this shot...
Way back when... "Disneyland Employees" had their own Credit Union Not a CU for the Disney Co. But this was just for DISNEYLAND EMPLOYEES!
It became "Partners Federal Credit Union" and you really were treated like a "Partner" You knew everyone, [Sue, Joyce, Donna, Penny, and Ginger! Friends for life] and as "Partners" grew so did it's reputation... It was great! About 3 years ago "Partners" Merged with "Vista FCU" [The Disney Studio and Florida's] even though Vista had more members, Partners had the better reputation... so the name "PARTNERS!" stayed. Sad to say, instead of "Vista" coming up to "Partners" standards "Partners" sank down to Vista's. Gone is the "Partner" feeling, and within 3 years... All the employees that built the Credit union...Gone.
I joined the credit union when I first got my job with the park in the 70's I even got my first Brand New Car with their help and miss my financial friends. but it's just a sign of the times.
OK... off my soap box... The other day I came across this key chain that the Credit Union sent out. This is just one of the incredible things that they would do.
For all of you employees that built "Disneyland/Partners" Credit Union [Penny, Joyce, Donna, Sue, Ginger...] THANK YOU!!! and you are all Missed!
tucked between the China Closet and the
Arribas Brothers Chrystal Shop,
is a little shop that's been there forever...
It's the Silhouette Studio!
Here's an article from the Vacationland
Winter 82/83
Bonnie and Sylvia are still at the park...
I remember when we opened
Big Thunder Ranch,
Sylvia would sit on the porch of the log cabin
and spin yarn all day and chat people up about
the art of yarn...
she's a sweet lady and a true talent.
Here's an article from the Disneyland Line
Now...
Let's talk Harry Brice.Harry was the Senior Artist at the Silhouette Studio/Shop
for at least 20 years that I knew of...
Not many know that it was Harry who
came up with the idea of "Disney Dollars"!
Sadly I just found out he passed away a year ago, Sept. 5th 2009...
Here's a great tribute to Harry I found on line:
Throughout the 80's,
whenever I'd go in the park.
I'd go through the Silhouette Shop
and say hi to Harry,
over the years I got to know him really well.
At Christmas he would be sitting in his shop,
with his briefcase on his lap,
at the end of the Parade
and I would be riding in the sleigh down Main St...
I'd look down and always say hi to my friend and ask
"How's your Holiday Harry?"
He'd give Santa a big smile and just laugh...
During "Blast to the Past"
I was atmosphere talent on Main Street,
All day I would Roller Skate, Hula Hoop
and Paddle ball up and down the street.
One day Harry called me over to the shop
and gave me a caricature he had drawn...
of ME!
What a great guy, a great talent and a great friend.
Disneyland was a fun place to work
because of Friends like Harry...
and in 1981 the "Video Software Dealers Association" was established, better known as "VSDA" [These are the owners of the Video Retail stores] and each year they have a huge convention and the studios are there to show them the New and Exciting products they have coming out...MOVIES!
The year is 1988 and The Classic "CINDERELLA" had been re-released theatrically in 1957,1965,1973,1981 and 1987 NOW... it's going to be released on Home Video and Laser Disc for the First time ever!
This was the First Video in the Walt Disney Classic Collection to feature the "Sorcerer Mickey" Classic logo before the Film
Now back to VSDA and Las Vegas... Disney put together a Live Broadway style show to present to the Dealers to get them to buy the movie...
Just to make it funnier, they cast guys in the roles of the Step Mother and Stepsisters...
Here is the number "Sing Sweet Nightingale" this was a lot of fun... Just like the film, Anastasia is singing and Drizella's playing the flute...
A fight breaks out and the place is in shambles
Cinderella is called in to clean up the mess... a new song was written for the step sisters to sing to Cinderella... I can't remember the title, but it was all about cleaning up the mess! "There's a large carpet in the main hall... CLEAN IT!"...
Also if you per ordered your Video, you got a FREE Lithograph! Cool huh?
these were a lot of fun!
Employees would go over to the "Center" [Cast Activities]
The Cat from Outer Space
Thanks Tim for making me dig these up!
