1963 Disneyland
January 1, 1963
Disneyland showcases its first 'Cavalcade of Big Bands' a series of concerts by some of the biggest names in swing music
30 United Nations representatives Visit Disneyland
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Disneyland Unveils Audio Animatronics
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An entirely new medium of three dimensional entertainment which took more than 10 years to perfect at a cost of more than $1 million, is now open to the public at Disneyland. Based on the use of advanced space-age technological developments, a unique ...
Basie Swings At Disneyland
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Count Basie and his internationally famous orchestra will open a six night engagement at Disneyland Friday in an explosive jazz salute to the Independence Day Holiday. In Disneyland's summer, long parade of big bands, Count Basie leads the way with ...
Dazzled In Disneyland
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In the third decade of this century America produced a young man of genius. He drew pictures with pen and ink and wash. Like other geniuses, such as Michelangelo, Leonardo and Bernini, he had a mechanical turn of mind; and, by means of all sorts of ...
Magic Worlds Of Walt Disney
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Disneyland really started more than 20 years ago, when Walt got the idea for an amusement park that grownups as well as children would enjoy. "I had all my drawing things laid out at home, and I'd work on plans for the park, as a hobby, at night." ...
Tommy Dorsey Group At Disneyland Sunday
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Disneyland recreates another swinging chapter of the big band era beginning Sunday with the appearance of the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra featuring Frank Sinatra Jr., the Pied Pipers and Helen Forrest. A surprise addition to the summer long parade of big ...
Onward And Upward With The Arts
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One day last year in Los Angeles, as I was about to step aboard a helicopter that would take me to Disneyland with my teen-aged son and daughter, these two, smiling wanly, nodded toward a tourist poster that gave equal billing to our destination and to ...
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Disneyland showcases its first 'Cavalcade of Big Bands' a series of concerts by some of the biggest names in swing music
30 United Nations representatives Visit Disneyland
British Ambassador Sir David Ormsby Gore Visits Disneyland
President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan of India Visits Disneyland
Dr. Norman Dyhrenfurth and American Mt. Everest Team Visits Disneyland
King Mohammed Zahir and Queen Homaira of Afghanistan Visits Disneyland
Former King Umberto of Italy Visits Disneyland
President Victor Paz Estenssoro of Bolivia Visits Disneyland
ADDITIONS:
*Walt Disney's ENCHANTED TIKI ROOM (unveiled a new media of three-dimensional entertainment called "Audio-Animatronics;" birds, flowers and Tiki gods perform an exciting musical fantasy) -- Adventureland
INVESTMENT Total to date: $45 million (including construction on New Orleans Square and Haunted Mansion)
ATTENDANCE: 5.6 million
HIGHLIGHTS:
The Park's seventh anniversary saw total attendance pass 37.5 million.
"Salute to Mexico," presented by People-to-People and Mexican Tourist Association was showcased as a cultural exhibit.
More than 19,000 guests were on hand for New Year's Eve and thousands more participated in Easter vacation's "Spring Fling."
Three Grad Nites brought 35,000 celebrants. The "Cavalcade of Bie Bands" with Gene Krupa, Les Brown, Charlie Barnet and Lionel Hampton, was followed by a summer-long big band parade -- Count Basie, Tex Beneke, Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra with Frank Sinatra, Jr., and Harry James.
"Dixieland at Disneyland" featured Al Hirt and a cast of 300 in a musical mardi gras.
The "Parade of Toys" was a daily feature of Christmas week.
Disneyland's Community Service Awards program honored the charitable efforts of 15 county organizations, presenting $10,000 in awards, with the Outstanding Award going to the YMCA of North Orange County.
FAMOUS GUESTS:
*30 United Nations representatives (January)
*British Ambassador Sir David Ormsby Gore (February)
*President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan of India (June)
*Dr. Norman Dyhrenfurth and American Mt. Everest Team (August)
*King Mohammed Zahir and Queen Homaira of Afghanistan (September)
*Former King Umberto of Italy (November)
*President Victor Paz Estenssoro of Bolivia (November)
*Gov. Otto Kerner of Illinois (December)
*Gov. Tim Babcock of Montana (December)
*Astronaut John Glenn (December)
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