Souvenir Friday-Dixieland at Disneyland 1964 Plus More

Let me start off by posting a scan of the poster from the Second Annual Dixieland at Disneyland event. This is a scan of the poster that was once hanging in the barn at Ward Kimball's (thanks Chris!)

Next up is the program from the Fifth Annual Dixieland at Disneyland event. Check out the groups performing as well as the production crew. I would love to have seen the scenic design by Roland Crump. (And I am looking for programs from the 1st Annual as well as the Third and Fourth....)

A nice addition to this is the ticket signed by Kid Ory. Kid Ory was one of the best and earliest trombone players in Jazz. He started a band in New Orleans in 1912 and continued playing Dixieland for the rest of his life.

Souvenir Friday- Dixieland at Disneyland Program 1961

Growing up I never listened to Dixieland music, rather I was listening to early Rock and Roll and Surf music. However, as I began to collect Disneyland memorabilia, I began to listen to Dixieland as I learned about the Firehouse Five Plus 2. Then I found this program and began to wonder how it would have been to listen to the greats of Dixieland at Disneyland. Every time I ride the Mark Twain, I picture Louis Armstrong playing and singing on the small stage. The other great part of this program is the fun graphics on the cover and the interior program. I love the crowded Mark Twain on the cover with multiple musicians, dancers and singers.

Souvenir Friday- Dixieland at Disneyland1966 Poster and Carnation Menu

Two items for souvenir Friday today. First up is another great purchase from the Disney show. This poster was placed at local stores where guests could purchase advance tickets for the 1966 Dixieland at Disneyland show. The show featured Louis Armstrong and a plethora of Dixieland bands, including my favorite the Firehouse Five Plus 2. This was most likely printed in the Disneyland print shop like the various posters for Nite at Disneyland parties and Magic Kingdom Club advertising.

Next up is a post to add to a post on Major Pepperidge's blog of May 29, 2015 on a Kids Carnation Menu. This is the version I have of the same kids menu. The front featuring the Carnation Milk truck and the back on mine features the Carnation Bunnies Pete and Harry. The prices for the kid's meals are slightly different. I believe this was not a Disneyland Carnation menu but rather a menu from the chain of Carnation restaurants.

Dixieland at Disneyland- The Performers

A publicity still featuring a montage of performers for a Dixieland at Disneyland night in the early 1960s. See if you can name them all.....

Souvenir Friday- 1965 Sixth Annual Dixieland at Disneyland

The 1965 version of the Dixieland at Disneyland event had a different twist to the parade of bands. Instead of using the Mark Twain and the rafts for the band parade, Disneyland used a Tailgate Ramble down Main Street. The bands were preceded by the Southern California Hot Jazz Society marching band. I assume that the main bands rode parade floats or vehicles. The first two images are of the souvenir program.

Interior with location for each band as well as list of band members.

Disneyland advertised the event on the back of the gate flyers.

Happy 100th Birthday Ward Kimball

Yesterday was the 100th birthday of my favorite Disney animator, Ward Kimball. Kimball was definitely a renaissance man with varied interests. His interests included modern art, animation, music, trains, costumes, antique automobiles, antique toys and more. He influenced Walt Disney and the creation of Disneyland, re-igniting Walt's love of trains and traveling to the Chicago Rail Fair and Henry Ford's Greenfield Village with Walt in 1948. Ward created some of the most popular and innovative animation to be released from the Walt Disney studio including Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom and the Man in Space TV series. He also directed the Academy Award winning animated short "It's Tough To Be A Bird." Over the years I have posted several items related to Ward. One of my favorite items is a set of postcards that Ward purchased at Greenfield Village. The note to himself speaks of Ward's sense of humor.

Another favorite postcard is this color view of Ward's home train. Not content to have a toy train set, Ward was one of the first private owners of a steam powered locomotive. This train set can be visited at the Orange Empire Railway Museum located in Perris California.

Here is a broadside for an early train steam up. This may have been one which Walt would have been invited and learned to drive a train.

Ward was the founder of the Firehouse 5 Plus 2 Dixieland Jazz band. One of their important gigs was to march in the opening day parade on July 17, 1955.

The band also played the Dixieland at Disneyland events for many years. This is a copy of a poster that once was on display in Ward's train barn (from Chris.)

Happy centennial Ward and thanks for all that you did. I miss your wacky sense of humor at Disney events and your animation.

Things From the Gate- 4th Annual Dixieland at Disneylant Ticket Brochure

Another 1963 brochure is this nice one featuring advertisement for the 1963 4th Annual Dixieland at Disneyland. Brochure is dated 9/63. Cute graphics as usual on the brochure. There is just something about the late 1950s and 1960s spot art.

Souvenir Friday- Third Annual Dixieland at Disneyland Program

I know I have shown Dixieland at Disneyland programs before and here is another one I found in the collection recently and thought I did not own. (I was digging through my boxes for Jason from Disneyland Nomenclature to scan items for his compendium.) I like this program as it lists the members of each band.

Now I need to find the 2nd Annual program.

Stuff From the Gate- Dixieland At Disneyland Ticket Brochure

This example is one of the reasons I am trying to complete a set of these Two Wonderful Ways to visit Disneyland ticket brochure. A nice advertisement for the 2nd Annual Dixieland at Disneyland event. This is numbered 6 in the date code or 11/61.

Thing From the Gate- Dixieland at Disneyland 1962

An exceptionally rare gate flier given out only on September 29, 1962 the second night of the two night Third Annual Dixieland at Disneyland. The flier alerted guests of the time of closing for the day and that tickets for the event were available. Check out the lovely spot illustration looking like the Strawhatters. This example was taped into a friend's photo album and gifted to me many years ago.

Things From the Gate- 3rd Annual Dixieland At Disneyland

Ticket brochure number 18 from 1962 advertising the 3rd Annual Dixieland at Disneyland event. I like the brochure was used to document the parking space.

Firehouse Five Plus 2 Marching in Opening Day Parade

One of the most enjoyable parts of watching the opening day ceremony on the Disney Treasures DVD is the performance of the Firehouse Five Plus Two. The band was Ward Kimball's baby who recruited other talented animators such as Frank Thomas, Harper Goff and soundman Jimmy McDonald to play classic Dixieland Jazz. For many years the band was a fixture at Disneyland and appeared every year at the Dixieland at Disneyland events. Last year Ward's famous train collection was auctioned off along with a couple of the Firehouse Five Plus Two fireman hats. The hats were sold for very good money, one ending up at the Walt Disney Barn in Griffith Park. I wish I could find one of those hats....maybe one of these days.

Rivers of America Scenes

Three slides featuring the Rivers of America and the ships that ply the dangerous and wild river. First up is a nicely framed image of the Columbia in dock with the Keel Boat getting ready to launch. The framing is from the bandstand which once was the place to hear Dixieland on the river.

A rather long distance view of the Mark Twain as she approaches the dock. Even from a distance, the ship has a nice look.

Final image is the way Dapper Day attendees should dress, especially nice white gloves and a strand of pearls and sunglasses.

Two Unrelated Photographs

Two fun but unrelated photographs. First up is a nice image of a model hanging out in Fantasyland. I love the pin up look with the short shorts and the bullet bra. I have featured this model in prior posts. The back of the photo is stamped Please credit Jacques Delanger.

Next up is an image of the Firehouse Five Plus 2 on screen. The caption on the reverse of the photograph reads: Look at him step...Van Johnson dances the Charleston to the strains of Dixieland Jazz by the famed Firehouse Five Plus Two in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayers's "Grounds for Marriage." Co-starred with him is Kathryn Grayson but here Paula Drew steps out the Charleston with the star. The comedy was directed by Robert Z. Leonard and produced by Samuel Marx.

New Orleans Square Souvenir Slide Set

I recently rediscovered my collection of souvenir slide sets (see yesterdays post) and am planning to post a bunch over the next couple of weeks. First up was the Swiss Family Treehouse, now it is New Orleans Square. Put on the Mardi Gras music and enjoy these early images of New Orleans in California. First up is the Dixieland band.

A nice view from the Blue Bayou. I like that you can see the Pirates of the Caribbean track.

One of my favorite shops when I was a kid...I was into antiques at that time in my life as well.

Great view of a quiet place I still try to visit every time I am at Disneyland.

Great view showing the Mark Twain and the nice iron work.

Fantasyland September 28, 1962

A rather empty Saturday morning shot of Fantasyland with the Matterhorn in the background dated September 28, 1962. According to the day in history for Disney, this was the day of the 3rd Annual Dixieland and Disneyland so everyone must be sleeping in for tonight's festivities. I can only count 5 people in the photograph!

Just a note that the blogging may be sporadic as I make my way to California for the National Fantasy Fan Club and Disneyland birthday. I do have some nice surprises up my sleeves for those times I can post!

Things From the Gate- Two More Summer 1960 Gate Brochures

Two more Summer 1960 ticket brochures. First up is the second version of the 1960 brochure as it does not have the June 10th date and ticket prices have increased as compared to the last ticket brochure poster.

I am just showing the back of this brochure as the front and interior pages are the same. This is one of my favorite of this series. I wish I could have gone to the Dixieland at Disneyland events.