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VIP 2nd row

Celebrating 55 Years

Limited seats available! $135.00

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Garner Holt

Under Mr. Holt’s creative direction, the company has built over 2,000 animatronic characters, from songbirds to dinosaurs and giant horses to jelly fish. Clients include such prestigious names as Disneyland, Tokyo DisneySea, Universal Studios, Movie Park Germany, MGM, NASA, Chuck E. Cheese and McDonald’s restaurants. Garner Holt Productions has seven THEA Awards for outstanding Theme Park attractions.

Floyd Norman

Though he prefers to be called a "cartoonist," few other artists working in animation today can boast a career as varied as that of Floyd Norman. From the 1950s to today, Floyd's diverse career, insightful viewpoint, and unflinching honesty have truly made him a Disney Legend. Floyd worked as an in-betweener and animator on Sleeping Beauty, The Sword in the Stone, and The Jungle Book, along with various animated short projects at Disney in the late 50s and early 60s. In the early 1970s to work on Robin Hood (1973), was a layout artist on "Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch" (1974), an animator on "Jabberjaw" (1976), character designer and key layout artist on "The New Fred and Barney Show" (1979), and key layout artist on "The Kwicky Koala Show" (1981).
More recently, he has worked on Toy Story 2 (1999) and Monsters, Inc. (2001) for Pixar and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) and Mulan (1998) for Disney, among others. He continues to work for The Walt Disney Company as a consultant on various projects.

Brian Sommer

Producer Carlene Thie

Also Staring:

Founder of ApePenPublishing.com

http://ww.briansommer.com/

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The Event will be a Dinner & Show, with Disney Legends and much more than you can imagine!

4pm - 11 pm estimated time.

5pm cocktail hour. Dress Code(semi-formal)

951-818-3694

apepenpublishing@aol.com

Darin Hughes Animatronics AA figure Programer:

Past: Principal Animator at Walt Disney Imagineering

Current: Animatronic Animation Specialist at Universal

"As a special touch to this most 'Magical' evening, a world-class Magician is scheduled to walk around during the Reception Hour."

The Doom Buggies

Windows to sky

Larry Nikolai

As a Senior Conceptual Designer at Walt Disney Imagineering, Larry Nikolai has helped to create attractions for Disney parks around the world. He has been honored to help re-imagine new versions of many classic Disney shows- from "it's a small world" and "Storybookland" at Disneyland® Resort Paris to "Country Bear Theater", "Splash Mountain", "Haunted Mansion Holiday Nightmare", "The Enchanted Tiki Room with Stitch" and "Monsters Inc. Ride and Go Seek!" at Tokyo Disneyland®, as well as "Journey into Imagination with Figment" at EPCOT.

For Tokyo DisneySea he was lead conceptual designer and art director for The Arabian Coast, where he was responsible for introducing enchanting new attractions and characters to the Disney family including "Sindbad's Seven Voyages" and the "Caravan Carousel".

At Disney's California Adventure® park, Larry directed the development of the characters in "Monsters Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue!" and is currently working on the upcoming "The Little Mermaid- Ariel's Undersea Adventure" attraction.

Special Appearance by:

R2 D2 & C3PO

Special Guest

Ethan Reed

Senior Show Animator

Walt Disney Imagineering – Animation Concept Design & Programming

Ethan graduated from CalArts, with a BFA in Character Animation in 1999. At

Imagineering, he has been a part of the team responsible for animating the

majority of Audio-Animatronics® shows for the last decade on attractions such as

Sindbad’s Seven Voyages and Pirates of the Caribbean. Ethan has also been a

driving force in directing the production of some of the most advanced Audio-

Animatronics® characters such as Mr. Potato Head, Luxo Jr., Abraham Lincoln,

and Roz. Ethan was also a Production Designer on “Monsters Inc., Mike and Sulley to the Rescue,” and the “Finding Nemo, Submarine Voyage” where he was responsible for the day-to-day art direction on all of the characters being built internally at Imagineering and at outside vendors. Ethan has traveled around the world for the company, working not only on the upfront concept development of the figures, but working on the final crucial implementation of the shows in their final locations. Ethan recently animated and provided day to day art direction on the new improved Abraham Lincoln figure for Disneyland. Ethan also recently served as Character Designer for all of the characters for Mystic Manor, part of the Hong Kong Disneyland expansion. Currently, Ethan is Animating all of the figures for the “Little Mermaid, Ariel’s Adventure” attraction for Disney’s California Adventure and Walt Disney World, as well as Art Directing The Mr. Potato Head show for Tokyo Disney Sea and Animating all of the characters for the Hong Kong Disneyland Expansion.

Michael Campbell is the President of the Carolwood Pacific Historical Society, an international organization dedicated to preserving and promoting Walt Disney's railroad legacy. He is currently leading the preservation of the original Santa Fe & Disneyland Railroad "combine" car, recently acquired by the non-profit Carolwood Foundation. He has created numerous events, exhibits and classes that celebrate railroading, and was asked by the Walt Disney Family Foundation to assist in the planning and creation of the railroad exhibits at the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco.

A former president of a Toastmaster's chapter, Michael has presented at Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Pixar Animation Studios, National Garden Railway Conventions, the California State Railroad Museum, the American Association of Private Railcar Owners and various railroad and model railroading associations. He and his wife Debbie are committed to railroad preservation and are in the process of restoring an authentic steam locomotive located on their property in Northern California.

LOCATION

Grand Ballroom, Disneyland Hotel,

Disneyland Resort

Anaheim, California

TICKETS

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COST

$88.00 per person

Host Neil Patrick Harris

Actor Neil Patrick Harris

Harris made his film debut in two movies: Purple People Eater (1988) and Clara's Heart (1988), which starred Whoopi Goldberg. A year later, when Neil was 16, he landed the lead role in Steven Bochco's television series about a teen prodigy doctor at a local hospital, "Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989), which launched Harris into teen-heartthrob status.

In 1999, Harris returned to television in the short-lived sitcom "Stark Raving Mad" (1999), with Tony Shalhoub. He was also in the big-screen projects The Next Best Thing (2000) and Undercover Brother (2002), and he can be heard as the voice of Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the newest animated "Spider-Man" (2003) series.

In 2005, Harris returned to the small screen in a guest-starring role on "Numb3rs" (2005) and a starring role in the sitcom "How I Met Your Mother"

Imagineer Bob Gurr has always been a man on the move. And for nearly 40 years, he's helped move many a happy Disney theme park guest aboard vehicles and ride conveyances of his own design.

As he's often quipped, "If it moves on wheels at Disneyland, I probably designed it."

And he certainly has, developing more than 100 designs for attractions ranging from Autopia to the Matterhorn Bobsleds to the Disneyland and Walt Disney World Monorails, and more.

Over the next nearly four decades, Bob worked transportation magic developing the memorable Flying Saucers attraction in Tomorrowland, the antique cars and double-decker buses of Main Street, Ford Motor Company's Magic Skyway, which premiered at the 1964-65 New York World's Fair, and more. Bob also helped design the mechanical workings of Disney's first Audio-Animatronic figure - Abraham Lincoln featured in Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln.

Kathryn Beaumont

In 1951, Kathryn went on a promotional tour for "Alice in Wonderland," which included a trip aboard the Queen Mary to her native England. Within two weeks of her return, she was cast as Wendy in "Peter Pan" for which she again served as both speaking voice and physical model of the animated character. She also served as a model for Tinker Bell.
In 1950, Kathryn also appeared with Walt in his first one-hour television special, "One Hour in Wonderland," and returned the next year, as Wendy in "The Walt Disney Christmas Show."

Alice Davis

At Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI), Alice Estes Davis was the original "designing woman." Married to Disney Legend Marc Davis, she enjoyed a fashionable Disney career of her own, designing and dressing animated figures for such beloved Disneyland attractions as It's a Small World and Pirates of the Caribbean.

In 1963, Walt Disney recruited Alice to contribute her skill to the attraction It's a Small World for the 1964-65 New York World's Fair. Collaborating with art designer and fellow Legend Mary Blair, Alice researched, designed and supervised the creation of more than 150 highly-detailed costumes for the Audio-Animatronics Children of the World.

Xavier Atencio

Walt Disney valued quality artists, like multi-talented Xavier Atencio, who helped animate Disney classics, including "Fantasia," and later developed music for such Disneyland attractions as Pirates of the Caribbean.

In 1965, Walt asked X to stretch his talents by relocating to Walt Disney Imagineering, then called WED (Walter Elias Disney) Enterprises, to assist in the creation of the Primeval World diorama for Disneyland. He went on to help develop dialogue and music for such attractions as Adventure thru Inner Space, the Haunted Mansion (for which he co-wrote the song "Grim Grinning Ghosts"), and Pirates of the Caribbean (for which he wrote "Yo Ho, Yo Ho, A Pirate's Life for Me").

Event Information

DATE

September 18, 2010

SCHEDULE

The event including; displays, dinner, panels, presentations and entertainment will run from 4:00 p.m. to approximately 10:00 p.m. Saturday evening.

This September 18th 2010, Ape Pen Publishing and the 1313 Club will host an evening celebrating the incredible mechanical history of theme park animatronics and other mechanical magic. The event will spotlight attractions, characters and memorable devices created by WED Imagineering and later used at theme parks around the world. Using rare images, video, authentic props and animatronics, we’ll journey through the story of this fascinating technology that changed the world of themed entertainment.

Event highlights include presentations by Disney Legends as they share their memories of working with the original Imagineer Walt Disney. The event will give fans an inside view of this little known aspect of Disney park creation and an opportunity to meet and talk with the people who create the magic. This once-in-a-lifetime evening will honor Disneyland as one of the world’s great storytelling environments, with special emphasis on its technological wonders. Combining history, entertainment, lots of surprises and featuring never-before-seen props and artifacts, it’s an event not to be missed by any Disney or animatronics fan!

The current lineup is an impressive collection of legendary and behind-the-scenes talent. (Panels and talent subject to change.)

Reception – Collector’s corner opens with special merchandise available for purchase. Doom Buggies booth with Disney Artist Brian Crosby, and special appearance by R2D2. Silent auction begins. Original theme park artifacts display opens and will include:

.•Alligators from Epcot’s World of Motion attraction

.•Ride vehicles from Snow White’s Scary Adventures and Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride

.•Animatronics from Epcot’s Food Rocks attraction

.•Dragon heads from the Legend of Mythica at Tokyo DisneySea and Fantasmic

.•Dolls from “it’s a small world”

.•Artifacts from America Sings, Haunted Mansion Holiday & Rivers of America

.•Original maquettes from the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction and the Western River Expedition

Dinner and Entertainment –

Enjoy a full, three course sit-down dinner while viewing vintage images of Disneyland and rare photographs taken during the park’s construction. Dinner entertainment provided by: Kirk Wall and The Can Can Girls from the Golden Horseshoe Revue

Presentations –

Crossbones, Tombstones, and Dolls – The Animatronics Extravaganza

Join Disney Legends Alice Davis and X Atencio as they take you through the adventurous worlds of the Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean, to the gentle musical environment of “it’s a small world”. Share their memories of creating the magic when Walt Disney himself was at the helm.

It All Started With a Magical Business Plan – Pixie Dust Marketing

Meet the “Honorary Mayor” of Disneyland, Jack Lindquist, who had the best job in the world, President of Disneyland. Share memories of a time when the E-ticket was the coveted treasure in the land. Learn marketing magic from Milt Albright, the man who created some of our most fond memories from school days past, Grad Nite at Disneyland!

From Paper to Life – Giving Movement and Voice to Animated Characters

Animators and voice artists breathe life into drawings and turn them into realistic characters. One of the most beloved animated Disney character, Alice from Alice in Wonderland, was brought to life on film and later through the magic of animatronics. Disney Legend Kathryn Beaumont shares what it takes to voice this classic character. Animator Floyd Norman utilized his talents from beloved 2D animated Disney films to today’s 3D wonders, many of which are featured in popular rides and attractions. Follow his journey from enchanted forests and “Lightyears” beyond.

Rides, Roads and Roars – From Monorails and Flying Saucers to the Roars of Dinosaurs and King Kong!

Disney Legend Bob Gurr is truly a wonder. For 55 years he’s helped move many a happy Disney theme park guest aboard vehicles and conveyances of his own design. Even retirement didn’t slow him down; he went on to create a vast array of fantastical beasts including King Kong and dinosaurs for Jurassic Park. If you haven’t heard Bob speak of his adventures before, you’re in for a treat! Those who have, you know he’ll regale us with stories of his rich career that are not soon to be forgotten!

MAPO Magic – The History of Audio Animatronics

The early days of MAPO brought an entirely new technology to the forefront of the industry and Rick Berryman was part of it all. Hear what it was like to be there during this groundbreaking time at WED from the man who, according to legend, has created more Audio-Animatronics figures for Disney than any other individual. Joining him with the history of Audio-Animatronics are two of today’s most talented Imagineers, Larry Nikolai and Ethan Reed sharing a presentation rarely seen outside the walls of Walt Disney Imagineering.

It’s Alive! - The Art and Science of Audio Animatronics Programming

The hands that have masterfully programmed many beloved Disney characters at Disney resorts around the world are now hard at work making the ultimate in animatronics figures come to life. Darrin Hughes shares a rare demonstration of how these amazing mechanical wonders are programmed for lifelike motion.

The Next Generation – Advancements in animatronics From Chuck E. Cheese to Dragons and Beyond!

When Garner Holt was young he was so inspired by Walt Disney and Disneyland, he dreamed of a career building things just like he saw at the park. At 16 he founded what would become the largest and internationally recognized animatronics design and manufacturing company. The company has built more than 2,000 animatronics characters from song birds to dinosaurs and dragons and will soon premiere the most advanced animatronics figure to date. With clients worldwide that include nearly all the Disney theme parks, Garner’s childhood dreams have become reality beyond his wildest imaginings as he makes the magic he always admired.

Event Speakers & Guest

Michael Broggie is nationally recognized as an authority on the life and legacy of Walt Disney and the global empire he inspired. As an accomplished author and public speaker, he tours the country lecturing on his first person experiences with Walt Disney and many of the Disney legends, including his father, the late Roger E. Broggie, who was selected by Walt to be his first Imagineer—the group of designers and engineers who built Disneyland.

Michael’s first job with Disney was as a ride operator at Disneyland during summer seasons while attending college. At the age of 12, Michael served as the test driver of the Autopia prototypes at Disney Studios. After completing his undergraduate education, he joined Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California, as a writer in the motion picture marketing department.

He is an award-winning author. His latest book released in 2010 is Walt Disney’s Words of Wisdom. His book titled Air Force One—The Final Mission describes the history of the Presidential Boeing 707 installed at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. His 430-page book, Walt Disney’s Railroad Story, was honored with the Benjamin Franklin Gold Medal for Best Biography. His biographical profile on Warren Buffet’s longtime partner Charlie Munger is contained in the 470 page book, Poor Charlie’s Almanack that was released in 2005. His other works include the history of Disney merchandise and a child’s illustrated biography of Walt Disney. He has authored numerous articles for national publications on railroads and Disney history.

ROGER BROGGIE JR., former Disney Imagineer

Roger grew up in a house of talent. His father, Disney Legend Roger Broggie Sr., was the first Imagineer. It is no wonder that Roger Jr., became one of the leading experts and developed the very first audio-animatronics figures used at Disneyland and Walt Disney World’s Enchanted Tiki Room. His talents are seen in Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln, It’s A Small World, Space Mountain, The Haunted Mansion, and Pirate of the Caribbean, just to name a few. Now a consultant, Roger’s knowledge of show design, special effects, and animation is seen in such places as Las Vegas, Universal Studios, Mall of America, and the Smithsonian Institute.

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MAPO Magic – The History of Animatronics

Reminiscing about their days at MAPO when animatronics were the latest invention are former Imagineers: Roger Broggie Jr., Corky Wilds, Rick Berryman, Rudy Pena, and Butch Borjidine.

Imagineer Josh Shipley will share his experience in bringing back the classic; “Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln”.

September 18th 2010~ The Disneyland Hotel

Walt Disney Imagineer Brian Crosby

will be at the Doom Buggies Table

Where he will sign your Haunted Mansion prints. (available at the Disney Gallery)

Kevin Doherty & The Classic Park Wheels Association

Will be at the Sept 18th event to reveal the refurbished People Movers!

More information at:

http://davelandweb.com/peoplemover/