Walt Disney Art Classics Convention 2004 - Part 2,

Walt Disney Art Classics Convention 2004 - Part 2
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by Doug Marsh
June 4, 2004
The second half of Doug's report on this year's Walt Disney Art Classics Convention at the Disneyland Resort.

Walt Disney Art Classics Presents
A Disney Blast to the Past
Part Two

If you missed it, click here for Part One

On May 14-16, Walt Disney Art Classics presented their sixth celebration at the Disneyland Resort. The weekend long event was themed as a reunion/graduation at Medfield College. Medfield, as any Disney fan knows, is the fictional setting for five Disney comedies, produced between 1961 and 1975.

Following Registration and Senior Orientation Friday night, there were two “classes�? on Saturday morning: Social Studies 101: The Dalmatian Revolution of ’61; and History 101: American History with Disney Legend Fess Parker [Ed note: These were covered in Part One]. Following these grueling sessions, lunch was in order.

The Medfield College Alumni Talent Round-up Luncheon was offered in the Center “Cafeteria�? Ballroom of the Disneyland Hotel. As the Medfield Glee Club Doo-Wop group performed, students found their seats. Lunch was already in place, presented in a specially designed silver lunchbox.

Joining the students were various “Medfield Alumni�? from past conventions, including Alice Davis, Tony Baxter, and Richard Sherman. They were introduced from the audience, and later mingled with the crowd.


Alice Davis greeted conventioneers


Imagineer Tony Baxter was also on hand.