Showing posts with label dapper dans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dapper dans. Show all posts

Monday, June 26, 2017

The Dapper Dan's of Disneyland

One of the truly magical and most nostalgic of the entertainment offered at the Magic Kingdom, whether east or west, are the Dapper Dan's.  This is the turn-of -the-century Barbershop Quartet that find their home on Main Street and always gather a crowd when they perform.   They can be found anywhere on Main Street but it looks like in Disneyland, they have a small area set aside for them to perform.  I assume, but the sign was a giveaway.  This is located down Main Street on the left, right past the Coca Cola store in the Corner CafĂ©.  Very similar to Casey's Corner of WDW in most respects.  A great place to get a drink or some food and take a break.  Having the Dapper Dan's show up and begin was a greatly appreciated bonus.  During their show they interact with the crowd as they sing a lot of the standard Barbershop songs: 


“Yankee Doodle Dandy”
“Strolling Through the Park”
“Mr. Sandman”
“If You’re Happy and You Know It”
“Zip-a-Dee Doo Dah”
And many more.  Along with the great song library, the Dan's would have a variety of talents in addition to the singing.  A favorite instrument is the Organ Chime.  Think "Mr. Sand Man" as to what those chimes might sound like.  Also, I was surprised with another talent that I had not seen up until our trip to Disneyland.  They Tap Dance!  It was a really fun show! 



Dapper Dan's of Disneyland Link

Sunday, November 25, 2012

The "We're Going to WDW" Podcast Show # 24 Just Released

On this weeks show The kids take control and do their own Wheel of Attraction. We then spend the rest of the show listening to the sounds from the parks from our last trip. See if you can guess where each sound clip comes from. Here are a couple of the Videos we took that I ripped the audio from.





 The Dapper Dan's
These guys are always great.  Anyone know the name of the instrument they are using?


 
Star Tours 
  This is one of those lines that you want to stop and watch things and let people pass you.  This guy has a ton of these one liners.  I'd love to record them all sometime.


SpaceShip Earth
This is another part of SE we love.  Although, it would not hurt to see an update of this in the not too distant future.


 
The rest of the videos that the sound clips came from are over at my Youtube Channel .

Keep your eyes and ears open for Show # 25.  It'll be our 1/4 century show.  We'll read some email from one of our friends who was just in WDW and we'll talk a little about the Holidays in Walt Disney World.

Thanks for Listening and Rate us on Itunes! Email any comments to WGTWDW@Gmail.com or leave them here.