Thursday, April 07, 2011

AMERICA SINGS MEGA POST PART 3 - Press items and the Carousel Theater swings again!!

AMERICA SINGS MEGA POST PART 3 - Press items and the Carousel Theater swings again!!


AMERICA SINGS OPENING JUNE 29, 1974
for the ceremonies Count Basie, Carol DeKeyser -Disneyland's 1974 Ambassador and Mickey Mouse.
NOTE the Sam The Eagle costume character!!



Elaborate Press Kit & the famous press gift:  a casting of a Blaine Gibson Sam The Eagle maquette!!



The maquette originally came in a circular plastic tube-container with America Sings graphics and ornate scroll work printed on the outside in gold and white. You'll need a ticket to get one of these, and you will only get ONE --no matter how many kids you have back at home!

The press was also given a rare sample album of the soundtrack in a special packaged version as a preview of the show --but just-in-case you need another, here's an insert to let you know you will be able to BUY additional albums!!


Let's dig into the press kit!!!!!




I love the press information book!











Here's a sample --but the kit has tons of press releases



And some great photos --I think mine is missing the Carousel Theater nite-time photo--darn it!!!










Let's go inside and see what AMERICA SINGS is all about!



Oops! I think we missed the entry ramp! Come back and join TOMORROWLOUNGE in MEGA POST PART 4 and we'll go inside and check things out!!

3 comments:

TokyoMagic! said...

Mike, super cool mega post so far!!! Thank you for sharing your collection with us. So THAT is what the Sam the Eagle walk-around character looked like...I've been curious ever since your comment on my "America Sings Weekend" post back in February. I can't wait for your next installment in this series!

Major Pepperidge said...

That press kit is pretty incredible. I presume that the copy of the Sam statue is yours? What a treasure!

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