Northern California's Disney Preferred Gallery to Host Event Celebrating Mickey Mouse's 75th Birthday.Entertainment Editors SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 18, 2003 The Most Popular Character in Cartoon History Honored, Special Appearance by Voice Talents of Mickey & Minnie Mouse Noun 1. Minnie Mouse - the partner of Mickey Mouse Planned Today marks the 75th birthday of Disney's most enduring character -- Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse Famous character of Walt Disney's animated cartoons. He was introduced in Steamboat Willie (1928), the first animated cartoon with sound. Mickey was created by Disney, who also provided his high-pitched voice, and was usually drawn by the studio's head animator, , and to celebrate "the little mouse that started it all," Stage Nine Entertainment Store, Northern California's only Disney Preferred Gallery, will hold a special birthday celebration on Saturday, December 6, 2004, featuring special guest appearances by the voice talents of Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Wayne Allwine Wayne Anthony Allwine (born February 7, 1947 in Los Angeles, California) is an American voice actor, a sound effects editor and foley artist for Walt Disney Studios and the current voice of Mickey Mouse, a role he assumed from Jimmy MacDonald. and Russi Taylor Russi Taylor (born on May 4, 1944 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) is the current voice actress for Disney's Minnie Mouse character. She has held this role since 1986, longer than any other voice actress. . The event will be held at Stage Nine Entertainment Store, located at 102 K Street in Old Sacramento, from 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Guests can peruse pe·ruse tr.v. pe·rused, pe·rus·ing, pe·rus·es To read or examine, typically with great care. [Middle English perusen, to use up : Latin per-, per- a huge collection of Disney memorabilia, and meet Wayne Allwine and Russi Taylor whose voices are recognized around the world as that of Mickey and Minnie Mouse, two of Disney's most enduring and endearing characters. Allwine and Taylor will also be available to autograph limited edition cels and exclusive Disney artwork. Since his debut seven decades ago, Mickey Mouse has become an international personality whose success laid the foundation upon which Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966) Disney, Walter Elias Disney built his creative organization. Besides being the personification personification, figure of speech in which inanimate objects or abstract ideas are endowed with human qualities, e.g., allegorical morality plays where characters include Good Deeds, Beauty, and Death. of everything Disney, Mickey has become one of the most enduring and recognizable personalities of the 20th century. Walt Disney himself supplied Mickey's voice from 1928 through World War II. In 1947, Disney became too busy to continue vocally portraying Mickey, so veteran Disney sound and vocal effects man Jim Macdonald inherited the role. In 1983, with the release of Mickey's Christmas Carol, veteran sound effects sound effects Noun, pl sounds artificially produced to make a play, esp. a radio play, more realistic sound effects npl → efectos mpl sonoros expert Wayne Allwine assumed the responsibility of providing Mickey's famed falsetto falsetto (fôlsĕt`tō) [Ital.,=diminutive of false], high-pitched, unnatural tones above the normal register of the male voice, produced, according to some theories, by the vibration of only the edges of the larynx. , a role he has held ever since. About Wayne Allwine: Wayne Allwine (Mickey Mouse) has been providing the voice of Disney's top animated star since 1977, when he officially took for his mentor, Jimmy Macdonald. Macdonald inherited the role of Mickey Mouse from the man that supplied the character's original voice -- Walt Disney. Born in Glendale, California, Allwine has been active onstage and screen most of his life. He is married to Russi Taylor, the voice of Minnie Mouse. About Russi Taylor: Russi Taylor has been the official voice of Minnie Mouse since 1986 when she won the coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. role in an audition that involved nearly 200 hopefuls. Her other Disney voices include Donald's mischievous nephews -- Huey, Dewey and Louie. As one of the leading voiceover performers working in animation today, Taylor is in constant demand and has a resume of credits that runs six pages long. About Stage Nine: Located in Old Sacramento, at 102 K Street, Stage Nine Entertainment Store is set in the fictional sound stage of a Gold Rush-era Western movie, and features a fun-filled interactive shopping experience complete with computer generated special effects. Stage Nine specializes in animation art, original cel art, Disneyana and movie memorabilia. Offering never before issued Disney merchandise and limited-edition Walt Disney Art Classics artwork, Stage Nine is the only Disney Preferred Gallery in Northern California. For more information, call Stage Nine Entertainment Store at (916) 447-3623 or visit their Web site at www.stagenine.com |
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