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Celebrate! A Street
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Celebrate! A Street Party brings a festive, colorful, high-energy, interactive dance party to the streets of Disneyland. DJs, characters, and dancers ask guests "What are YOU celebrating?" and invite them to join in the fun and do the twist or join the Conga line. THE
STREET PARTY As the
show proceeds from "it's a small world" down toward
Main Street (if there is a second parade, its route is reversed) it
stops in three different Celebration Zones for a
12-minute performance. The zones are located along
"small world way", at the hub, and on Main Street. The
show does not stop in Town Square. Prior to the start
of the show Cast Members mark off the boundaries of the
Celebration Zones and inform guests seated outside the
zones that they are not in the zone. The parade moves
very quickly between zones, so those not in a zone will
only see it pass by and will not see the show
at all.
The party begins with a group of dancers followed by four
floats topped with character balloons (Donald, Mickey,
Minnie, and Goofy) with three stage floats and more dancers
in between. There are characters and a DJ riding on each stage
float.
Once the processsion reach the Celebration Zone and
stops, everyone goes into action. The DJ asks guests what
they are celebrating - birthday, anniversary, engagement, or
simply a day at Disneyland. The drums on each character
balloon float are used by the dancers as part stage, part prop
closet, and part costume trunk.
The dancers don sequined jackets and hats as they swing to
"Jump With My Baby Tonight", "I Wanna Be Like You", and "Jump
Jive and Wail."
Then it's time to rock to "I Love Rock and Roll", and "Do You
Wanna Dance?" Guests are invited to come join the dancers and
characters as everyone does "The Twist."
Latin rhythms take over as stiltwalkers in Carnivale-inspired
costumes make their appearance and the dancers perform to "Cup
of Life" and "Tico Tico" before inviting guests to join them
in a Conga line. The Conga section features Latin-style
versions of "Under the Sea, "In the Tiki Room", and
"Never Had a Friend Like Me". During
the finale the characters ride in bicycle chariots to "Can't
Stop the Beat". Confetti launchers go off as the song ends,
sending streams and Mickey-head confetti into the air.
The concluding dance number is the original "Celebrate You",
which continues as the characters climb back on to the stages
and the party begins to move off.
With three performance stops, Celebrate! takes
about 50 minutes from start to finish. Each performance
stop is about 12 minutes long.
The full performances are only visible in one of the
three Celebration Zones, making it more important
to arrive early to get a good viewing spot. The
procession quickly passes by those areas outside the
zones, offering nothing more than a quick glimpse. Guests are not allowed to remain seated in any of the
performance zones. Everyone is asked to stand about 10 minutes
before the street party arrives, and must remain
standing throughout the performance. (Does not apply to
guests in wheelchairs/ECVs). There are designated viewing areas for guests in
wheelchairs/ECVs and their parties - Cast Members along
the route can direct guests to these areas. Guests should be very careful to make sure that they
(and their children) stay off the parade route unless
invited onto it - there is a lot of activity with the
dancers, stiltwalkers, and bicyclists and it would be very
easy to get stepped on. Celebrate! A Street Party features many Disney
characters. There are several opportunities for guests
(especially younger guests) to go out and participate in
dancing, beating a drum, or playing a guitar, but they
must stay off the street until invited to do so. Celebrate! A Street Party permiered on March
27, 2009 as part of Disney's "What Will You
Celebrate" promotion.
There are 48 dancers, 12 stiltwalkers, 12 bicycle
chariot drivers, three DJs and 24 Disney characters The rather shapely chipmunk character is Clarice,
from the Chip and Dale cartoon Two Chips and a
Miss.
There is one original song - "Celebrate You."
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