Disney volunteers bring a ‘Dream’ to life
Fri, 06 Aug 2010
By Kate Santich, Orlando Sentinel
It has been three decades since Clay Price and his twin brother Cliff produced variety shows for their parents and neighbors in tiny Wrightsville, Ga. They created a stage of sorts around the family fireplace and rigged curtains out of bed sheets.
Back then, a big night meant a half-dozen grown-ups in the audience. Tonight, the brothers could bring in close to 1,400. And that’s just the opener.
Clay is the artistic director and conductor and Cliff the production designer for a massive all-volunteer performance at Walt Disney World’s Epcot called Dream Our Dreams: A Musical Tribute to the Legacy of Disney, which runs through Sunday.
It seems an appropriate title. “We always dreamed of this from the time we were 4 or 5 years old,” Cliff said. “And every summer, our dad would take us to Disney. We never wanted to go anyplace else.”
But unlike the living-room performances, there is nothing small-time about this show. The choir is 275-singers strong, the orchestra numbers 90, and there are about 60 dancers and 40 others on the production team.
There also will be slam poets and models, though their roles are a closely guarded secret.
“We’re telling everyone to come see the show to find out how they fit in,” said Bruce Light, the show’s producer.
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