Knott's Boysenberry Festival 

& 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea!

Our first Meet-up is fast approaching! It’s almost Boysenberry Festival time at Knott’s Berry Farm! We are going to ‘meet-up’ on the first day of the festival Saturday April 1^st to enjoy the park and maybe taste a few boysenberry goodies. Then later in the day meet to have dinner at Mrs. Knott’s for chicken dinner. We do want an RSVP for the dinner only just so we can try and reserve a table. (They don’t normally do this but we may be able to get a table set aside for our group.) So please get back to us as soon as possible but no later than March 29^th. Further down in this blog is an announcement about a special showing of Walt Disney’s 20,000 leagues Under The Sea at the Warner Grand Theater in San Pedro. Enjoy the rest of your March everyone and we hope to see you on April 1^st. No April Fools here, just lots of Boysenberries!! J

Knott’s Meet-up Details:

When: Saturday April 1^st

What: Get together to explore Knott’s Boysenberry Festival together and maybe grab a few Boysenberry snacks on the way and ride the Mine Train or catch a show. No agenda—we’ll just play it by ear.

Time: 11 AM by the Chainsaw Wood Carvers booth. We’ll stick around there for about 15 min before we wander off to explore. If you think you might come a bit later let us know and we’ll get you a phone number to text to find out where we are.

Admission: You will need an admission ticket or AP for this. Info on this and parking can be found at the link below. (Knott’s AP prices are a very good deal!)

Mrs. Knott’s Chicken Dinner:

When: Saturday April 1^st

What: Get together to enjoy Mrs. Knott’s Chicken Dinner. Yes, it’s a bit pricy now but most of you will bring home leftovers. The full meal with non-alcoholic drink plus tax and tip minus a discount is $30. Please bring cash for ease of paying the check. No admission needed if you are only attending the dinner.

Time: Meet starting at 3:30 in the restaurant lobby. Dinner is at 4PM.

RSVP: Please send an email to info@thestudiochapter.org with how many will attend by Wednesday March 29^th.

Knott’s Boysenberry Festival Information: https://www.knotts.com/boysenberry

LA Conservancy Last Remaining Seats at the historic Warner Theater in San Pedro!

This is not a chapter event but we wanted to pass along this information as it may be of interest to many of you. The Last Remaining Seats event for the LA Conservancy will be showing 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea at the historic Warner Grand Theater in San Pedro on Saturday June 10^th at 2PM. Tickets go on sale for conservancy members March 29^th and non-members April 5^th. Tickets for these events sell out fast. Seating is not reserved so if you want to buy tickets and try to all sit together that is certainly a possibility.

You can find more info, order tickets and/or join the conservancy here:  https://www.laconservancy.org/events/20000-leagues-under-sea-warner-grand-theatre

For questions please email: info@thestudiochapter.org 

Fun times at the Disneyana Fan Club 'mini-convention' over the president's day weekend.

The DFC held a 'mini-convention' over the recent holiday weekend to partially make up for the lack of a regular convention this July due to the D23 and Comic Con expos which are happening during the normal convention time frame. If you were able to make the two events and show and sale this past weekend you surely had a great time and possibly picked up a few new additions to your Disney collection. We know many of you couldn't make it and there are sure to be full details about the weekend in up-coming copies of the Disneyana Dispatch newsletter. But, in the meantime please enjoy a few photos of the two meal events. Also, more info. on the Studio Chapter's Pixar field trip will be posted soon. However there is still space available if you want to attend. See our previous post for details. See you real soon!

First up on Saturday evening was The Happiest Millionaire dinner event. We even got to take home our very own alligator.

This not so little guy was part of a photo op. And in case he looks familiar, you may have seen him in The World of Motion attraction at EPCOT.

After dinner 'The Four Gentlemen' started off the evening with several songs including our very own Disneyana theme song.

After that, there was a fantastic panel to discuss and reminisce about the movie. From the left--Caryl Carothers, Paul Petersen, Joyce Bulifant, Stacia Martin, Leslie Ann Warren and moderator Allan Halcrow. And in the front, just visible, another alligator prop. 

Paul Petersen and Leslie Ann Warren signing the poster. After the panel several items were auctioned off  (including this poster) with proceeds to benefit Ryman Arts and the DFC. It was a wonderful evening with great food, entertainment and lots of stories and information. If you have never seen or haven't seen The Happiest Millionaire in a while, check it out. It will also explain the alligators! 

The next meal event on Monday afternoon was a celebration of Don DeFore's Silver Banjo BBQ restaurant in Frontierland. We all walked away with and awesome Silver Banjo BBQ pin. (And we have an extra we'll be giving away at the Luau in June.)

The table decorations were wonderful as usual.

More decorations.

The Silver Banjo BBQ Restaurant was located between the current Riverbelle Terrace and Stage Door Cafe. The entrance is still there but is now used for storage.

The food, THE FOOD!! It was fantastic. They recreated the BBQ sauce used at the restaurant. If you had ever eaten at Loves BBQ (unfortunately now long gone too) you would recognize the sauce--very similar. Selections included baked beans, coleslaw, BBQ ribs and chicken, mini BBQ pulled pork sliders and an assortment of desserts. 

We started off the presentation by hearing from author Marcy Smothers who has a new cookbook coming out called 'Eat Like Walt' which contains many Disney related recipes including the BBQ sauce used at The Silver Banjo. (It's available for pre-order from Amazon if you are interested) Brothers Ron and David DeFore then took the stage and talked about the restaurant, its history and some of their adventures spending many days in Disneyland all accompanied by numerous photos. If you ever get a chance to see their presentation its well worth your time. A big thank you to all the DFC board members and volunteers who provided a very enjoyable weekend!

The Studio Chapter

2017 Meeting & Activity Calendar

It's Here! – following is the schedule of meetings and activities for 2017. You will notice this year we are not sticking to a specific schedule to allow better flexibility for our various meetings and activities. Many of the meetings and activities are on Saturdays and times may vary as noted. Dates as noted are firm as of today so please mark your calendars so you don't miss out on the fun. If you are not receiving our emails please email your name and email to info@thestudiochapter.org and we'll add you to our email list. This way you'll get the most up to date information so you won't miss out on the fun.

For the ‘off months’ this year we are doing what we’ll call ‘Studio Chapter Meet-Ups!’. Generally these will be casual and unstructured with no set agenda other than a set time to ‘meet-up’. We have always considered our chapter a group of friends--old and new--and hope these will allow those who want to a chance to get together during the non-meeting months.

February

• DFC President Day Weekend Events – Saturday Happiest Millionaire Dinner event, Sunday Show and Sale, Monday Silver Banjo BBQ Lunch Event.
• February 18^th through 20^th.
• Visit the DFC website for details and to purchase tickets:  http://www.disneyanafanclub.org/February2017-Special-Events

March

• Pixar Exhibit and Endeavor @ California Science Center Exposition park.
• Saturday March 11^th
• Pixar Exhibit entry at 10AM, Lunch at Noon, Endeavor entry at 2PM (Note these are timed entry events so no late-comers!)
• Group tickets $10.50. RSVP with check by 2/28 however please don’t wait. We have a limited number of tickets available.
• Send payment to:
• PayPal - steve.Lombard@live.com and note this is for the Pixar Event. Follow up with an email that payment was sent. Send email to info@thestudiochapter.org.
• By Mail – send check to Steve Lombard / Pixar Event (reply for address if you prefer to mail a check vs. PayPal).

April

• Studio Chapter Meet-Up!  – Knott’s Boysenberry Festival and Mrs. Knott’s Chicken Dinner.
• Saturday April 1^st. Meet-Up time and location to enjoy the Boysenberry Festival in the park will be announced closer to the date but will be around noon. Knott’s admission is required.
• Mrs. Knott’s for dinner at 4PM. RSVP required for the dinner (so we can reserve a table) and cost will be about $30 for the complete meal with non-alcoholic beverage. This includes tax and tip after discount. RSVP by sending an email to info@thestudiochapter.org. Admission not required for the dinner only.

May

• Studio Chapter Meet-Up! – Fullerton Railroad Days with lunch at The Old Spaghetti factory.
• Saturday May 6^th at 10AM. Meet on the track side of the depot.

June

• Start of Summer Luau & Movie ‘under the stars’.
• Saturday June 24^th 2 to 10 PM
• Catered Hawaiian food, Raffle, Movie* under the stars after dark, door prizes, Hawaiian music and decorations. Guest speaker tentative.
• $5 donation requested.
• *Movie to be determined and announced at a later date.
• Ron King’s house in Norwalk.

July

• Meeting then a movie and talk with our very own film historian Annick Downhower.
• Saturday July 22nd. Meeting at Arcadia Coco’s at 3:30 PM. Dinner (menu price) and raffle.
• Movie Night at the Arcadia Heritage museum at 7:30 PM. This will be the first of two movie nights presented by the Arcadia Heritage museum with a talk about the movie beforehand with film historian Annick Downhower. A couple of us attended these last summer and had a fantastic time. Details on the film will be provided at a later date. Note: this event is free and is part of the Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage slate of annual events. http://www.arcadiaca.gov/home/showdocument?id=8916

August

• Studio Chapter Meet-Up! – Disneyland member birthday get together.
• Sunday August 13^th. Time and meet-up location TBD.

September

• Studio Chapter Outing – Huell Howser & California Scene Painting exhibit at Chapman University and Great Wolf Lodge tour with lunch.
• Sunday September 17^th. Time TBD

October

• Return of our Halloween Party!
• Saturday October 21^st from 4 to 10PM @ Ron’s House in Norwalk
• Pot Luck, Bingo, Raffle, decorations and Pumpkin Cookie decorating contest! J

November

• No meetings this month. Happy Thanksgiving!

December

• Holiday brunch or dinner at San Antonio Winery & Winery tour.
• We may also head over to Olvera Street for the Las Posadas pageant in the evening.
• Saturday December 16^th.
• Note: The date of this is firm but the time is TBD. We’ll be sending out more info on this early so we can start planning out reservations, etc.

Questions? info@thestudiochapter.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LA-Chapter-of-The-Disneyana-Fan-Club-67978577921/

The Studio Chapter Holiday Party

Hello Studio Chapter Family and Friends – Now that everyone is recovered from Thanksgiving gastronomic excessiveness we would imagine you are getting into the full swing of things surrounding the holidays—shopping, decorating, enjoying the beautiful decorations and festivities at Disneyland and elsewhere and spending time with family and friends. Here at the Studio Chapter we are decking the halls and preparing for the annual holiday party. We hope you can join us for a fun afternoon. Happy Holidays from The Studio Chapter!

Fun times from the 2015 party.

Activities: Cookie Decorating, Photo Booth, Raffle and Door Prizes.

Gift Exchange: If you want to participate, please bring a wrapped gift valued between $10 and $20.

Toy and Food Drive: Toys will be donated to the Spark of Love toy drive and food to the Norwalk Food Bank. Toys should be unwrapped and food should be non-perishable unexpired boxed or canned items. (Thank you!)

Let’s Eat: The chapter will be serving up a build your own Nacho/Taco Salad Bar and drinks. We are asking guests to bring their favorite Hors d'oeuvre/munchie or dessert.

When: Sunday December 11^th at 12 noon to 4 PM--but you can stay as long as you want.

Where: Ron King’s home in Norwalk*

Questions:  info@thestudiochapter.org

*If you are on our mailing list you would have received an email regarding the party with full address. If you did not get the email and would like to be on our mailing list please request to be added using the email address above.

Quick Holiday Update

We hope everyone is enjoying this very un-fall like weather! As Thanksgiving approaches it’s time to think about our holiday party as it's approaching quickly. Below are some highlights. We’re finalizing details and we’ll post another update soon. However the date will not change so please mark your calendar. 

Cheers!

·   Pot Luck (chapter to supply main entrée)

Gift Exchange

Raffle

Photo Booth

Food (and possibly Toy) Drive

Plus a few other things we’re talking about!

When - Sunday December 11^th 12 noon. (Note: this is the 2^nd Sunday in December.)

Where - Ron King’s home in Norwalk

Full details to be posted soon!

    As always please send an email to info@TheStudioChapter.org if you have any questions.