Disneyana Fan Club

The Disneyana Fan Club or DFC was founded in 1984 as a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and dissemination of Walt Disney's legacy. Its published aim is to provide Disneyana enthusiasts worldwide with news, information, and events designed to enhance their "experience with, and love of, all things Disney." The club has twenty-five chapters in the United States, Canada, Japan and Australia. Disneyana has held an annual convention since the early 1990s which pre-dates collector events produced by the Disney company by over a decade.[1]

Disneyana Fan Club
Founded1984 (1984)
Headquarters
Worldwide
Key people
Nicolasa Nevarez - President
Louis Boish - VP, Finance
Stephanie Fields - VP, Chapters
Laurie Smith - VP, Membership
Brian Hugo - Special Events Coordinator
Paul Schnebelen - Legends Chair
Linda Rolls - Charities Chair
Melissa Smith - Secretary
Teri Jo Countryman - VP, Media Relations and Communications
Eric Yokoyama - Editor-in-Chief, Newsletter
Theo Fukushima - Webmaster
Ted Bradpiece - Director at Large
Christine Demmitt - Director at Large
Jeannie Evans - Director at Large
Websitedisneyanafanclub.org

Charitable beneficiaries

Each year money is raised at various events, expos and auctions to benefit worthy causes.

West Coast

Proceeds from events and auctions on the west coast go to Ryman Arts in Los Angeles in order to train, educate and encourage teenagers in arts and artists. Ryman has been a beneficiary since 1989. Herb Ryman was the artist responsible for designing Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland.

East Coast

On the east coast, proceeds raised benefit Give Kids The World which is located just outside Orlando, Florida. Give Kids the World is a specially designed theme park village for children (and their families) who suffer from life-threatening illnesses. Providing wish-granting (in coordination with over 250 organizations worldwide), the organization gives accommodations at its 70-acre resort and also provides meals for week long vacationers. Admission tickets to Orlando resorts and attractions are also donated.

Elsewhere

Throughout the rest of the United States Disneyana Fan Club Chapters will support their own local charities as well.[2]

Chapters Worldwide

There are currently 23 chapters of the DFC worldwide. Events and practices of each chapter vary depending on the needs of each chapter's members.

DFC Disney Legend Awards

Each year recipients of this award are chosen for having made significant contributions to the Disney legacy. Honorees include animators, Imagineers, vocal talent, songwriters, actors, executives, a photographer and a research economist. Contributions made by Legends span over eighty years, from the time of the earliest silent films produced by Walt Disney in Kansas City, Missouri, to the most recent films and theme park attractions. Honorees include:[4]

Disneyana! (Official Theme Song) and introductory video
("Disneyana!" The Official Theme Song of the Disneyana Fan Club)

Disneyana! Official Theme Song (Introduction by songwriter Robert J. Sherman. Performed by the Liberty Voices. Song arranged and produced by Jamey Ray.[5] A barbershop quartet arrangement was also created by Ray and performed by the Dapper Dans at the live inauguration of the song during the club's annual convention in July 2015 which coincided with Disneyland's 60th Anniversary celebrations in Anaheim California.

See also

References
  1. http://disneyanafanclub.org/
  2. "Charities Supported by Disneyana Fan Club | Disneyana Fan Club".
  3. "About Chapters | Disneyana Fan Club".
  4. "The Disneyana Fan Club Disney Legend Awards | Disneyana Fan Club".
  5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYMoEUxop4w Disneyana! (The Official Theme Song of the Disneyana Fan Club - Introduced by Robert J. Sherman)
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