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New Year's Eve
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Tapestry
of Nations Fact Sheet
 Sage
of Time:
- The Sage of Time's face is of the sun because
of its importance in so many cultures through time.
- Metal colors of gold, copper, and bronze
were used on his costume because those are the "fruit
of the earth" according to designer Marilyn Sotto Erdmann.
- Symbols of alchemy were used as a reference
to the Middle Ages' belief that alchemists had transformative
powers.
- Puppets:
- Michael Curry designed 40 different body
puppets and produced three of each making 120 in all.
- The puppets range in height from 12 to 18
feet high
- They were created in a warehouse in St. Helens,
Oregon.
- It took nearly a year for Curry and his crew
of 50 to produce the 120 puppets.
- Puppet Personalities:
- Aztec Man
- Disk Man
- Hammer Man
- The Sprite
- Wiggle Girl
- Bird Man
- Inverted Marionette
- Angel Girl
- Millennium Clocks:
- Lynn Holloway designed the Millennium Clocks
rolling percussion units which provide the heartbeat for the
show.
- The units represent the passage of time.
- The clocks feature Roman numerals through
24 hours representing the passing of one full day with each
turn.
- The clocks move forward on the left side
of forward motion looking to the future and backward on the
right side looking to the past.
- The 19 feet tall Clocks were built at Walt
Disney World Central Shops.
- There are 15 Clocks in all - 5 for each of
the parade's three sections
- There are 24 drum heads on each side of the
Clock - that's 48 drums on each Clock and 720 drum heads in
all.
- Costumes:
- Marilyn Sotto Erdmann designed the costumes
worn by the performers, drummers, and the Sage of Time.
- Her credits include The Ten Commandments,
Around the World in Eighty Days, and Disneyland Paris
costumes.
 Parade Information:
- Performed twice nightly at 6:30 and 8:10
- During Epcot's Holidays Around the World
(day after Thanksgiving through Dec. 30) performed at
4 and 6:10
- New Year's Eve 1999 and 2000 performed
at 3:30 and 5:15
- From July 15, 2001 through the parade's
final performance on September 9, 2001, performance times
were changed to 6:15 and 7:45 (changed to accommodate
The Power of Blast!'s new show times)
- The show consists of 153 performers:
- 3 Sage of Times
- 30 drummers
- 120 puppeteers
- plus 15 float drivers, technical crew,
assistants to help performers get into costume, and crowd
control cast members
- Parade is divided into 3 sections:
- 1: Travels from Mexico to Germany
- 2: Germany to Morocco
- 3: Morocco to United Kingdom
- For the second performance, these are reversed:
- 1: Travels from Germany to Mexico
- 2: Morocco to Germany
- 3: United Kingdom to Morocco
- Beginning March 12, 2001, the three sections
of the parade were reduced to two sections from Mexico to
Morocco only
- Music:
- Gavin Greenaway, composer
for Tapestry of Nations, deliberately used lyrics that sound
like words but come from no real language. Using real words
of any language would exclude all other languages and cultures.
Being a uniting show, the words sound familiar and can mean
whatever each guest wants them to mean.
- Executive Music Producer: Steve Skorija
- Music Score Composed, Produced, and Conducted
by Gavin Greenaway
- Recorded and Mixed by Alan Meyerson
- Music Supervisor: Dan Savant
- Music Preparation: Express Music Services
- Music Editor: Michael Atwell
- Music Recorded at Abbey Road Studios by members
of the London Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra (80-piece philharmonic orchestra and 30-voice choir)
- Music Mixed at Media Ventures
- Music Coordination by Savant Productions
- Show Director: Gary
Paben of Walt Disney World Entertainment
Information Sources:
- Epcot 2000 Commemorative Program
- Disney Magazine, Fall 1999
- Marking the Millennium, The Celebration of
a Lifetime at the WDW Resort, Pam Brandon, Disney Editions
1999
- WDW Millennium Celebration CD
Tapestry of Nations Original Version | 2001 Version | Fact Sheet
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