Tomorrowland Stage--Disneyland History--tms-583

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00:00The Tomorrowland stage filled the eastern corner of Tomorrowland where the flying saucers

00:28had hovered in the early 60s.

00:30The stage itself was about 30 feet across and festooned with the same kind of acts and

00:35abstractions that had adorned the Tomorrowland Terrace.

00:39The Tomorrowland stage was a big setting for big shows among the large-scale musical spectaculars.

00:45Presented here was Show Me America, a fast-paced musical comedy with more than 120 sparkling

00:51costumes and favorite American melody sprinkled with a touch of old-fashioned humor.

00:56Stars booked here included Pat Boone, Herman Sermitz, Linda Ronstad, backed by the newly

01:01formed Eagles, and the park's own Kids of the Kingdom.

01:04Johnny Mathis and his own singing group Our Young Generation played June 17th through 21st

01:10of 1968 when High Point was a live, big-screen broadcast of the Apollo 11 moonwalk on July

01:1720th, 1969.

01:19Not only was the event historic, for most people it was the first time they had seen a large-scale

01:24TV broadcast. With the 1977 opening of Space Mountain, the Space Stage replaced the Tomorrowland

01:30stage. The Space Stage was built into the base of the Space Mountain and had a more permanent

01:35appearance than the Tomorrowland stage. The outdoor stage had seating for 1,100 people.

01:401,100 people.

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