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HOME SCHOOLING WITH WALT DISNEY’S FANTASIA – PART 1<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

(This post does contain some affiliate links.) Walt Disney’s Fantasia was released in 1940 and had a unique approach to animation. The animators involved in this work took classical music and interpreted those pieces into animation. Leopold Stokowski<\/a> conducted the music performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra. Make sure to check out Elements of Fun Learning to find out more about Home Schooling with Walt Disney’s Fantasia – Part 1 and even more Disney movies.<\/span><\/p>\n

Segments of Walt Disney’s Fantasia:<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Fantasia involves 8 classical pieces and many different themes throughout the film. For the purpose of this review, I am breaking this into 2 postings because of the wealth of topics covered.<\/span><\/p>\n

Before each segment, Deems Taylor<\/a>\u00a0acting as Master of Ceremonies gives a background of the music. You see shadows of a conductor, and the orchestra tuning their instruments. The orchestra filmed between the segments is not the Philadelphia Orchestra. Disney used local musicians and Disney employees to film those segments. The animations of each segment are artists’ interpretations and are not the interpretations of the actual composers. Some of the segments are shortened from their original compositions.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/b>Schooling with Disney’s Fantasia – Part 1: In the Theme Parks<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

Walt Disney World Resort in Florida has several attractions based on Fantasia. Fantasia Gardens offers two 18-hole miniature golf courses with plenty of photo opportunities themed around Fantasia.<\/span><\/p>\n

Additionally, the Fantasmic Show at Hollywood Studios is a nighttime laser light and water show with fireworks featuring Mickey Mouse as the Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Another iconic item used to be at Hollywood Studios. We loved Mickey’s Sorcerer’s Hat that had been at the end of Hollywood Boulevard since 2001 and was removed in early 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mickey’s Philharmagic, at Magic Kingdom, is a 4-D film featuring Mickey and Donald with scenes from movies such as Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin. One of the film clips has Mickey as the Sorcerer’s Apprentice.<\/span><\/p>\n

Educational ideas relating to the orchestra:<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

This film deals with classical music and the orchestra. In between each segment you can see the musicians tuning their instruments. Study the orchestra, the arrangement of the instruments and the types of instruments (brass, woodwinds, percussion, and strings).<\/span>
\nOur family has a fantastic toy that everyone loves to use. It is called Symphony in B Orchestra. <\/a>It plays 13 different pieces of music and you can control which instruments are used. The age range says 3 to 13, but old and young alike will play with it for hours.<\/span><\/p>\n

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