Oct 1, 2008
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In this time of economic downturn with Walt Disney World seemingly,
battening down the hatches for a slow down in business by cutting
back on some of its live entertainment groups, it is nice to hear
that some folks from the Adventurers Club and Comedy Warehouse may
have other jobs on property, I recently leaned that Carol, a
talented keyboardist who worked at the Comedy Warehouse, got a job
at Rose & Crown Pub, while I was quite pleased to hear this my next
thought was, "Does that mean that Pam Brodie has went into full
retirement? (she works two days a week in a sort of semi-retirement
position), or are they getting rid of Leon Gregory?", it then
occurred to me that perhaps there was another option too perhaps
they would add some earlier sets, I then realized in the current
economic climate that was quite unlikely, and when I got the
opportunity to chat with some other fans asked if any of them had
heard what the story was, unfortunately it turns out they are
getting rid of Leon, in fact his last day has come and gone.
Unfortunately times of unemployment seem to be an unavoidable fact
of life for most musicians. You know, when you think about it Walt
Disney World allows an almost unheard of opportunity for musicians
to have regular work without having to travel. I'll miss Leon and
hope he lands on his feet, and with his talent and experience,
think that he may have a better chace at that than most folks would
in his situation, with some luck I may get to hear him play again
someday. As for Carol I only caught her once, as for me I only made
my first trip to the Comedy Warehouse for the first time last
December (and decided I needed to visit it more on future trips, oh
well, so much for that!) even from that brief exposure it was clear
she is one talented individual. So the next time I'm at the pub in
the Great Brittan Pavilion I'll enjoy Carol (or Pam Brodie if it is
one of her days) but I'll pause and think of Leon Gregory in a
silent toast to him. As I recounted on this episode I first saw
Leon perform on the "Trip without a camera" (Celebration 25), but
the set in this episode was recorded a few weeks later when I was
on a trip where I was able to stop and listen for a full set (RADP
12).
links
The Let's Talk About Disney Forums:
http://www.letstalkaboutdisney.com/LTADForum/index.php
The Mousin it up! subsection of LTAD
http://www.letstalkaboutdisney.com/LTADForum/forumdisplay.php?f=64
The Yahoo group for the bigbrian-nc.com site and NC Disney news is
at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/disneypodcast/
Steve Soares fine site of WDW entertainment schedules:
http://pages.prodigy.net/stevesoares/
songs
The
Extraordinary Leon Gregory