Interview: Stan Freese (Career overview)
Episode description
Stan is the talent booking director for Disneyland and tuba soloist extraordinaire. He was the longtime conductor of the Disneyland band and the first full-time conductor of the Walt Disney World band.
AUDIO INDEX
1:43 Performing tuba solos on the TV series Hee Haw
4:40 His start with music and choosing the tuba
7:01 Entertaining for Lawrence Welk and performing on his show
8:30 Tuba soloist for the government cultural exchange program including Soviet Union and Siberia; Command performance at the White House for President Nixon
9:25 Starting with Disney; the first leader of the Walt Disney World band; problems with the first band
12:45 Moving to Disneyland
14:11 Involvement with Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea
15:40 Auditions and benefits of entertaining at Disneyland; Disney entertainment; the Trash Can Trio and the Mariachi Divas
20:28 Big bands at Disneyland