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"Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue" at Walt Disney World celebrates 50th anniversary as one of America's longest running dinner shows, original cast reunited to mark the celebration

The Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue is celebrating its 50th Anniversary as one of the longest-running dinner shows in the country

While Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue was being written and cast, a group of country-Western musicians called The Star-Spangled Washboard Band opened in Pioneer Hall, according to a historical timeline by Larry Billman, author/writer and Disney entertainment consultant, who was the author and writer of the original show. Students from the 11-week college workshop auditioned for the three female and three male character performers in Hoop-Dee-Doo: Six Bits Slocum and Dolly Drew (comic relief), Jim Handy and Flora Long (the singers), and Johnny Ringo and Claire de Lune (the dancers). Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue was part of the opening entertainment at Tokyo Disneyland in 1983, with Larry Billman and Forrest Bahruth directing and staging the new version.

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