Tag: Candlelight
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Narrator Revealed for Disneyland’s 2024 Candlelight Procession
The narrator for the 2024 Candlelight Processional has been revealed. As is the case in most years, there has been plenty of speculation about who would end up taking the podium and telling the story of Christmas (with the help of a mass choir, orchestra, handbells, and other musicians). This year speculation has ranged from…
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Daps From the Past: 2013 Candlelight Processional at Disneyland
For many years now Daps Magic has been filming the first show each night of Disneyland’s Candlelight Processional. 2013 was no exception. Most years saw the same narrating telling the story of Christmas both nights of Candlelight (except that one year when there were multiple nights/weeks of Candlelight). However, 2013 was not a normal year.…
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2022 Disneyland Candlelight Processional Narrator is Viola Davis
The Disneyland Candlelight Processional is an annual tradition for many fans and cast members at the Disneyland Resort. Most hear, the identity of the narrator or narrators isn’t known until the mic check shortly before the start of the 5:30 PM showing. This year was no different and the narrator wasn’t revealed until the mic…
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Sterling K. Brown Shares the Spirit of the Season While Narrating Disneyland’s Candlelight Processional
The Disneyland Candlelight Processional is an annual tradition dating back to the early days of Disneyland. Through the years, there have been many celebrity narrators that have climbed the podium in front of a mass choir, orchestra, soloists, trumpeters, and handbell choir to read the story of Christmas. This year, the narrator was Sterling K.…
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Candlelight Processional Returning to EPCOT
An annual holiday tradition is making its return to EPCOT this year. Today it was announced that the Candlelight Processional will be returning for the Festival of Holidays. This comes after it was not presented last year due to the pandemic. The Candlelight Processional has a long legacy at both Walt Disney World and also…
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Candlelight Ceremony Canceled at Disneyland Resort
Disneyland has canceled this year’s Candlelight Processional and Ceremony. The annual tradition that dates back to Disneyland’s first Christmas when director Dr. Charles C. Hirt brought together a 12 Dickens carolers sang holiday music at Disneyland. The following year brought the first mass choir, also directed by Hirt. As the years went by, Candlelight got…
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Sunday Recap Report – Waiting in the Rain for Candlelight
Welcome back to another ‘Sunday Recap Report!’ The day started off partly cloudy and cool at the Disneyland Resort. This weekend was also Candlelight, so we definitely hoped for good weather. I got to Disneyland around 11:45am, took some photos, and started scoping out a spot for Candlelight. I found a few spots, but I…
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Lin-Manuel Miranda the Narrator for 2019 Candlelight Processional at the Disneyland Resort
Each year at Disneyland ahead of the Candlelight Processional Disney fans speculate about who will be the celebrity narrator for this special event. This year that narrator is Lin-Manuel Miranda. Miranda is known on both the stage and screen. For Disney he recently started as Jack in Mary Poppins Returns with Emily Blunt. He also…
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Rainy Merriment – GEEKS CORNER – Episode 1009 (#480)
Welcome to GEEKS CORNER! This week there is a lot of ground to cover throughout the course of the show. This last week during the celebration of Thanksgiving, a new commercial that reunited E.T. with Elliott was shown. In Disney Parks news, Snow White’s Scary Adventures is getting updated at Disneyland. Disney+ is getting a…
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#DisneyParksLIVE to Livestream The Candlelight Processional From Epcot on December 3
On December 3, Disney will be streaming live from Epcot a special presentation of The Candlelight Processional. For this stream, actor Neal Patrick Harris will be narrating the Christmas Story. The Candlelight Processional combines the traditional scripture of the Christmas story as read by a celebrity narrator. The narrator is joined by a mass choir…
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Captain Candlelight – GEEKS CORNER – Episode 910
Welcome to GEEKS CORNER! This week there is a lot to cover from the Disney and geek communities! The show starts off with chatter about this weekend’s Candlelight Ceremony at Disneyland and its narrator, Chris Pratt. It came as no surprise that Pratt brought his own personality to the ceremony. The geeks also talked about…
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The History of the Candlelight Processional at Disneyland
Talk to the thousands in attendance of the Candlelight Ceremony at Disneyland on the first weekend of December and many will say that Candlelight is the start of their Christmas season. Every year as the DAPs Magic team waits for this special event similar sentiments are heard. For many also, the Candlelight Ceremony is a…
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Disneyland’s Candlelight Processional and Ceremony Celebrates Christmas Story with Chris Hemsworth
Disneyland took the Christmas season to a whole new level as it shares the story of Christmas with the annual Candlelight Processional and Ceremony. Every year on the first weekend of December the front of Main Street Station is transformed into a giant stage that will accommodate a choir of 600, handbells, orchestra, soloists, and…
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Chris Hemsworth To Narrate Disneyland’s Candlelight Processional
Just moments ago fans cheered as Chris Hemsworth took to the stage to prepare for tonight’s Candlelight Processional at Disneyland. The actor, known for his role as Thor in the Marvel Studios movies, will be joining the choir, orchestra, and special musicians for the telling of the story of Christmas. What do you think of…
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Candlelight Processional Narrators Announced for 2017 Holiday Season at Epcot
The full lineup of narrators for the 2017 Candlelight Processional at Epcot has been announced. This yearly tradition includes a celebrity narrator, a 50 piece orchestra, and a choir. Together they share the story of Christmas. This year has a pretty incredible collection of celebrities who will be helping share this very special story. The…
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Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas everybody! Today, we’d like to wish you all the happiest of holidays! Whatever you are doing, we hope that it will be a day filled with loved ones, smiles, and new happy memories. Here are a few happy memories from the holiday season this year at the Disneyland Resort. What are you doing…
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Spaceship Death Star – Geeks Corner – Episode 610
Welcome to Geeks Corner! This week the geeks chat about one Disneyland’s Candlelight Processional and Ceremony. This annual tradition at the Disneyland Resort shares the story of Christmas in Town Square. Over in Walt Disney World, Spaceship Earth at Epcot became the Death Star in anticipation of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Was this cool? Is…
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Candlelight Ceremony and Processional Returns to Disneyland Resort with Ginnifer Goodwin
Town Square at the Disneyland Resort was even more magical this weekend with the return of Disneyland’s Candlelight Ceremony and Processional. Ginnifer Goodwin joined Nancy Sulahian conducting the Candlelight Symphony Orchestra, the 500+ voice Candlelight Choir, and also handbell choir to tell the story of Christmas. This holiday tradition at the Disneyland Resort dates back to 1958 and…
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Dates Announced for Epcot’s Candlelight Processional
Soon the holiday season will be upon us, and yes it is only July. Disney Parks Blog has announced that dining packages for this year’s Candlelight Processional at Epcot are now on sale. The Candlelight Processional is set to run on select dates from November 27 to December 30 at The America Gardens Theater. In addition, dates…
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Candlelight Processional & Ceremony with Beau Bridges – December 6, 2014
On December 6, 2014 Beau Bridges narrated the Christmas story at Disneyland as a part of Disneyland’s Candlelight Processional and Ceremony. The weather for the event was absolutely perfect. The orchestra, choir, soloists, and handbell choir all joined together to tell the story of the world’s first Christmas. What is your favorite part? Here are…
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Disneyland Candlelight Ceremony & Processional – December 7, 2014
On December 7, 2014 Disneyland presented the second night of its annual Candlelight Ceremony & Processional. This year, the celebrity narrator was Beau Bridges. This page has photos and videos from that day at Disneyland. Here are the songs included in the Candlelight Processional & Ceremony at Disneyland: Procession: O Little Town of Bethlehem The First…
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Epcot's 2014 Candlelight Processional Narrator Lineup Announced
Are you planning on attending the 2014 Candlelight Processional this year at Epcot? Disney Parks Blog has just released this year’s celebrity narrators. Jodi Benson – 11/28 – 11/29 Neil Patrick Harris – 11/30 – 12/2 Jonathan Groff – 12/3 – 12/4 Whoopi Goldberg – 12/5 – 12/6 TBD – 12/7 – 12/9 TBD – 12/9…
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Kurt Russell and Blair Underwood Narrate Disneyland’s Candlelight Ceremony
Candlelight Ceremony – Silent Night Guests visiting Disneyland this last weekend were treated to the story of Christmas being told by a nearly 600 voice choir, orchestra, handbells, and celebrity narrators. This year, the narrators were Blair Underwood (Saturday) and Kurt Russell (Sunday). The performances happened on both Saturday and Sunday nights at 5:30 and…
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20 Nights of Candlelight Start With Rain
DAPs Magic Disney News – by Mr. DAPs The holiday season is in full swing now at the Disneyland Resort. One of the traditions of the holidays at Disneyland is the telling of the Christmas Story for the Candlelight Ceremony and Processional. This is a tradition that dates back to the fifties that tells the…