June 7: Celebration, FL, Disney's planned suburban community, actually relatively pleasant
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Tie-in to an electrical substation at the entrance to Disney World
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Exploring the hotels futuristically
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The friendly organist at the wedding chapel demonstrated that the organ could sound regular (he played Bach) or totally Disney-fied (When You Wish Upon A Star, with strings, reverb, harp glissando, the works)
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The Grand Floridian, with the wedding chapel in white at the left
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The Grand Dame of Disney World, the Contemporary Resort
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Ah, the heady days of atrium hotels
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A monorail track switch; note the potential effect of switching error
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Joined by Kam and Donald for dinner
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June 8: Lake Wales, FL: the Singing Tower carillon, built by Edward Bok, a native of the Netherlands and longtime editor of Ladies' Home Journal
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The prerecorded carillon concert being played that day included a piece with the same melody as one of Mompou's piano pieces; the program listed the composer as "anonymous"
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Sebring, FL: Highlands Hammock State Park
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