DDG 335 With Terri Hardin aka the Pumpkin Queen

Welcome to the show notes for the Disney Dream Girls Podcast, show number 335, for Sunday 18th October 2020. If you want to listen, whilst reading these notes, just click the player below or alternatively find us on iTunes, Libsyn, Stitcher Radio, or any good podcast catching apps.

On this weeks show, we are joined by our friend (and former Disney imagineer) Terri Hardin, who we have nicknamed the Pumpkin Queen.

Terri shares her love of pumpkin carving and how she got into this fascinating art craft. Below you can see some of the amazing pumpkins she has carved but you will find more information on her website terrihardin.com 

Terri shares how she got began pumpkin sculpting to now being a judge on the Food Network show - Outrageous Pumpkins. Have you seen the show yet?

Any chat with Terri would not be complete without the many digressions - so listen in and enjoy!

To find out how you can join one of her group online pumpkin carving sessions, visit her website TerriHardin.com and whilst there you can see some of the other projects she is involved with. She is an amazing artist, below I have shared one of the many videos from her YouTube page - the Cheshire Cat.

That is about it for this week and we hope you have enjoyed reading this blog as well as listening to the podcast. You can find us @DisDreamGirls on Instagram and Twitter. We have the Disney Dream Girls page on Facebook as well as the Disney Dream Girls Podcast Family.

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That's it for this week, so thank you for reading and listening to our Disney musings.
Much love,
Michelle & Jayne xxx

316 - Tales From Terri Hardin

Welcome to the show notes for the Disney Dream Girls Podcast, show number 316, for Sunday 124h May 2020. If you want to listen, whilst reading these notes, just click the player below or alternatively find us on iTunes, Libsyn, Stitcher Radio, or via any good podcast catching apps.
On this week's show, we welcome our good friend Terri Hardin to join us to share some more of her entertaining Tales. In her career, she has worked with some very famous people and on today's show we asked her to share some of her memories. To find out the stories behind the pictures, you will have to listen to this week's show!

Elizabeth Taylor - The Flintstones

Sigourney Weaver - Ghostbusters

Whoopi Goldberg - Theodore Rex

Dolly Parton - Theme Park Work

This particular song, means a great deal to Terri and I have included it for you all to enjoy. 

Michael Jackson - Captain EO

If you want to hear more tales from Terri Hardin, follow the links below:
Show 277 - Galaxy's Edge
Show 201 - Imagineer Chat 
Show 192 - My Life and Star Wars 
Show 139 Terri Visits Disneyland Paris 
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277 - Terri Hardin Talks Galaxy's Edge

Welcome to the show notes for the Disney Dream Girls Podcast, show number 277 for Sunday 15th September 2019.  If you want to listen, whilst reading these notes, just click the player below or alternatively find us in iTunes, Libsyn, on Stitcher Radio or via any good podcast catching app.

Coming up on this week's show, Michelle and Jayne catch up with a few items of news and then Michelle has a chat with Terri Hardin about what is happening in her life right now. By the way... Terri speaks very candidly about Galaxy's Edge and says it how she sees it so you do not want to miss this show!

Disneyland Halloween Highlights

On the show, we chat through some of the delectable offerings that are available right now. If you get a chance to try something - please get in touch and let us know!

Fuel Rods

We discuss these very handy devices and the rumour that there may be a pricing change.

Dessert Parties

It appears that the dessert parties are going to be subjected to a massive increase so we spend a few minutes discussing the prices.

Terri Talks

For our final segment, Terri Hardin (former Disney imagineer, artist and friend of the show) chats through her thoughts on Galaxy's Edge.

Well thats just about it for this week, as usual, you can contact us via Email: info@disneydreamgirls.com Follow our posts on Twitter @DisDreamGirls and Instagram @disdreamgirls. Plus don't forget our Facebook page by searching Disney Dream Girls.  

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Disney Dream Girls 240 Terri's Christmas Tales

Welcome to the show notes for the Disney Dream Girls Podcast, show number 240 for Sunday 16th December 2018.  If you want to listen, whilst reading these notes, just click the player below or alternatively find us in iTunes, Libsyn, on Stitcher Radio or via any good podcast catching app.

Coming up on this weeks show, we have Ciaran back with This Week In Disney History and also a chat between Michelle and former Disney Imagineer - Terri Hardin. Below are some of the highlights from our On This Week in Disney History segment. 

Passing of Roy O Disney 
On the 20th December 1971, Roy O Disney, one of Walt's brothers, business partner and co-founder of the The Disney Company passed away in Burbank California. He was 78 years old. 

Snow White Premiere
On 21^st December 1937 saw the premiere of Disney's first feature-length animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfsat the Carthay Circle Theatre, located at 6316 San Vicente Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. The film features the voices of Adriana Caselotti (as Snow White) and Harry Stockwell (as the Prince).

The Michelle is joined by previous guest - Terri Hardin to share some of her Christmas stories.

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Disney Dream Girls 201 - The Disney Imagineer Interaction

Welcome to the show notes for the Disney Dream Girls Podcast, show number 201 for Sunday 19th March 2018. If you want to listen, whilst you read these notes, all you have to do is press the green triangle on the audio player below.

Coming up on todays show, Michelle is joined by former Disney imagineer Terri Hardin to do what Terri does best - talk!

Our discussion began with Terri talking about some of the projects she is currently involved in. The first being the third sculpture in her impressions range, namely Baby Groot.

 

The next in the set will be the three hitch hiking ghosts from the much loved Haunted Mansion but they will be presented in a manner not attempted by any other artist! For the details you will have to listen to the show!

Another project Terri is working on is a Paris Retreat. Where you can by guided, by Terri, through not just Disneyland Paris but also Paris itself. 

Those of you who are avid listeners of the show, you will know that Terri worked on a number of attractions at Disneyland Paris. On her retreat, you will get to hear about them from conception to visualisation and then be able to question and discuss these with her right by the attraction.

What makes this tour unique is that you get the opportunity to appreciate Paris through the eyes of an artist. On the retreat, prepare for some foodie elements too as Terri loves her fine cuisine!

The final item Terri discussed was a very special creative course she is planning for October 2018. During this event she will tease out your creativity and guide you through the  how draw and she also mentioned playing with clay! If you wish to register an interest in this, or any of the other mention items please get in touch with either Michelle or Terri. Terri can be reached via her website http://terrihardin.com/

Concept Model Galaxy's Edge - Photo Credit Disney Parks Blog

Then the discussion turned to Galaxy's Edge (aka Star Wars Land) and its upcoming opening in Disneyland in 2019. Terri had heard some rumours about opening day and she did not mince her words!

Along the way a few other topics were discussed but the show ended with Terri sharing a few details about the Muppets. Many of you may not realise that Terri is also a highly regarded puppeteer, having worked on previous Muppet shows and films such as Ghostbusters and The Flintsones. So Michelle couldn't let her go with out discussing that and also sharing her Nicolas Cage story.

So that just about wrapped up show 201. If you want to hear the entire audio of Michelle's conversation with Terri Hardin, rather than the edited down version played on the podcast, you can visit our Patreon website and find out how you can get access to this and other exclusive audio and content - Patreon Link.

Don't forget to visit Terri's website to keep upto date with her projects and, as usual our contact details are:

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Just for transparency, we have not in any way received any financial remuneration for sharing the links to Terri Hardin's work - we are merely fans who like to let other people know what she is currently working on. 

Disney Dream Girls 192 - My Life and Star Wars by Terri Hardin

Welcome to the show notes for the Disney Dream Girls Podcast, number 192 released on Sunday 14th January 2018. If you wish to listen to the podcast, whilst reading these notes, please click the audio player below or you can find our podcast on all god podcast hosting places such as iTunes (click here iTunes link) and Stitcher Radio by Searching Disney Dream Girls. 

On Michelle's Christmas trip to Disneyland she managed to find a quiet corner to catch up and discuss the connection Terri Hardin has with the Star Wars film series. 

Firstly, if you are not aware of Terri Hardin, she is a multi talented sculpter, puppeteer and former Disney imagineer. However, you may not know is that she is a massive Star Wars fan.

Terri Hardin bottom left corner

Todays show shares her story and covers how it changed her life and it enabled her to have the career she has. We hope you enjoy the show and please feel free to contact us via our social media links. 

Note - todays show was recorded to the Disneyland Hotel in California - hence the audio quality. 


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Disney Dream Girls 139 - An Imagineer Visits Disneyland Paris

Welcome to the show notes for the Disney Dream Girls podcast for, show number 139 for Sunday 1st January 2017. As always, if you wish to listen to the podcast, whilst reading this blog, you can click on the player below.

Firstly, we send our condolences to the family and friends of Alan Mize, one of the co-hosts of the Enchanted Tiki Talk Podcast, who sadly passed away on Christmas Eve. It is really sad to have lost one of our fellow podcasters and especially one whose life was just beginning with a young daughter (Grace). If you are able to support the families Go Fund Me, to help with Grace's college fund, please visit Normnb8s Go Fund Me.

Also we send our condolences to the families of Carrie Fisher and George Michael who also passed away since our last podcast.

Moving on to our podcast, we chat through Christmas and then introduce our special guest - Terri Hardin. Terri has been on the show many times and on this occasion she talks about what it was like to go to Disneyland Paris and see the attractions she worked on, namely Dragons Lair and Big Thunder. 

Photo Credit L Jackson

Terri's Book

Photo Credit - L Jackson

Whilst in Disneyland Paris, Terri took the time out to meet up with people to take them on a tour of the attractions she helped create. On the podcast, she goes into details about the creative process behind this and then links to other projects she has done for Disney. 

Photo Credit L Jackson

Photo Credit L Jackson

We hope you enjoy the show! But until next time, it is goodbye from us and until then, keep upto date with us by ensuring you follow along in all of our social media sites:

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Terri Hardin Presents her 60th Disneyland LE Sculpture

In August 2015, I had the pleasure of visiting Terri Hardin, in her Burbank studio, to see a piece of work she was working on for Disneyland's 60th. Yesterday, she emailed me to say it will be completed this month so I thought I would like to share some details with you.

Photo Credit - M Young

What Terri has decided to do, was to create a diamond shaped celebration piece. The main central design is of the iconic Disneyland castle. Then, a close up of six ride vehicles; each one carefully chosen to represent a decade that particular attraction opened in Disneyland. 

Artwork - T Hardin

Work began with sculpting the design, however the completed work will be done in Bas Relief and the completed pieces details are as follows:

Name: 60 Years of Magic
Edition Size: 200, numbered and signed by Terri
Approximate Size: 12" high by 6/7" wide
Cost: $325 + tax including continental US shipping

First Cast From Mold - Photo Credit T Hardin

As mentioned above, this is a limited edition piece so don't delay. If you want one, you can contact Terri direct by emailing terrihardinspeaks@gmail.com 

Disney Dream Girls 105 - Making a Splash with an Imagineer

Welcome to the show notes for the Disney Dream Girls Podcast, show 105 for Sunday 1st May 2016.

 
Coming up in todays show, we are joined by former Disney Imagineer - Terri Hardin. Terri shares another set of tales from her days in imagineering but also she answers some of our listeners questions.

Firstly, Terri tells about the time when she was involved in a stage version of the Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Tiffany Theatre. I include this because on 30th April 2016, Jayne and I should have been seeing this show together... however, I will be having knee surgery and Jayne will end up enjoying the show with her husband Simon. 

Terri Hardin and Michelle having fun (photo credit M Young)

Then we move on to talk about Splash Mountain. Terri explains what parts of the Walt Disney World attraction and Tokyo Disneyland version she worked on as well as sharing some interesting behind the scenes stories.

Splash Mountain, Magic Kingdom, WDW  (photo credit Disneyworld website)

Splash Mountain, Tokyo Disneyland (photo credit Tokyo Disneyland Resort website)

Then, Terri answers some listeners questions. Interestingly, she shares details on the animator Hayao Miyazaki.

We hope you have enjoyed this edition of the Disney Dream Girls Podcast and we will be back next week with some more Disney theme park fun.  

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