Hold onto your hats, the Shanachie's gone Disney!

Scattered throughout the crowds attending the Children's Day events are well known characters from movies most children - and let's face it, adults - have known and loved for years. From the glittering costumes to the voices, it's them - princesses, princes, and heroes. Did you ever want to meet Hercules" Or maybe Elsa is more your style" They're there, and many others, bringing a slice of Disney World to Rhy'Din for this one event.

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And that's not all.

Over the course of the morning, the Shanachie dancers will be sharing a Super Secret with anyone who dares to pass beyond the curtain of their mocked up studio - a secret that will only come to light when afternoon comes. Anyone who enters is sworn to secrecy, and probably bribed with sweet treats. Who else knows the secret' Does your best friend" The hero you arm-wrestled" What about the other Shanachie players present' All will be revealed in time.

And when that times comes, you'll know it. All of a sudden, just as lunch is settling down in your tummy and you're wondering what to do next, a voice breaks the chatter, joined by other voices, doing what the Shanachie singers do best - singing! Don't be afraid to join in, but this medley moves quick!

And just when you think the secret might never come out, the singers start up with a familiar tune, and everyone in the know can show everyone who isn't how it's done! The Shanachie dancers will lead you in a flash mob to the familiar bounce of Baloo's theme tune to round off the energetic performance.

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And the princes, princesses, and heroes will still be there until the day comes to a close, bright and smiling to send you off home with a wave and a wink. See? Sometimes fairytales really do come true!

((For everyone's peace of mind, the characters played by PC Shanachie players are as follows;- Princess Jasmine, Elsa, Robin Hood, Hercules, and Ariel. NPC players are ;- Belle, Beast, Cinderella, Prince Charming, and Flynn Rider. Post away, my pretties!))

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Much like Saila, Disney had not been a part of Merethyl's life experience before she had volunteered for Children's Day. She had thought she might be asked to be one of the dancers, since that was all she was really known for in the theater. Imagine her surprise when Mataya announced she was the perfect Elsa.

Cue playing Frozen on repeat at home frantically for several days, by the end of which Christian was thoroughly sick of the film, but she had a very good idea of the character she was supposed to be playing. Elsa was the Snow Queen, she'd realized, a role she had already played, but with far more nuances than she had expected to find. What she hadn't expected was the sheer enthusiasm with which small girls flocked to her when she stepped out in her costume, looking every inch like the Elsa they admired so much.

Surrounded by little girls, and very aware of the little bump at her waist that signaled the beginning of her own family, Merry let instinct lead the way, surprised by how easy it was to play along with them. She hugged and posed for photographs; she helped little people find their parents after they'd run off. She introduced them to the others playing their favorite characters when they were too shy to do it themselves. She even let go of some of her wariness to do a few little magic tricks for them - just sprays of snowflakes that danced and sparkled, nothing so involved as building a snowman. And the song ....

Well, no one at the Shanachie had ever heard her sing before. Christian hadn't even heard her sing. And yet, on request - which turned out to be in the double digits by the end of the day - Merry sang Let It Go with little voices in uneven chorus with her, hoping like hell that Mataya wasn't paying too close attention to her. She was an elf; of course she could sing. It shouldn't be that big a surprise, surely.

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When she heard that the Shanachie was going to be playing Princesses for Children's Day, Yas wanted to play the part of Princess Jasmine more than anything. She loved everything that the Princess embodied. Confidence. Independence. Defiance. Jasmine was where Yas got her blue toned inspiration from, as a matter of fact. She'd deny that's where she got her name, but you be the judge.

The shapeshifter was excited to earn the part, though she was denied her continued request for a live tiger to play Raja. With a "Perfect Princess smile" on her face the entire time, Yasmin was a wonderfully sweet Princess to all the children. Most of the children were even more excited when this Princess sounded "just like the one in the movie!"

((Images of the lovely model and her other Disney cosplays can be found here.))

Sabine had volunteered him. Volunteered him to sing. Singing a ship chanty or some old customary lullaby he learned from his mother and sang to his younger sisters was one thing. Getting up the gusto to sing "The Bare Necessities" was another kettle of fish.

Captain's orders, though. Full voiced he took up the tune at the proper time, and even found he got into it when he saw the brightened excited looks of some of the children. It was a catchy tune, full of bounce. He might even pass it on to some old crew mates if they ever found their way through town again. Hard to be worried about his ego when he's singing 'forget about your worries and your strife.'