Lady and the Tramp, by John Freeman (1917-2010). © Disney.
A week from today, we once again celebrate the lives of those who have preceded us.
The Animation Guild, ASIFA Hollywood and Women In Animation present
AN AFTERNOON OF REMEMBRANCE
a non-denominational celebration of departed friends from our animation community:
- Derdad Aghmalian
- Wayne Allwine
- Ray Aragon*
- Dina Gottliebova Babbitt
- Barry Blitzer
- Robert Broughton
- Bill Browne
- Lillian Chapman
- Art Clokey
- Elizabeth Cotter*
- Vincent Davis
- Virginia Davis McGhee
- Dom DeLuise
- Jaime Diaz
- Roy E. Disney
- Bob Dranko
- Jack Dunham
- Heinz Edelmann*
- Ric Estrada
- Romeo Francisco*
- John Freeman
- Giulio Gianini
- Henry Gibson*
- Rod Gilchrist
- Eugene Giudice*
- Marion Green
- Victor Haboush
- Ann Hamilton
- Millard Kaufman
- Dana Landsberg*
- Alla Marshall*
- Dallas McKennon
- Serge Michael
- Michael Mitchell*
- Flavia Mitman*
- Brittany Murphy
- Marty Murphy
- Donna Narhuminti*
- Ann Neale
- June Olsen
- Cathy Parotino
- Tony Peters
- Alexander Schure
- Kevin Sheedy
- Erich Segal
- Dave Simons*
- Arnold Stang
- Mignonette Kerby Sterges
- Yoshito Usui*
- Kathy White
Saturday, March 13, 2010 Food and refreshments, noon Memoriams, 1 pm
Hollywood Heritage Museum (Lasky-DeMille Barn) 2100 N. Highland (across from Hollywood Bowl), Hollywood The Afternoon is free of charge and is open to all; no RSVPs necessary.
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"a non-denominational celebration of departed friends from our animation community."
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That's a curious way to phrase it , especially since the celebration is no longer being held in a church location . (which is a good thing in my opinion, and I say that as a traditionalist Catholic, which means I'm politically/civically liberal, but religiously conservative.)
For most people the terms "denominational" and "non-denominational" have reference to a person's religious preferences . The word "Denominational" means "of a particular name (or brand)" , so for instance a person who attends a Lutheran or a Episcopalian parish would be part of a larger denomination with a central organizational structure and doctrines , whereas someone who attends the "Joy of the Spirit Worship Center" (meeting at the former K-Mart in Newhall ) who has no affiliation beyond their own local group of believers is considered "non-denominational" .
But since the TAG Afternoon of Remembrance has no religious affiliation it doesn't make sense to brand the gathering as "non-denominational" . If it's not religious then why even bring up the "non-denomimational" terminology , since for most people that word signals some sort of religious connotation? I realize that some of the TAG members have an allergy to religion, so you are probably trying to use the word "non-denominational" as a reassuring code word for "non-religious" so that the more sensitive non-religious members of TAG won't get their knickers in a twist , but if it's truly non-religious you don't even need to bring "denominational vs. non-denominational" terminology into it ...
Why not simply call it "AN AFTERNOON OF REMEMBRANCE: a Celebration of departed friends from our animation community" .
I'm also angry about the non-denominational designation. I think the remembrances should be Methodist.
We've used the same word and phrase for years: "a non-denominational service ..."
But you can't please everybody.
I hate to nit-pick on such a worthy post, but you've listed Mr. John Freeman's life span as lasting from 1917 until 2011.
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It's been corrected.
My bad. Thank you, Steve.
The first two Afternoons of Remembrance were held in a Methodist church, which led a few people to complain on the assumption it was a religious service. Since then, we've been careful to use the word "non-denominational".
It's unlikely you'd think that any more, unless of course you worship Cecil B. DeMille (don't laugh, I know a few people ...) So next year, I'll probably suggest to the committee that we drop it.
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