I particularly remember one day we were walking by Golden Horseshoe and the guys showed up. At the same time, four horseshoe girls in full regalia were headed back towards the Horseshoe, and the head armadillo said "Hey, look, Horseshoe girls!! Four of them, four of us", then much winking and nudging ensued, much to the total embarrassment of said horseshoe girls. Ah, memories.Anyway, this is the card these bozos would hand out as they wandered through the park. I cherish mine.
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As a Castmembers during this time, I can shed a little more light on the Armadillos.
A year or so before Party Gras, Main Street was the playground for Four Stilt Walkers called The Second Story Guys. In addition to Stilts, they also came up with other crazy personas.
Once Party Gras happened they became the Armadillos. They became so popular that the Fantasyland band, The Make-believe Brass, started dressing up as Armadillos and the group got bigger. Shortly after, the actor who was playing Buford at the Splash Mt queue was also dressed up and became the Grand Hoo Has, of the group.
They used to stop on Main Street, hand out these cards to as many guests as they could, and start an initiation ceremony. It was a great preshow to the parade.
Fantastic! Thank you so much for sharing!
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