Mickey Mouse Club TAP SHOES Mouseketeer Lonnie Burr / 1980 TV Reunion Show NBC

Mickey Mouse Club TAP SHOES Mouseketeer Lonnie Burr / 1980 TV Reunion Show NBC

Historic Disney Treasures from the Worldwide Disneyana Specialists at Saturday's Toys...  to celebrate the Original Mouseketeers of the Mickey Mouse Club on the occasion of the 70th Anniversary of their historic nationwide debut on ABC Television on Monday, October 3, 1955.

Featuring the personally owned white tap shoes used by Original Mouseketeer Lonnie Burr for his performance in the 1980 Mickey Mouse Club television reunion program as filmed on July 22, 1980 at the historic Walt Disney Studio (Stage 2; site of both the Mickey Mouse Club (1955 - 1958) and of the Cherry Tree Lane sequence starring Julie Andrews in her Academy Award winning performance as Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins").

Exceptionally rare stage-worn performance white tap shoes... as personally worn by Original Mouseketeer Lonnie Burr  during filming at the historic Walt Disney Studio in Burbank, California. SIGNED as "Lonnie" on the soles of the shoes.

Size:  8.5 D

Worn during the 1980 NBC 25th Anniversary TV Special “25 Years of Mouseketeers” on which Lonnie starred with his Mouseketeers co-stars and also served as Creative Consultant for the historic television special.  

(Note: Another significant part of this costume... Lonnie’s Mouseketeer Ears...  as seen in the photos and created for this TV Special, were donated by Lonnie to the Smithsonian Museum of American History in Washington, DC. They were on public display from 2013-2015 and remain part of the Smithsonian's permanent collection.)

These rare tap shoes are offered exclusively to Lonnie's fans as the "Mickey Mouse Club" celebrates its 70th Anniversary year.  

Please allow a few extra days for payment to reach Lonnie.  He will ship the package directly to your home through the Mouseketeer Express! (via USPS Priority Mail)

(additional photos provided for illustration only; not included with listing)

Condition:  Well worn, as shown.  Used in subsequent dance performances and have been held in Lonnie's personal storage facilities since the early 1980's. Shoes have also been stored in a clean, dry environment without moisture impact or odors.

Includes signed Certificate of Authenticity from Mouseketeer Lonnie Burr.  

Lonnie Burr starred as one of television's original Mouseketeers of the "Mickey Mouse Club", which also included Annette Funicello, Bobby Burgess, Cubby O'Brien, Karen Pendleton, Doreen Tracey, Sharon Baird, Darlene Gillespie and Tommy Cole... along with adult leaders Jimmie Dodd and Roy Williams.  These talented young performers were among the "original nine" who would appear on all three seasons of the program's original daily episodes.

In his Hollywood career both before and after the Mouseketeers, Lonnie worked with dozens of entertainment legends including Jimmy Stewart, Elvis Presley, Roy Rogers, Eddie Cantor, Bob Hope, Sammy Davis Jr., Robin Williams, Dinah Shore, Clayton Moore (The Lone Ranger), Ed Wynn, Carol Channing, Robert Preston, Jack Benny, Shirley MacLaine, Ginger Rogers, Charlie Ruggles, Abbott & Costello, Dean Martin, Buddy Ebsen, Jimmy Durante, Billy Crystal, Jerry Lewis, Angela Lansbury, Steven Spielberg, Gower Champion, Bob Fosse, Cecil B. DeMille and many more.

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