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Teddy Bear & Friends Remembers Annette

Mid last week, our friends at Teddy Bear & Friends magazine published an excellent piece on their website blog about Annette and the recent grant and fundraising activities of her research foundation.
We hope you will take a moment to read this look at Annette's life and legacy, as she is warmly remembered not only for her singing and acting accomplishments, but for her later career in the production of collectible teddy bears through The Annette Funicello Collectable Bear Company.

 The #1 "Dapper Dan" bear that Annette personally gifted to her stepdaughter is currently up for bid for the benefit of The Annette Funicello Research Fund for Neurological Diseases.  Number-one bears were reserved for Annette, herself, and never sold to the public, making this an extremely rare opportunity for Annette's fan's and artisan bear collectors to add one of these bears to their personal collection.


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  1. AnonymousMarch 12, 2017 at 5:29 PM

    A mixtape in memory of Annette; curated on the occasion of her crossing over, April 2013.
    Tracklist and link to the audible on Mixcloud.
    **********
    The Collagier presents Musicollage #53:
    A DREAM IS A WISH YOUR HEART MAKES - in memory of Annette Funicello (1943-2013)

    I close my eyes, then I drift away
    Into the magic night, I softly say
    A silent prayer, like dreamers do
    Then I fall asleep to dream my dreams of you.
    --Roy Orbison, "In Dreams"

    Prologue:
    ROY ORBISON * All I Have To Do Is Dream

    Main:
    DEAD CAN DANCE * Saltarello
    YES * Wondrous Stories
    GENESIS * A Trick Of The Tail
    STEVE HACKETT * Narnia [Steve Walsh, vocal]
    GARY STADLER and SINGH KAUR * Fairy Ring
    CELESTE * Favole Antiche
    THE MOODY BLUES * The Land Of Make-Believe
    RENAISSANCE * The Day Of The Dreamer
    CÉLINE DION * The Greatest Reward
    ST. LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA/LEONARD SLATKIN * Victor Herbert: "March Of The Toys" from 'Babes In Toyland'
    THE MOODY BLUES * Higher And Higher
    THE BYRDS * From A Distance
    MIKE PINDER * Peace Planet Proclamation
    DEAD CAN DANCE * Children Of The Sun
    LISA GERRARD * Violina (The Last Embrace)
    ANEKDOTEN * Hole
    JIM BRICKMAN * A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes [Kimberley Locke, vocal]
    YES * To Be Over

    Epilogue:
    ROY ORBISON * In Dreams

    https://www.mixcloud.com/TheCollagier/a-dream-is-a-wish-your-heart-makes/

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