The popular event started in 1960 as a "Special Party." The opening year saw six Dixieland bands performing on the Rivers of America in Frontierland. It partially took the operations people at Disneyland by surprise, when over 9000 jazz fans descended on Disneyland to enjoy the various concerts throughout the parks. The ticket that heads this essay, is from the first ever Dixieland at Disneyland on October 1, 1960. The event would last through 1970, but here the live afternoon telecast focused on the heyday of Dixieland at Disneyland, with Al Hirt and his Band performing on the Tomorrow Land stage with Walt Disney himself making the introductions. (1964)