It is with great sadness
that I report that Angel Florez passed away on April 25, 1995. I express
my sympathy to his family and friends and thank Angel for bringing some
brightness into our lives. May you rest in peace. When an enthusiastic eight-year-old
won a talent contest at Shakey's Pizza Parlor in Hawaiian Gardens, California,
no one guessed that in four years he would be performing with the New
Mouseketeers. But that's what happened to Angel. His eagerness to sing,
dance and perform prompted his parents to enroll him in formal dancing
lessons two years ago. Now he's singing and dancing for the "New
Mickey Mouse Club". Angel is the comic of the group, entertaining
his fellow Mouseketeers with impressions of favorite TV stars in between
routines and rehearsals.
ANGEL FLOREZ
August 13, 1963-April 25, 1995
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ANGEL FLOREZ
(From The NEW Mickey Mouse Club Funbook, Copyright © 1977, Walt Disney
Productions.)
"I would rather sing and dance than do anything. I couldn't believe
it when the casting director of The New Mickey Mouse Club called and
told me that I was chosen! It was like a dream come true for me."
That's Angelo Florez speaking. Talk about show business in his blood,
Angelo's got it in his bones, his hair, and just about every part of
him. "He lives and breathes the Club," his mother told us.
"Every night when he comes home from the Studio, he goes straight
to his room to play all the new songs and dances that he's recorded
from the show. He's even teaching the little girls in the neighborhood
some of the dance routines he's learned." Although Angelo had performed
non-professionally since he was eight years old, he began formal dance
lessons only two years ago. Soon, he was doing so well that his teacher
suggested Angelo try out for the part of Mowgli, the Jungle Boy, in
the Disneyland Christmas Parade. At the audition, Angelo was spotted
by a television producer, who introduced him to a talent agent, who
got him a job in a Pepsi commercial and a pilot episode of a television
series. But the big break came last year, when Angleo auditioned for
The New Mickey Mouse Club!
Off-camera at the Club, Angelo keeps his fellow mice in stitches with
funny impressions of television stars, from Tony Orlando to Charo! Half
Mexican-American and half Apache Indian, Angelo has recently taken a
deep interest in his special ethnic and cultural background. He has
decided to take Spanish in school, "To get back to my roots,"
as he puts it.
"We are proud of Angelo," says his father. "We speak
Spanish at home, and now, for the first time in thirteen years, he is
answering back in Spanish!"
On top of everything else, Angelo is an accomplished musician. He plays
guitar, piano, and organ!
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