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[Montano] I really do enjoy
using the hand tools.

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It takes me back to the years
when I was younger.

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There is some natural talent
that's involved,

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but a lot of all those techniques
are all learned.

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If you have the will and the desire
to learn it, you will learn it.

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My name is George Montano.
I'm 74 years old.

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I started working at Disneyland Resort
at the Staff Shop, May 9th of 1968.

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My brother and my dad started working
on the Small World project in 1965.

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They asked me if I was interested,
they were hiring people.

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I came in and applied.

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They told me that they would hire me,
but it was only for six months.

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The rest is history.
I've been here for over 50 years.

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Sleeping Beauty's Castle,
that's the icon of the park.

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Behind us here is the hub, and, of course,
this is the entrance to the castle.

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Present,
the castle is under refurbishment.

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If you're coming to Disneyland,
you have to visit the castle.

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That's my favorite attraction.

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What I'm working on is applying a thin
coat on the face of these castle stones.

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It's a full finish with cement plaster.

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Once I get this material on there,

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I'll texture it out
with a brush and a sponge.

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It has to look
as natural as you can get it.

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Perfect, would look
like it was man-made stone.

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So, you're trying to get the imperfection.

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Basically, I've worked on
just about every attraction in the park.

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Like Matterhorn, Sleeping Beauty's Castle,
pirate ride, Small World.

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And then I've worked outside
of Disneyland in Japan, in France.

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And, of course, Florida.

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It's a really rewarding experience.

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Morning, Lou.

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This is that work order
we talked about earlier in the week.

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It's that turret for the castle.

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If we can jump on this
and get somebody to run this molding.

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And it's this one here
that we have circled.

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We'll have to start from scratch
from a model

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and, of course, mold it and then cast it.

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My day in, day out responsibilities are:

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I go through the system and prioritize
how we're gonna distribute the work,

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and I assign it to the crews.

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At the Staff Shop, we make molds,
models in plaster

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and all kinds
of architectural ornamentation.

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What I'm making here, it's a mock-up
for the Matterhorn rockwork.

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My dad had came to work here
on the Matterhorn as a plasterer.

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It was in 1958.

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I came to work in 1968.

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That was the first time
that I had a chance

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to work with my dad
on the Matterhorn itself.

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My dad would tell me
the story of the plasterer

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who would talk about the Matterhorn,

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you know, "What does that have to do
with Disneyland?"

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You know,
he couldn't visualize what it was.

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It actually turned out to be a very
popular attraction here at the park.

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What I'd really like to see
is someone to follow in my footsteps

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and do what I've done.

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I feel like I'm carrying on a legacy.
A lot of great memories here.

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But I ran across these photos.

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This was in 1972,
my dad's in this photo here,

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and I'm right next to him
and my brother's here

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on the front row.

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Photo of the castle

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and some of the architectural
ornamentation that we replaced.

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I was telling myself
I was gonna retire after this one.

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I'm still looking forward
to another project.