I found a time capsule

Hello, I know I haven't updated my blog in a very long time but this was due to examinations. But now I have finished school and I'm eager to start blogging regularly again! So...anecdote time!

Unlike many people nowadays, I still own all my old videos as well as my video player. I do like "staying with the times" and do of course own a DVD Player and a whole drawer full of DVD's but I honestly don't see the point in throwing out videos if they still work... plus most of my favourite Disney films are in video format and it's not always easy finding them again. Anyway, I was looking at the row of videos on my shelf the other day when I noticed one that I'd completely forgotten about; the "two in one" video of films, Anastasia and Bartok the Magnificent. Just looking at the cover art of this video seemed to awaken something in my mind, something I'd previously forgotten about that hadn't ever disappeared but was just dormant in the very back of my mind.

When I was about five years old I became fascinated, almost enchanted with a particular scene in "Anastasia" in which the female protagonist sings a song in an deserted, grand house and, as she sings, hundreds on glistening figures appear and start dancing along with her. And at the very end of the song the dream-like figures dissolve in to thin air again and the girl was left alone. I distinctly remember a wide shot of the now completely deserted hall she was sitting in. I don't quite know why I was so mesmerized by this scene but I remember being completely taken by the atmosphere and the contrast of the room filled with people to the deserted empty hall. If my vague description didn't do this justice then here is a link to the very scene from YouTube.

The point of this post was not to merely describe this scene in "Anastasia" but to share my delight of finding this thing that had made such an impression on me when I was younger. I can't believe I forgot about it but the sense of discovery at recalling it again and being able to listen to the song and recognise the lyrics was almost as magical as the feeling I had originally felt watching it as a young girl. I know know how it feels to find a time capsule and the coolest thing is that it was not a regular time capsule that was organised and put together purposely... This one was completely accidental.