Scenes from World Canals Conference 2025 Buffalo! 🚤🌎 Check out the sights from the North Tonawanda & Lockport field session – anchors aweigh for a memorable experience! 🌟 🔹 Dove into history with our fascinating guides 🕰️ 🔹 Got the inside scoop from a chief lock operator 🗣️ 🔹 Marveled at America’s Staircase, the Flight of Five (IYKYK) 🏛️ 🔹 Enjoyed a serene water cruise through the locks 🚢 🔹 Sipped on the “Long Haul” special bicentennial brew 🍻 🔹 Trotted through time with our canal

Remembering The Great Gene Kelly Jerry Mouse and Gene Kelly Dance - Anchors Aweigh (1945) Eugene Curran Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996) was an American dancer, actor of film, stage, and television, singer, film director, producer, and choreographer. He was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style, his good looks, and the likable characters that he played on screen. Best known today for his performances in films such as An American in Paris (1951), Anchors Aweigh (1945)— for

Gene Kelly dancing with Jerry Mouse in ANCHORS AWEIGH (1945) ⚓️🚢 • For the most famous sequence in the film, Mickey Mouse was originally meant to be the dance partner of Gene Kelly. However, when Walt Disney refused to have his most famous character appear in an MGM film. Kelly turned to MGM's own animation studio and used Jerry Mouse of Tom and Jerry fame. | Tan Sağtürk

Jerry Mouse gets a dance lesson from Gene Kelly in “Anchors Aweigh” (1945). After the screening the film to the MGM executives, someone noticed that Jerry didn’t have a reflection on the floor. This required animators William Hanna, Joseph Barbera, and their team to go back in and draw Jerry’s reflection while dancing. This classic dance was featured decades later on ‘Family Guy’ and the reflection is still Jerry and not Stewie’s. | FilmFreeway

🔊 🎶SOUND ON!🎶🔊 U.S. Navy Fleet Band Activities sends us into the weekend with an uptempo take on Anchors Aweigh! Recorded for the 2020 TMEA Convention, #NavyMusic is able to play a critical role in the recruitement of the U.S. Navy's next generation of Sailors. | United States Navy Band