Kaye first met Walt and Roy Disney in 1956 when they stayed with her family, for the dedication of the Walt Disney Swimming Pool and Park. She was 6 years old.
At Walt’s invitation Kaye became a Disneyland Cast Member and served on the first crew when the Carousel of Progress opened at Disneyland.
Kaye is a founding board member of the Walt Disney Hometown Museum and has served as Director since it’s opening in 2001. Kaye is the co-founder of the Walt Disney Hometown Toonfest. A celebration which features well know cartoonist and animators during a two day event held annually the third Saturday of September. In 2015 Marceline will host the 19th annual Toonfest.
Kaye is a past Board Member of the Missouri Travel Council and is a founding board member of the Highway 36 (The way of American Genius) Alliance. She provides Marceline Disney heritage presentations several times each year to Cast Members at Disneyland and Disney World. She has been featured on American, British, Japanese, French, Canadian, and American TV. And recently completed a project with the BBC which will air in China the fall of 2015.
Kaye is honored to be participating in the 2015 Cherry Blossom festival in her home state of Missouri.
