Metz

American  

[mets, mes] / mɛts, mɛs /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Moselle, in NE France: fortress; battles 1870, 1918, 1940, 1944.

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Metz British  

/ mɛs, mɛts /

noun

1. a city in NE France on the River Moselle: a free imperial city in the 13th century; annexed by France in 1552; part of Germany (1871–1918); centre of the Lorraine iron-mining region. Pop: 123 776 (1999)

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Example Sentences

While Fairyland started a national trend, perhaps the most famous person to visit the park was Disney, who, says Metz, arrived at Fairyland on Easter Sunday in 1954, a year before Disneyland opened in July 1955.

From Los Angeles Times

Metz’s workshop is directly behind Fairyland’s puppet stage, and it’s a mini marionette museum, filled with books, pictures and, of course, puppets.

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Celebrities in the space, such as Frank Oz, apprenticed at Fairyland, and Metz continues to run multiple shows per day, both revivals and original creations.

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“They started adding puppetry and magic and all these things kids absolutely loved,” says Metz.

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While the Walt Disney Family Museum and other Disney historians say there is no official record of Disney visiting the park, local newspapers of the era documented his appearance and many, including Metz, take it as fact that Disney spent an afternoon at Fairyland.

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