"Rhapsody in Blue" pays tribute to the style of caricaturist Al Hirschfeld in a story set in Manhattan during the Jazz Age.

Next, film and music producer Quincy Jones introduces Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue," with Bruce Broughton conducting an orchestra of top studio musicians. Veteran Pocahontas director Eric Goldberg pays tribute to the style of legendary caricaturist Al Hirschfeld in this story set during the Jazz Age. "Eric wanted to depict a day in the life of four people in New York who have hopes and dreams that get fulfilled because of their interaction with each other," explains Butoy. "I would call it a character piece, in the sense that you get to know and feel emotion for these characters. Eric based the whole `Rhapsody in Blue' on traditional flat line work. It begins with just one line that starts to draw the whole cityscape of New York, and then from there we begin to come into the characters' lives."

Computer-generated imagery is used to tell Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale, "The Steadfast Tin Soldier."

Actress Bette Midler presents Shostakovich's "Piano Concerto #2, Allegro, Opus 102," with animation based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, "The Steadfast Tin Soldier." Hendel Butoy again directs. He explains, "`Tin Soldier' was actually a piece that the Disney artists had boarded and were intending to do fifty years ago, but they ended up shelving the idea. Somebody found those sketches in the archives here at Disney," and Butoy gave them new life. Computer-generated imagery blends seamlessly with traditional hand-drawn animation to tell the story of a one-legged tin soldier who battles a Jack-in-the-box for the love of a ballerina. Says Butoy, "It's a little bit of a love story, and a little bit of a story about circumstances that go your way if you stand steadfast and firm."

Director Eric Goldberg makes a cameo appearance with James Earl Jones to introduce the next segment, Camille Saint-Saëns' "Carnival Of The Animals." This light-hearted piece, with its vibrant watercolor style, celebrates the wonderful things that can happen when one dares to stand apart from the crowd. The witty, traditionally-drawn interlude begs the question, "What would happen if you gave a yo-yo to a flock of flamingoes?" It features an oddball yo-yo-toting flamingo who gets the better of his feathered friends. "Very funny and entertaining," says Butoy.

"Carnival Of The Animals" tells the story of a yo-yo-playing flamingo.	"The Sorcerer's Apprentice" returns from the original Fantasia, digitally re-stored.