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2012 Marilyn Monroe 50th
Memorial Calendar of Events
Thinking about making the homage to celebrate and honor the life of Marilyn Monroe the first week of August 2012?
If you are a Marilyn fan and want to be a part of the celebration of her life, please join us!
Here is the schedule thus far.
August 1st, 2012: Day Trip to the Del Coronado
Will leave from The Hollywood Orchid Suites
Hosted by Melinda Mason
Facebook ID: Melinda MMcamera
Email address: melinda@marilynmonroe.ca
http://www.marilynmonroe.ca/
August 2nd, 2012: Pool Party
Hosted by Immortal Marilyn
Sponsored so generously by Scott Fortner, owner of The Marilyn Monroe Collection
Where: Hollywood Orchid Suites
Time: 4:00 pm to 10:00pm
*Click here for all the details!
August 3rd, 2012: The Home & Haunts Tour
Lee Marshall is a Professional Tour Guide of Marilyn Monroe locations in Los Angeles, and he is planning and routing the tour for us, along with Immortal Marilyn
Contributor, Shaney Evans.
Lee, Eric Woodard, author of Hometown Girl, and Mary Sims, owner of Immortal Marilyn will be the Tour Guides for the day.
We will be in three 35 passenger coaches named Norma, Jeane, and Baker.
Will depart from The Hollywood Orchid Suites
Time: 11:00 am to 7:00 pm
A Marilyn favorite, the famous Canter's Delicatessen will cater our lunch at Griffith Park in the Ferndell area.
Marilyn was photographed there by Ed Clark in August 1950 for Life magazine.
The tour will cover the most significant areas where Marilyn lived, worked and enjoyed her life.
It will end at the beautiful Santa Monica beach with a toast to Marilyn before returning to the hotel.
For more information on the Home and Haunts tour Click Here
A Walking Tour Guide of Marilyn sites is available for all fans who wish to do this tour on their own time
on the Home & Haunts Tour Page
Join us in Facebook to meet other fans planning to attend the Memorial week and join in the plans of it!
August 4th, 2012: 20th Century Fox Commissary Luncheon
Hosted by Immortal Marilyn
Time: 11:00 am to 1:00 pm
Cost is $75
We will have a lovely buffet style luncheon at the legendary 20th Century Fox Commissary,
where Marilyn and all the Fox stars ate while making movies!
Strict dress code of RED, WHITE or BLACK in any combination. Dress nice; no jeans, tee's, shorts, flipflops.
We will be having a group photo outside on the Fox lot after the luncheon.
Sure to be the highlight of Immortal Marilyn's Memorial Week
Marilyn Forever Blonde
Will be playing also during Memorial week at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood!
Starring the wonderful Sunny Thompson, the play has already won numerous awards and is not to be missed!
This will be an Immortal Marilyn group event the evening of August 4th at 8:00pm, with a Talk Back session with Greg and Sunny Thompson after the play, a
champagne reception and more.
Click here to purchase tickets and get all the information
August 5th, 2012: 50th Anniversary Memorial Service
Hosted by Marilyn Remembered Fan Club
Time: 12:00 pm
Reception following
http://www.marilynremembered.org
THE HOLLYWOOD MUSEUM
This year will be the 50th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s passing and the Hollywood Museum will be hosting a huge exhibit for Marilyn, opening on May 30 and
going through September 2nd. Included are dresses that she wore in Some Like it Hot and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
There will be a George Barris exhibit never- before- seen pictures of Marilyn, including a book signing at the Exhibit on May 30th.
www.georgebarrisphotos.com
The Hollywood Museum - 1660 N. Highland Avenue, Hollywood, CA
More details will be added as plans are confirmed, check back often.
In the meantime join us in Facebook at
Immortal Marilyn & Immortal Marilyn 2012 Memorial Plans.
Where IM stays in LA and all gatherings will be based and depart from:
The Hollywood Orchid Suites:
Please contact IM member Leslie Summey to help with your travel arrangements to Los Angeles.
She is a Travel Agent with AAA and is more than happy to help make your
reservations to any hotel in Los Angeles and car rental needs as simple as possible for you.
You can reach Leslie in Facebook via Immortal Marilyn, and at llsummey@mailaaa.com
The Orchid Suites is fully booked and we are now booking Marilyn's fans into the:
Hollywood Celebrity Hotel 268 ft N of The Hollywood Orchid Suites
1775 Orchid Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
http://www.hotelcelebrity.com/
Please contact Leslie to get a room there!
The rates are $149 for an Executive King, $159 for 2 Queens and $179 for a 1 Bedroom Suite with a full kitchen, living room, full sized sofa bed and a King sized bed in
the bedroom. These rates are not the same as on the internet as the internet rates have not been updated yet.
If you phone to reserve yourself, please tell the person you speak to that Mr. Khan is holding a block of rooms for the Marilyn Memorial Group and they will give one of
the rooms they have blocked for us. The rooms are all near each other for our convenience.
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