June 11 in Los Angeles Oz Club members and fans will be gathering at the Wiltshire Ebell Theatre to attend “Get Happy: 100 Years of Judy Garland.” The exhibit has long been a labor of love for Garland collector and Oz fan Scott Hedley. I can’t do it justice; please read all about the exhibit at its website:
https://www.judygarlandexhibit.com/
I’ll be in town that weekend for the launch of the new Judy Fragrance, a Friday evening event also held at the historic Ebell. While I am honored to represent the Oz Club, I won’t be alone in representing the Oz community. Personal Oz friends coming include Sean Barrett (The Land of Oz NC), Victoria Calamito (Oz Talk, The Oz Vlog), Ryan Jay (Oz Talk, Ryan Jay Reviews), Walter Krueger (Wizard of Oz Collectors United), EmKay Shrader and Tara Tagliafero (Down the Yellow Brick Pod), and Tiffany Sutton (Follow the Yellow Brick Girl). Quite likely others I just don’t know to expect will be there, too.
With us converging on the Ebell Friday night for the fragrance party, it only makes sense to see Get Happy together Saturday morning—and to encourage other area fans to come, too. As people come and go to suit their schedules, it’s likely breakfast, lunch, or both will slip into the schedule.
I’ll be making a straight line to the Academy Museum Saturday afternoon. My own tickets are for 3 pm.
A Sunday evening film showing of The Wizard of Oz at the Hollywood Forever cemetery is awfully tempting, too. They’ve organized a walking tour of the cemetery with signage marking the graves of many people with whom Judy worked professionally.
https://cinespia.org/event/the-wizard-of-oz-2/
Now that in-person Oz gatherings are possible again after two summers of so many cancellations, I look forward to making every moment of this fun weekend count!
If you can make time to spend some of your Saturday celebrating Judy’s 100th birthday with us, do! It should be a memorable way to hob nob with your fellow wizards!
