Save the date! Los Angeles, June 25, 2023
At last! We will have an LA get-together once again, on Sunday, June 25, 2023. It will be an afternoon event, likely in the San Fernando Valley and celebrate the June birthdays of both Jeanette and Nelson.
We should have some interesting new guest speakers…
At this point we haven’t yet finalized the location (probably still in the San Fernando Valley) – so Save the Date! Details to be posted here as finalized.
Those of you coming from out-of-town and/or wanting to do the “driving tour” to visit the Jeanette-Nelson homes and landmarks should plan to join us on Saturday as well.
If you are planning to attend, can you please contact us and answer the following questions, which will assist in our making decisions re: location and meeting room size:
Are you are local or not, will you need a hotel room, how many people will be attending with you and finally, do you want to join us the day before, Saturday, June 24, for a driving tour of Jeanette and Nelson’s homes and landmarks?
Thanks for your help on this. Looking forward to seeing the LA group again, it’s been too long! Here’s to good health to all in the coming months!
Sharon
December 2, 2022 @ 8:18 am
I am not local and will be coming from Tennessee..
I will need a hotel room for at least Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights.
I plan to be there Saturday for the riding tour as well as Sunday. I would like to stay Monday also to see more related sites if I can.
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February 8, 2023 @ 8:27 pm
Hello, Sharon,
I am planning on attending with a friend and will not need a hotel room. Looking forward to this event! I read your book, Sweethearts (the updated 20th anniversary edition), and found it fascinating. Sharon, I was very impressed by your writing. Jeanette and Nelson were brought back to life! I remember watching their movies with my mom when I was a little girl (on Channel 2 in the Bay Area with the host Rolf Peterson) and I was enchanted as a young child. Thanks to you, I now know their great love story. Thank you for the exhaustive research you did on Sweethearts, as well as all the interviews you obtained, and the time spent on writing such an informative and enchanting book.
December 2, 2022 @ 3:07 pm
I’m not local. I’m going to need a single hotel room, although I am accompanying one friend who’s also not local. I’d like to join you for the Saturday driving tour. Thanks.
December 10, 2022 @ 10:58 am
I am hoping to make the meeting and bus tour in June 2023 ,so would you be able to let me know wear and when the venue will be also the cost. I will be coming from Fremantle Western Australia, I am hoping someone will be able to come with me.
February 27, 2023 @ 5:25 pm
I am not from California and am hoping to make the meeting and the bus tour in June 2023. I will have a guest with me. Please let me know where the events will be and the prices when you know (Hotel, Bus Tour, Meeting Room, etc). Than you very much!
June 3, 2024 @ 7:20 am
It’s not too late to make reservations for the LA event later in June 2024. We have a reasonably priced hotel set up and folks are coming from as far away as Australia. Details about the event are here: https://maceddy.com/la-2024/
June 2, 2024 @ 2:30 pm
Sharon. I’m reading “My Life as A Mankiewicz” ( Hollywood insider). Tom Mank writes …Tony Curtis “bought a huge house on Sunset Boulevard that was once owned by Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald. Later, Cher had it. It looked like a property out of another country, huge rolling grounds, trees, paths, and a big house. The house was decorated like the Great Gatsby. There was a dining-room table for thirty people.”. None of that sounds valid. What’s your thought?
June 3, 2024 @ 7:08 am
Hi Karla! I say, “Never say never” until we pull the string on this and find out what house is being discussed and where this information came from. I do know that Nelson and Jeanette used other homes than the ones for which we have firm evidence. There are two or three others but whether ownership can be traced back to them or not remains a question. Will pull the string on this and see what can be learned to either prove or disprove. Thanks for letting me know! Sharon