PROGRESS REPORT
DUM-DUM 2012 COMMITTEE
The LA SubERBs and ERB, Inc.
DATES: Thursday August 16th, Friday the 17th, and concluding
with a guest of honor dinner on Saturday August 18th, 2012.
LOCATION: The Marriott center in Woodland Hills, California,
next to Tarzana and the ERB, Inc. offices. Special Dum-Dum rate $109.
REGISTRATION: early registration fee will be $100 until July
16th, and after July 16th the fee will go up to $125.
We are not yet ready to accept registration forms. The registration
url/site and download from this page are NOT up yet but should be accessible
by June. Huckster tables will be $30.
GOODIE BAG: those who attended similar events in Tarzana know
how much was is in the bag that goes to those who pay full registration.
We are expecting a similar grouping of great items,
some of which should be even more amazing!
GUESTS:
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GoH is a world-famous Tarzan fan; the person has
asked us to withhold the name until they make the official announcement
and Andrew Stanton has said "maybe," but has not committed.
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James Sullos (president of ERB, Inc.)
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John Burroughs (Danton's older brother)
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Linda Burroughs, Llana Jane Burroughs, Dejah Burroughs
(Danton Burroughs family)
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Robin Maxwell will attend (the author of Jane: The Woman Who Loved
Tarzan)
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Joe De Vito (sculptor of Tarzan).
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Al Bohl (Film and documentary maker: Tarzan Lord of the Louisiana
Jungle, etc.
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Denny Miller (actor, author)
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Ron Ely (actor, author)
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Jerry Schneider (publisher of the ERBville series and others).
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Professor Stan Galloway (author of Teenage Tarzan)
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Andy Briggs (author of two new authorized Tarzan
novels)
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Michael Kogge (author of Annotated Princess of Mars)
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Neal Romanek (author of a new Venus novel)
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Tracy Griffin (author of a new coffee table Tarzan book)
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Thomas Yeates (ERB artist and Prince Valiant artist)
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Bill Stout (muralist and ERB artist)
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Michael Sellers (author, director)
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Jim Van Hise (publisher)
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Henry Franke (Editor of the Burroughs Bulletin)
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Lee Strong (Soldier of Poloda: Further Adventures Beyond the Farthest
Star) (panel of authors)
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Dan Parsons (graphic novel author and Tarzan artist)
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Joe Musso (movie Tarzan knives collector)
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Bob Zeuschner (author of ERB: The Exhaustive Scholar’s and
Collector’s Descriptive Bibliography)
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Brian Bohnett (author of The Remarkable Enid Markey, and
other Burroughs studies)
We are in the process of contacting JC and Tarzan-related
entertainment figures. We have invited Bo Derek, Miles O'Keeffe, Jane March,
Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Willem Dafoe, Travis Fimmel, Wolf Larson,
Joe Lara, Lydie Denier, Sarah Wayne Callies, Kim Crosby, Barbara Bouchet
and Sarah Douglas. We have also invited Brendan Frazier, James Cameron,
Bruce Boxleitner, Christopher Lambert, Robert Towne, Glen Close, Minnie
Driver, Vera Miles, Tony Goldwyn, Andie McDowell, Michael Whelan and Neal
Adams.
PLEASE DO NOT ASSUME THAT ANY OR ALL OF THEM
WILL BE HERE; as of May 9th, not one of those celebrities has confirmed
that they will attend.
EVENTS:
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THURSDAY: The Huckster room opens at 9;
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Presentation by Professor Stan Galloway comparing
Tarzan and JC;
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Phil Normand will illustrate the process of recreating
ERB dustjackets from scratch;
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THURSDAY EVENING: From 7 to 8 there will be
an informal mixer ;
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At 8 we will have the Al Bohl Tarzan documentary.
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FRIDAY: Ceremony in Tarzana for the official first-day release of
the ERB stamp (Friday morning);
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Tours of ERB/Tarzan-related sites in L.A.;
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ERB, Inc. tours;
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ERB "Jeopardy" game;
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FRIDAY EVENING: The Burroughs Bibliophile
auction.
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SATURDAY: BB Board of Directors morning meeting;
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Celebrity Panel on Saturday before lunch;
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An author's panel, with all of those who have created
authorized ERB books (Robin Maxwell, Andy Briggs, Tracy Griffin, etc.);
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ERB grandson John Burroughs with memories of his
grandfather;
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ERB, Inc. employees discussing high points of the
past decades;
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Jim Sullos will speak about future ERB, Inc. plans
and projects;
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ERB family members discussing high points of the past decades;
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Jim Sullos will speak about future ERB, Inc. plans and projects;
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SATURDAY EVENING: The BB Dinner where our GoH will speak.
Lots of other things in the works but not yet ready to share.
LOCATION INFORMATION:
The locus of Dum-Dum activities will be the Warner Center Marriott
in Woodland Hills, close to Tarzana and the ERB, Inc. offices.
The Warner Center Marriott hotel is set in the San Fernando valley,
adjacent to Highway 101 (Ventura Freeway), approximately 40 minutes north
of LAX, and approximately 25 minutes west of the smaller Burbank airport.
The Warner Center Marriott Woodland Hills is located at 21850 Oxnard
Street · Woodland Hills, California 91367.
AVAILABLE SOON: An on-line link which will allow you to register
at the Marriott can soon be found at
http://edgarriceburroughs.com/
at the DUM-DUM REGISTRATION link or
www.erbzine.com/dumdum
(there is a direct link to the Marriott HERE).
 
You can telephone the Marriott directly at (818) 887-4800.
To receive the group rate discount you must mention the Dum-Dum or
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.
Special group rates are available for Wednesday August 15th, Thursday
August 16th, Friday August 17, and Saturday, August 18th, 2012.
Our special group rate is $109 per night plus the city tax of 15.6%.
Overnight self-parking is at a discounted rate of $9 per car. If you choose
to stay elsewhere, the Marriott charges $6 to park for the day plus 10%
tax. Limited free street parking is available adjacent to the hotel.
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