2012 - 2-56 Basic School Reunion
Dates - Location - Atlanta, Georgia
April 19-22, 2012 (First date is arrival/registration)
Headquarters Hotel - Embassy Suites at Centennial Olympic Park – 267 Marietta Street, Atlanta, GA 30313 For reservations – call - (404) 223-2300 or 800-362-2779 (800-Embassy) or go on-line embassysuites.com. You are reserving rooms for the 2-56 Basic School Reunion. Dates are April 20-22, 2012. (We have sufficient rooms for early registration on Thursday, April 19, 2012.)
Hotel Amenities:
“Suite Hotel” - Daily rate $139 + taxes (includes daily prepared to order breakfast and Manager’s (cocktail) Reception)
Daily Fee Parking / Valet - Secure Parking Lot
Airport transportation - Hotel Limo $16.50 One Way $29.00 RT
Hospitality Suite – part of our package
Ability to bring in our own beverages/snacks with no corkage fee – In Hospitality Suite – Okay!
Full breakfast included in room charge
Manager’s Reception – Every day 5:30 – 7:30 PM (Complementary with snacks and Adult beverages)
Outdoor Pool (heated pool) and Exercise Facility
Registration/Welcome area in Lobby – Thursday & Friday w/one of The Lieutenants on Guard.
Sign-in sheet
Advance purchase tickets for tours and attractions
Registration Packet
Name tag for Classmate and significant other & guests
Area Maps
Nearby Attractions w/maps
Reunion Agenda
Class Roster w/addresses, phone number and e-mail
Reunion Attendees w/significant other & room number (if possible)
Activities to consider (Check out group/senior discount tickets) (Agenda and sights will be set after response from classmates to questionnaire – costs figured on admission fees, bus charter for one day or two, cost of box lunch, if desired… – several sights are within walking distance. Charter bus transportation for tours or events (if there is enough interest in a single event(s)/site (s) or place to go)
Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday
Thursday Events – April 19
Early Check-in
Registration
Manager’s Reception 5:30 – 7:30 PM (Lobby Atrium)
Dinner/Hospitality Room plans – TBD/A (determined/announced)
Friday Events – April 20
Morning free for – swim, exercise, tennis, golf, sightseeing, shopping…
Tours and events depend on early arrivals interest in such activities.
Lobby Registration – 2:30 – 5:30 PM
Hospitality Suite Opens – 3:30 – 5:30 PM and after Manager’s Reception 7:45 to 9:00 PMish
Possible dinner for the Few, the Proud, the early arrivals…
Things to see and do Friday and Saturday (Sightseeing Tours – w or w/o box lunch)
Atlanta CityPass – offers its holders nine days to see: the Georgia Aquarium; the World of Coca-Cola; inside the CNN Center Tour; the High Museum of Art; Atlanta Botanical Garden; Atlanta History Center; Fernbank Museum of Natural History and Zoo Atlanta. All these attractions for a discounted price of $69.00.
Zoo Atlanta – see one of the few giant panda exhibits in the U.S.A. and the one year old panda cub – this is one of the few places in the world where a new panda is produced almost every year.
The Aquarium – the World’s Largest aquarium
World of Coca-Cola – Coca-Cola headquarters is not far away. Their 125th anniversary in 2010.
CNN Center – the World/International Headquarters for this worldwide news service. CNN – Cable News Network was another first for Atlanta – the first time news was sent from one location, via cable, all over the country, and by satellite to the rest of the world.) Go into the studio where they are broadcasting CNN, Headline News, Spanish language broadcasts - see where news broadcasts are developed and coordinated for Asia, North America, Europe, Africa, etc.
The Carter Center and Presidential Library – if the tour is on Friday, and, President Carter is in town, we’ll try to pull some strings to get the former President to greet us personally.
Atlanta Botanical Garden
High Museum of Art
Cyclorama (a diorama of the Battle of Atlanta)
Oakland Cemetery – goes back to the Civil War - (Margaret Mitchell’s burial place)
Margaret Mitchell House (where she (ostensibly) wrote Gone With the Wind)
The Varsity Drive-in Restaurant (near Georgia Tech – a historic site and gastronomical delight – gastronomical is not to be taken lightly)
Stone Mountain (a good distance away)
Civil War battle fields about 20 miles from our hotel
Martin Luther King, Jr. Center
Shopping in areas nearby or Lenox Square, Phipps Plaza & Atlantic Station (high end shopping opportunities)
Micro-Breweries – several top award breweries in town.
Theaters/Shows during time of the Reunion (The Fox Theater)
Braves/Hawks game – if they are in town. (At present there may be no NBA season)
Weekend MARTA passes - the local transit system.
Saturday Events – Apr. 21
More sightseeing, shopping or whatever…
Saturday Night – Dinner/Dance
Friday - Saturday possibilities (in addition to the above Sightseeing Tours)
Shopping – (see the above possibilities)
Golf – (Possibly the last 2-56 Open/Closed event)
Tennis – Courts next door at the Hilton Garden
Hospitality Suite - Close at 1:00 AM on Apr. 22
“The Lieutenants” – outside the door
Marine Corps Banners/flags/pennants
Photo display – from the 2-56 Directory
Photo display of previous reunion photos – (Please identify classmates and year/reunion location photo was taken)
Daily sign in sheet – name and room number
Refreshments:
Soft Drinks, Water
Beer
Wine
(If you care for “the Hard Stuff” it will be BYOB.
Note: the Manager’s Reception each evening has “heavy beverages from 5:30-7:30 for all hotel guests.
Sunday – Apr. 22
Breakfast together
Reunion Meeting – Memorial for our fallen Classmates
Decide on next reunion and leadership team
Discuss possible 2-56 Class project
Support Wounded Warriors
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation (help wounded Marines educate their children)
Scholarship program for families of Marines KIA or …
Clean up/Pack up - Hospitality Suite
Check-out from Hotel
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