| Name of Person Filling Out This Form |
Bev Meyer
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| E-Mail of Person Filling Out This Form |
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| Name of Primary Point of Contact, if other than the person filling out this form: |
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| Organization Name |
Fairfax High School Alumni Association/Centennial Committee
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| Organization Address |
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| Proposed Event Address (if offsite from city facilities) |
Fairfax High School, 7850 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046
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| Is your organization a nonprofit organization, a West Hollywood Neighborhood Watch Association, West Hollywood business or business the serves the West Hollywood community, or a governmental organization? |
Yes
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| Name of Proposed Co-Sponsorship Event |
Fairfax High School Centennial Celebration
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| Anticipated Attendance |
800
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| Is this event free and open to the public? |
Yes
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| Please explain the purpose of this event and why it is important for the City to co-sponsor this event |
The events celebrating the 100th birthday of Fairfax High School will bring together the entire community in a celebration not only of the school itself, which has served so many members of the community, but also of the neighborhood, which has been a vibrant area of southern California over the past 100 years. The century has brought much change to the school and to the neighborhood, and these changes will be explored through a History Exhibit in the school’s landmark Rotunda; through a documentary film, to be premiered in the school’s magnificent 1926 Auditorium; through live music, to be performed by contemporary and tribute bands of the school’s alumni; through the creation of a Centennial mural by past and present Fairfax artists; and through the honoring of many of the school’s most accomplished alumni, all of whom have contributed to the community and to the wider world.
Fairfax High School has had a particularly close connection to the City of West Hollywood for many years: First, two Fairfax alumni – Doug Routh ‘60 and Ruth Williams ‘53 – were among the founders of the City of West Hollywood; second, as West Hollywood has no public high school of its own, the city has “adopted” Fairfax as its high school; and third, many Fairfax students have been (or are now) residents of West Hollywood.
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| How does this event benefit the West Hollywood community and/or the City? |
A key element of the Centennial Celebration is the exhibit that will be displayed in the historic Rotunda (the only building on the campus that remains from the original school building). In exploring Fairfax’s history, we explore the history of the surrounding community as well and celebrate the diversity of the school (known as the most diverse school in Los Angeles) and its community – something that West Hollywood also symbolizes and celebrates. In fact, the History Exhibit has been offered to the West Hollywood Library, portions of which will be displayed in the Library when the exhibit has ended its stay in the Rotunda.
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| Please list the names of all event participants (panelists, presenters, performers, speakers, lecturers, etc.) for each/all day(s) of the event: |
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| Please provide a summary of examples of a previous event(s) and/or programming produced by your organization that demonstrates the organization’s capability to deliver high-quality events and/or programming similar to the one you are proposing in this application |
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| Has your organization received a City of West Hollywood co-sponsorship before? If so, for what event (name & date of event)? |
Though the Fairfax High School Alumni Association did not organize the event, the City of West Hollywood co-sponsored Fairfax High School’s 75th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee in 1999.
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| Is this event held on one date, or multiple dates? |
Multiple Dates
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