The Waukegan ROUND-UP!

Here it is...the place for everything to do with the Waukegan Benny Bash of 2002.  More will be added as material becomes available (hint, hint...please send in your photos if you haven't already done so!).

• Support the Waukegan Historical Society

• Own your own Waukegan statue

• Waukegan pre-event information

• Waukegan On-Line Diary

• Event photos                         

  • Jack Benny Center for the Arts dinner

  • The statue             one    two

  • The set up

  • The recreation    rehearsal 1    rehearsal 2     performance    cast

  • Eddie Carroll and Benny granddaughters    one    two

  • The members        one    two

  • IJBFC dinner

  • Points of interest    one    two    three

• The recreation

  • Original 9/23/51 rehearsal script                

  • 9/23/51 show - available from IJBFC library

  • Revised rehearsal script                               

  • 6/08/02 recreation

• The "Mary poem" by recreation cast members    

• Media coverage

  • WBEZ broadcast - available from IJBFC library

  • Waukegan News-Sun 6/06/02

  • Chicago Sun-Times 6/07/02

  • Daily Herald 6/08/02

  • Waukegan News-Sun 6/10/02

  • Chicago Land Television