OPTIONAL SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
ITA & FUN – They Are Synonymous!
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While planning your trip, please try to set aside some ”Personal Time” to enjoy one or more of the many things the Social Committee has planned or other things you might enjoy while in the Memphis area.
Remember that each Social activity below has links to read more about the activity and/or location.
Click Here to email us with any questions.
Most of the activities have an additional cost and the prices are shown in each section below. Keep in mind that your standard registration fee includes all Meals during the event, the Sunday Receptions, and Monday night’s Dinner Party Event!
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MONDAY NIGHT DINNER PARTY
FOR ALL ATTENDEES – No Sign Up needed
6:30 – 9:00 PM Dinner, DRINKS and FUN
Hope EVERYONE plans to join us for this FUN Party!
Join your ITA friends and colleagues for your favorite beverages, great food, music and networking!
All included in your registration!
PRIMARY GOLF EVENT
Mirimichi Golf Course – Millington TN
SUNDAY – April 27th
www.mirimichi.com
COST $150 per person
Pricing includes golf cart usage, warm-up on driving range, full-service tournament management and Transportation to/from course.
*Advance Registration Required*
Meet in the lobby at 6:30 am
Depart Hotel lobby at 7:00 am
Shotgun Tee Times begin at 8:00 am
Return to Hotel at 1:30 pm
Mirimichi is a Native American word meaning “place of happy retreat.”
This name evolved from the belief that a golf course is a type of sanctuary, and that the game of golf has a rhythm that is a part of the nature that surrounds it. From design to service, Mirimichi provides a world-class golfing experience like no other.
Our signature course provides over 7,400 yards of championship-level golf. Faced with deep pit bunkers, elevated greens, swathes of native grassland, waterfalls, and meandering creeks, you will be challenged by its design and inspired by the beauty that surrounds you.
Club Rentals available for a fee of $30.00. Email Steve Krueger to request rental clubs. (shkrueger@rklesolutions.com)
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OTHER OPTIONAL SOCIAL EVENTS
A Fabulous Southern Dining Experience – Itta Bena
SATURDAY – April 26th
https://ittabenadining.com/memphis/the-experience/
COST $125 per person
Pricing includes dinner and non-alcoholic drinks. Alcoholic drinks will be paid by each person separately.
*Advance Registration Required*
Meet in Hotel Lobby at 6:45 pm
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
A Short Walk From The Peabody Hotel
UP THE FIRE ESCAPE ABOVE BB KING’S BLUES CLUB LIES MEMPHIS’ “HIDDEN GEM” ITTA BENA
Tucked away above the famous Beale Street, Itta Bena provides the city of Memphis with upscale, Southern, contemporary cuisine with a Delta influence. This 1920’s speakeasy-style restaurant takes you back to a simpler era when good people, good music, and great food was all you needed to have a memorable night.
Named for the town where legendary BB King was born, Itta Bena embodies the charm and inspiration of fine southern dining. Itta Bena restaurant and bar invites you in for a cocktail and southern cuisine with a Delta twist.
Please email patti.hanewall@italliance.com for any specific dietary needs
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BB King’s Blues Club
After dinner, enjoy some legendary music in the BB King’s Blues Club!
This would be an “On Your Own” Activity
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GRACELAND / SUN STUDIO TOUR
SUNDAY – April 27th
COST: $150 per person
Pricing includes tour tickets to both activities plus transportation
*Advance Registration Required*
Meet in Hotel Lobby at 9:15 am
Depart Hotel at 9:30 am
Arrive at Graceland at 9:45 am for check in and 10:15 am tour
Depart Graceland at 1:00 pm
Arrive at Sun Studios at 1:15 pm
Depart from Sun Studios at 2:00 pm
Return to Hotel by 2:15pm
Experience Rock & Roll History at Graceland
https://www.graceland.com/visit-overview
Highlights
Presley paid $102,500 for Graceland in 1957.
The mansion is named after an original landowner.
The King kept a menagerie of animals at the mansion.
Presley recorded songs in the mansion’s legendary Jungle Room.
You’ve heard the music, now see the place Elvis called home. Explore the beautiful mansion, walk the gardens where he found peace, tour the aircraft that he traveled on from show to show, and encounter Elvis Presley’s Memphis entertainment complex for an unforgettable experience featuring legendary costumes, artifacts, and personal mementos from Elvis and his family.
Sun Studios Tour
https://www.sunstudio.com/about
Highlights
Hearing original tapes from historic recording sessions
Standing in the spot where Elvis first recorded
Memorabilia from musical legends
Sun Studio is known worldwide as “The Birthplace of Rock’n’roll”. It is the discovery location of musical legends and genres of the 50’s from B.B. King and Elvis Presley to Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis; from Blues and Gospel to Country and Rock’n’roll. Today their goal is to spread the story of Memphis’ history and culture through the music that put Memphis on the map.
Stand in the very same spot that Elvis first recorded. Your tour guide will tell you the inside stories of B.B. King, Howlin’ Wolf and Ike Turner before Elvis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Roy Orbison who were all drawn to the new Sun Sound.
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ITA FUN RUN
MONDAY MORNING – April 28th
No Fee – Sign-Up Only
*Advance Registration Required*
Meet in the lobby at 6:00 am
Join Mark Severance and other ITAers for a Monday fun run starting a little after 6:00 am!
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For Those Staying After Meeting Adjourns
Curfew – American Tavern & craft cocktails
TUESDAY EVENING – April 29th
*COST – On Your Own*
ADVANCED REGISTRATION REQUESTED – NO COST TO REGISTER
If you are staying over Tuesday following the Spring Collaborative conclusion and want to hang with other ITAers, join others at Curfew for dinner and/or drinks right across the street from the Hotel!
ITA has informed Curfew that people will be arriving between 6:30 and 7:00pm (or anytime you would like). We made these arrangements as a way for ITA folks to meet together if desired. All will be responsible for their own individual check and/or table.
Please note that there is no guaranteed seating or reservations.