As of yesterday, the Muwekma Hair Tribe of San Jose has received a confirmed invitation to perform at the Monterey Summer of Love Festival on the Monterey Fairgrounds at the site of the 1967 Monterey Pops Festival on the afternoon of Saturday, July 28th.
The festival is one of many "Summer of Love" events that are going on the Bay Area. This one has booked many historic bands to perform, including Riders of the Storm (the Doors' Ray Manzarek), Big Brother and the Holding Company, the Jefferson Starship, the Electric Flag and Moby Grape, as well as a number of local modern "tribute" bands like the Sun Kings (the Beatles), the RaveUps (the Yard Birds) and Second Flyte (the Byrds).
We will just be performing several songs from Hair (not the show). We are inviting Hair alumni to participate with us at the concert. We are being considered part of the "tribute" groups although that might change depending on who, if anyone, from the early Hair tribes agrees to join us.
This is all "way cool" for a local production of a famous show! We announced this at rehearsal last night and everyone was very excited! To paraphrase something Bill Swiggard told Barb and me in Massachusetts, "Not too many casts of Hello Dolly will ever get to do anything like this!"
Beads, flowers, freedom, happiness to all!
Jon
PS - I would like to thank Ana Escobar of the tribe for hooking us up with the promoters of the Monterey festival. THANKS ANA!!!
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I want to convey to any former Hair performers how excited our tribe is to have you join us! Please come and share in the fun and sun!
Sammy / Berger, Muwekma Tribe
For the record, unfortunately, this is not strictly correct. We have invited any member of any HAIR tribe to join us on Saturday, June 23, at the Pride Celebration which is a free event at the City Hall Plaza.
The Monterey Festival on July 28 is ticketed and there are a limited number of entry passes we are permitted to use. Anyone else will have to pay. Please let us know if you want to perform with ue and we will see if we can work it out with the festival organizers.
Jon Rosen
I am thrilled that it worked out and I can't wait! We will walk away with incredible memories-yay! :)
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