#if there are any connections between Peter and George they'll be chronicled in detail ;)

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At the Red Carpet Inn in Charlotte, North Carolina, July 11, 1967. Photos 1 & 2 by Elmer Horton, photo 3 by Micky Dolenz.

“Peter Strums, [Micky] Signs As Pam Pardue, Left, And Lisa Breland Watch” - The Charlotte News, July 12, 1967

“The two girls [who won a radio contest to meet The Monkees] don’t say much besides ‘Hello’ so Mike asks them question about how they won the contest and then signs the autograph books and pocketbooks pushed toward him. He talks about ruining the pocketbooks while he is signing them then says: ‘You won’t an hours worth of shopping to be mad if I leave now? I have [to].’ Next Peter Tork comes in. But Peter doesn’t just enter the room. He bounces in, the string of little bells around his neck tingling. He is grinning and he has a guitar swung across his shoulder. Barefoot, he has on white bell bottoms, a suede shirt and a necklace of beads and shells. He’s got a good heart, that boy. He is in there upholding the Monkees’ image for humor and candor and trying to entertain the two girls. He talks — to everybody in the room — the photographer, the girls, his manager, me. ‘Hi, welcome. Do you play the guitar? I can tell you do. You are looking at my guitar.’ He plays several songs, sings and whistles, but when one of the announcers claps he stops playing and says: ‘Don’t do that. You separate us by applause. You make me the performer and you the audience. You applaud and you’re saying, "Oh, that was very nice. What else can you do?" Who needs that? ‘You shouldn’t applaud. You should just join in and dig. Just glow. I pick up on glows.’ About that time David Jones enters. He’s cute but unbelievably tiny, wearing only a blue bathing suit. Without any introduction he walks over to the two girls, says hello and sticks his hand out for the autograph books. Lastly comes Micky. All grins, he is introduced around the room. […] Micky is the Monkee that really thrills them. He’s the general favorite and obviously number one with little Lisa […]. She can’t take her eyes off him but still doesn’t have much to say. So Micky and Peter begin singing together, Micky is still smiling and Lisa and Pam […] are still acting hypnotized when the mini-dressed PR girl tells me, ‘I’m sorry. They have to go to rehearsal..’” - article by Kay Reimler, The Charlotte News, July 12, 1967 The teen magazine clipping photo 3 is from explains that Peter’s beads were given to him by George Harrison.