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MONTEREY, Calif. — Michelle Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas and D.A. Pennebaker, acclaimed filmmaker, have just signed on to speak at Monterey Pop Revisited, June 15 - 17, 2001, in Monterey, CA. The Monterey History & Art Association is sponsoring a three day symposium celebrating the legendary Monterey International Pop Festival of 1967. A photo and graphic exhibit enhanced with artifacts from the original event will debut at the Monterey History Center during the symposium. Country Joe McDonald and Mark Naftalin will perform live at the opening and other musicians will perform throughout the weekend. Timed to occur on the calendar weekend of the original event, Monterey Pop Revisited seeks to capture recollections and personal experiences of what is considered a seminal event in the social and musical history of the U.S. Performers already committed to attend include: Joe McDonald, Bruce Barthol, Barry Melton and David Cohen of Country Joe and the Fish, Stephen Katz, Roy Blumenfeld and Andy Kulberg of The Blues Project, Mark Naftalin of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and Jack Casady and Jorma Kaukonen of The Jefferson Airplane. Documentary filmmaker, D.A. Pennebaker, will present a lecture during the showing of his legendary film of the 1967 festival, Monterey Pop. Tom Wilkes, designer of the original Monterey Pop artwork will participate, as will photographers of the 1967 event, Elaine Mayes, Tom O'Neal and Lisa Law. Journalist, Joel Selvin, music critic of the San Francisco Chronicle and author of Monterey Pop and Summer of Love and freelancer Matthew Greenwald, a contributor to Rolling Stone On-Line and Crawdaddy will be speaking throughout the weekend. John Morris, production director for Woodstock, and historian, David Farber, author of The 60's From Memory To History also will be participating in the symposium. Information on the symposium may be found at http://www.popfestmonterey.com, by calling 866/POP-FEST or via e-mail at info@popfestmonterey.com.