Prologue

(Set in Yahoo Instant Messenger, Tuesday, August 16, 2005.)

Sara: Hey, girls!

Ginny: Hey, Sara!

Jan: Hi, Sara!

Sara: What's up?

Ginny: Nothing much! Jan and I were just talking about how cool it would be to have a Monkees Convention.

Jan: Yeah, a convention hall full of Monkees fans. That would be a laugh. LOL! We'd be Monkee-walking all over the city.

Sara: That's brilliant! What a great idea! Tee hee!

Ginny: LOL! Of course good luck getting all four of the Monkees to agree to it. That would take a miracle.

Sara: Hey, miracles can happen!

Ginny: Well even if we could get one Monkee, I'd be happy!

Sara: I'm sure at least one would come if he thought all the fans would be there.

Jan: It's a great idea girls. So, when will it be? LOL

Ginny: How about this time next year? LOL

Sara: That's perfect! We can even have it here in Kansas. Right in the middle of the USA!

Ginny: Not bad! What do you think, Jan? *wink*

Jan: Are you serious? It's a great idea, but will we ever pull it off? Who would come? Where would it be? Who's gonna spread the word?

Ginny: Cool it, Jan! One question at a time. I know it seems like a long shot, but haven't you always dreamed of something like this?

Jan: Um yeah...I guess so.

Sara: I can rent a big convention hall, we can inform every Monkees group that we can once it's all confirmed. I work in the media, so we can have radio announcements and television coverage.

Jan: You forgot something.

Sara: What's that?

Jan: Convincing a Monkee to come to a convention that's been organized by three fans.

Sara: Oh!

Ginny: Each one of the Monkees has an address where you can contact them and book them for an appearance. We'll just use that route.

Jan: One problem though.

Ginny: What?

Jan: We haven't got that kind of money!

Ginny: *frown* You're right!

Sara: Who needs money?

Jan: Us!

Ginny: Us!

Sara: Do you have any idea how many Monkee fans there are out there who'd come to something like this? We ask for donations. Maybe do some fundraisers. I bet if every Monkee fan we knew donated $10, we'd be able to pull this off.

Jan: How do we make it so it doesn't look like a scam? We aren't officially associated with anything that has to do with the Monkees.

Ginny: I guess we would need some sort of sponsor.

Sara: But who? Any ideas?

Ginny: Well....this may seem far-fetched, but...how about Rhino?

Sara: Are you kidding me????

Jan: That's a joke, right?

Ginny: They own the Monkees. Wouldn't they be interested in any endeavor that would increase sales?

Sara: Well you do have a point. Good luck getting a reply though. They're a big company.

Jan: Honestly, I can't think of any other avenue *sighs*. Sara is right about Rhino though. We just have to sound as official and as important as we possibly can. Two things which I'm not very good at.

Ginny: I think if one of us writes a letter, and then we tell all our Monkee friends to back us up with a similar request, we might just get them interested.

Sara: Keep talkin' babe! It's sounding good.

Jan: So who's going to write the letter?

Ginny: Thanks for volunteering, Jan! *grin*

Sara: Sure is good of you! *grins also*

Jan: Gee, thanks alot!

Ginny: Now, is that sarcasm I hear?

Sara: Well, ladies, it looks like we've got some work ahead of us. Let's get this party started!


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