Friday, October 23, 2009

Tahiti




The story behind these two photos is that on May 23, 1964 a fan from New Zealand was on vacation with his family in Tahiti. He goes into the Tahiti hotel where they are having a dinner and Polynesian floor show. However....much to his surprise John Lennon and George Harrison (along with Pattie Boyd and Cynthia Lennon) are also there vacationing and seeing the show! Can you imagine the shock this guy must have felt!! I would guess that he is the guy in the red flowered shirt in the one closer photo and that he just snapped one of everyone eating without their knowledge.




2 comments:

  1. The boy from New Zealand on holiday with his parents in Tahiti, who took the photos, is NOT in the photos. The people surrounding John & George were crew members from their chartered boat.

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  2. My grandfather was in Tahiti several weeks after this photo was taken. The local Tahiti Magazine (in French) was out, covering happenings from the previous 3 months, and that included a 2-page photo spread of John and George with Patti and Cynthia. We still have the issue, which my grandfather saved all these years.

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