Hi Fans,

Good news! The Carpenters Softball Season ended in victory for the Carpenters team on the Sawtelle baseball field in West Los Angeles on August 5th. They scored over the DJ's All Stars 9 to 5 in the top of the 9th. inning. It was an exciting game with Karen pitching for her team, and Wes Parker, formerly of the LA Dodgers, pitching for the All Stars. Actor James Caan was also on the All Stars team. Lineup as follows:

CARPENTERS - POSITTON - ALL STARS

Pete Henderson - lst. Base - Jim Brown

Mark Rudolph (Bear) - 2^nd Base - Dave Diamond (KIIS)

Bill Skiles - 3rd. Base - Neale Blase (KKDJ)

Cubby O'Brien - Short Stop - James Caan

Doug Strawn - Left Field - Bill Wade (KHJ)

Dave Connelly - Right Field - Ray Willis (KBIG)

Richard Burkhart - Short Center - Mike Butts (KTQQ)

Dan Woodhams - Center Field - Arnie McClatchy (KEZY)

Mike Cunha - Catcher - Jerry Bishop (KFI)

Karen Carpenter - Pitcher - Wes Parker

Richard was the scorer. Though the season began with a whooping for the Carpenters team at Valley Forge, they were victors of the remaining five games.

Add another award to the list published in newsletter #26. The Carpenters were honored by the navy in the form of an impressive plaque for their support of the U.S. Navy recruiting program. Rear Admiral Emmett Tidd made the presentation at a gathering of Navy, A & M and Universal Studio VIP's in the Sheraton Universal Hotel after the opening night concert in the Amphitheater there.

Now we'll back-track again to pick up the group on their April tour in Columbia, Missouri. Bad luck struck them when their sound equipment was damaged by TWA which plagued them with sound problems from then to the end or their tour. During Skiles and Henderson's opening act, Pete became violently ill. He managed to finish the act, then took off to see a doctor. It happened so quickly. Karen had no knowledge of Pete's - absence, and when she looked for him to accompany her on the song Johnny Angel there was no Pete, so she had to do it solo.

It was Sherwin's birthday that day, so Karen and Richard fixed him up with a "Birthday English Muffin" all toasted and buttered, and a candle glowing brightly in the center. A lovely hotel with beautiful rooms was "home" for them in Kansas City, Missouri. During their concert here, the sound effects stubbornly refused to work.

The first indoor football stadium our duo performed in was Pocatello, Idaho. It is HUGE! So huge, they had to drive to the stage. Tony's guitar got waylaid by the airline who flew it to Salt Lake City. Utah instead of Pocatello. Bear was designated to drive to Utah to retrieve it, and get it back in time for the concert that same evening. The group all agreed the omelets served to them in that town were super delicious.

Laramie's dirt roads and dirt stadium they performed in will not soon be forgotten. It was called BREEZE FIELD, and Karen and Richard said it really was. Wind and dust like you just can't imagine, which gave Bill laryngitis. They celebrated Pete's birthday that night with a party for him in Bear's room, and a good time was had by all.

The U.S. Airforce was host to Karen & Richard when they played two concerts at the Airforce base in Colorado Springs. They experienced their first 0.1. weal there, which included home-made ice cream. The base is so large that during the bus ride from the base back to the airport. Karen thought they should be nearly to the airport, and then discovered they hadn't even left the Airforce grounds yet.

Karen and Richard have been working on a new single, and many of you will be happy to learn that Ticket To Ride is one of the tunes that will be on it. The other side will be Top Of The World. This song rose to the number 1 spot in numerous foreign countries.

This completes the April tour, so next month we'll rap about their White House visit in Washington. DC.

See ya then, Ev.

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