Welcome to the Woodstock -
Preservation Archives Dedicated to the Historic Preservation of
the Site of the 1969 Woodstock Festival
THE WOODSTOCK SITE
Hurd & West Shore Rds
Sullivan County
Bethel NY
CURRENT
EVENTS AND HAPPENINGS
~~ PLACES TO GO
~~ THINGS TO DO ~~ PEOPLE TO SEE ~~
UPCOMING
EVENTS/HAPPENINGS FOR 2012 WILL BE POSTED HERE AS SOON AS THEY'RE ANNOUNCED
Please mark your calendar
for Sunday, April 22
as Tommy Purple Haze will present Earth Dance
at DRUMS from HEAVEN ....on Earth Day!
Details coming soon!
THE
WOODSTOCK GURU is
a newly created Facebook Page administrated by a team of
people, comprised of Woodstock attendees,
film makers,
author's and musicians - with a great knowledge of
Woodstock, yesterday and today.
We need to get back to The Garden and we're inviting
everyone to join us. No need to worry about what to
pack.
All you'll need to bring along is your stories,
pictures, memories, questions, inquiries and interest. It
promises to be a great time!!
and we look forward to seeing
you there!..... and bring a friend!!
Flip Me The
Peace Sign The Peace Train is at the station. Seats
available! The universal symbol of Love and Brotherhood,
made popular in the Sixties,
and the symbol which defined a generation. Let's GET BACK to using the peace sign to
signal all those we encounter
in our daily lives. Join Us!! - Together we Can change the
world!!!!!
EVER WONDER WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO
LIVE IN THE AGE OF FLOWER POWER?
Explore the places, the personalities, the ideas, and the art of the
counterculture...
inside an interactive van.
SAINT MISBEHAVIN' The Wavy Gravy Movie
Saint Misbehavin' TheWavy Gravy
Movie is absolutely INSPIRING and Wavy is
nothing short
of extraordinary. It was said by an audience member
...
that "Wavy is the antidote for a very sick world",
and after watching this movie,
you'd have to agree. If
we would all just follow "the clown" and his actions, in
some
simple way, every day... what a wonderful world it
could be. This is a "must see".
- J. Hague
The More Things Change -
A Woodstock Memior A Chronical of a Turbulent
Time By: Joe Nolan A documentary film that centers on
1969's Woodstock Music and Art Fair -- and the turbulent times from
which it sprang. "The More Things Change" begins in 1960 with a collage of historical
content, and makes its way to the present. Dotted throughout with Joe's
personal experiences, it includes the best and worst of times many of us
experienced - and includes Woodstock - yesterday and today. For anyone
who went to Woodstock in '69, wished they had, have attended any of the
annual reunions in Bethel or is just curious... I'm sure you'll agree
that this movie is interesting, insightful, and fun... garnished with
the "Spirit of Woodstock". - J. Hague
"They Paved Paradise" is a screenplay that takes place around 2008
at the site of the 1969 Woodstock Festival. Dylan is employed in
construction, working on heavy equipment during the building of
Bethelwoods Performing Arts Center on this property. Unaware
of his heritage, (he was born here during the original concet), he
meets Nikki, a protester fighting against the "desecration" of this
land. They are automatically enemies because of their differing
stances, but they are drawn to each other, causing tension and
conflict between them. She is persistent in trying to recruit him to
their side, an idea that is foreign to him, as he deals with the
revelation of his humble beginning. At the same time, we see his Mom
and Dad in flashbacks to 1969, and learn about their story and
struggles too. This story's theme is based on a line from a Joni
Mitchell song, "Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what
you've got til it's gone", and is interspersed with music from the
Woodstock era. Some people that were actually there are also
portrayed in this touching story that is peppered with some true
events, while remaining a work of fiction. Please feel free to
request an email or hard copy of this screenplay.
Thank you. Joe Barra
Go back to Max Yasgur's farm in
August 1969 when the moon truly had to be in the "seventh
house". This book takes the reader
back through words and original photos. If you were there come
and reminisce, if you missed it go back to it in
your mind with THE BETHEL BASH.
CALLING ALL HIPPIES
We
come in peace, we ask for respect, we uphold the law,
and we demand the right to gather on private property with the
owner's permission.
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We, as historic
preservationists trying to preserve historic land - deemed
to be altered using tax dollars without OUR consent -
ultimately learned that, historic property or not - "No one
has the right to tell another what to do with the property
he owns"
So... why is it that the Town of Bethel continuously imposes
stringent laws and ordinances against Roy and Jeryl
welcoming guests to Yasgur's Farm?
Laws and permits and
rules that they have been adhered to, only to learn that new
laws and ordinances have been put in place - year after
year.
Is there someone else who has an agenda for their land? Are
there unseen forces at work (very much like the secret
buy-out of homes
and land by GF in the beginning stages of
Bethel Woods) - with the intentions of wearing Roy and Jeryl
down, bankrupting them,
and leaving them with no choice but
to "sell"? Is that the plan?
Roy and Jeryl's land is not historic land, but yet, very
valuable land, within walking distance of Bethel Woods. So,
are there ulterior motives?
Has there ever been one LOGICAL
reason ever given explaining why reunions and gathering have
been banned at Max Yasgur's homestead?
For if not...
"NO ONE has the right to tell another what to do with the
property he owns"
Woodstock Documented
By: Scott Parker
This book examines the various audio and video documents that
captured
and preserved the 1969 Woodstock Festival. Recordings made
by
both official documentary crews and audience members are analyzed
and placed into perspective.
