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Dedicated to the Historic Preservation of the Site of the 1969 Woodstock Festival
THE WOODSTOCK SITE  
Hurd & West Shore Rd.  
Sullivan County  
Bethel  NY

 


“Hundreds of Acres to Roam On” -  That was the catchphrase in the original Woodstock advertisement.  It’s our hope that we have provided, exactly that, for you through our web pages. Our objective, for this website, is that everyone who visits, leave with a “little something” -  maybe a sparked interest, a rekindled memory, or an assurance in knowing that ordinary people can make a difference. It is our way of preserving the legacy of “Woodstock.”  

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Date:
5/28/2005
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4:23:29 PM
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Great website! A real labor of love.


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5/29/2005
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1:00:39 AM
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Doris Polese Good luck and nice job


Date:
6/1/2005
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10:21:06 PM
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Hi, It seems to be the only way to get anything (like this ) done...large amts of people all moving in the same direction @ the same time. To what extent have the original bands & performers thrown their efforts behind the preservation movement? Best of luck. "Carry On" Thaxt7


Date:
6/1/2005
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11:59:50 PM
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Dedicated to my friend, Danny, who helped me rekindle my sweet memories of Woodstock. Karen Santos


Date:
6/9/2005
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5:56:40 AM
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Living in CT. I had an opportunity to drive to the site one Oct day in I believe 1987. Wow....I took lottsa pictures of the site and just enjoyed hanging out....wondering what it must have been like to have been there...as a 12 yrs old that wasn't in the cards. It will surely be missed.... in body but not in mind. Thanks for your efforts....thank you kindly Peace Mike Pace


Date:
6/12/2005
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6:05:39 PM
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Aloha Nice job on this web-site, mahalo for all of the hard work! Unfortunately, I wasn't able to make it to the Woodstock Festival in 1969 but that wasn't for lack of trying everything that a 15 year old in Wisconsin could .....:-) Peace and Good Blues! Steve Stoddard http://www.stoddardshale.com


Date:
6/13/2005
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8:36:35 AM
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Great Job on the website and fighting to preserve Yasgurs Farm. We try to make it back every summer just to soak up the good vibes in that part of Sullivan County. Keep up the good work! Eugene http://www.verobeachsold.com


Date:
6/15/2005
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3:50:58 AM
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hey don't let the pigs rape our temple in bethel, ny!!! don't desecrate the vibes of 500,000 adherents of woodstock nation!!! the vision still prevails!!! aron pieman kay http://www.pieman.org


Date:
6/16/2005
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8:45:21 PM
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Keep the spirit. Ken Hornberger


Date:
7/8/2005
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8:50:57 PM
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Thank you for your hard work! Thanks to your great efforts, the mud of Woodstock still squishes between our toes. Peace and Love Christopher Cole


Date:
7/16/2005
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9:26:16 AM
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Great site and cause! - Amir Rahim webmaster, slystone.com


Date:
7/21/2005
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12:06:54 AM
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Totally Awesome all the work and energy put into this noble endeavor. Thank you for preserving the historical Beingness of Woodstock, as well as giving that magical piece of land the chance to be re-awaken, along with the Hippie Spirit, that is rising as we speak, to change the world, through the re awakening of the powers of Peace and Love. And Unity. Power to the People Onwards and Upwards! (The sixties are back... and this time WE'RE gonna win! Peace on! Char ~* The Hippie Museum http://www.hippiemuseum.org


Date:
7/22/2005
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11:28:04 AM
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Hard site to load but worth the wait!


Date:
7/25/2005
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2:17:03 AM
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we love you, the hipies will rise again, to finaly bring the earth into the cosmos of mind and heart martin naylor


Date:
7/25/2005
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7:55:38 PM
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After almost 40 years, I finally made it "back to the garden" on June 9, 2005. It was one of the most awesome experiences of my life! The site has been well preserved and was in immaculate condition the day I was there. Appropriately, it started to pour down rain just as I was getting ready to leave. I'll never forget this experience! MMyers


Date:
7/27/2005
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3:59:56 PM
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I wasn't there but have always wished that I had been. Just 16 and in England - a world away. Woodstock was the culmination of all the best that the 60's brought and I would not choose to have grown up at any other time. I hope that you achieve all you intend to do. Lynda


Date:
7/30/2005
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12:03:09 PM
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I was 8 years old during that great weekend. You know mom and dad just weren't going to send me (smile). However, watching the events unfold on the CBS evening news sparked and illuminated my imagination. It seemed like so much harmless fun and beauty. I have since married a man that was a guest of one of the performers (Ritchie Havens). I hope he realizes what a blessing it was to be among so many on that historic day! Thank you for this site. Annie

 


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8/3/2005
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1:33:13 AM
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This website is a fantastic tribute to the Woodstock Spirit, and to the efforts of the WPA. I remeber how it was at the Woodstock site when it was "free," as it was for over 25 years since the Woodstock Festival, back before the fences went up, Although the Woodstock Site itself is no longer "free," the Woodstock Spirit is a free spirit and will always seek places to celebrate in freedom. As a Town of Bethel resident who revels in that spirit of freedom and wants to see that it is carried on, I salute you for your dedication to this cause. Peace and Love, John Vision --VERNVILLE.NET -- The Vernville Network -- A Place Where ALL Woodstockers can Excercise Their Freedom of Expression!


Date:
8/16/2005
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8:48:43 PM
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Cool Lumpy Karma Concord, CA


Date:
8/17/2005
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7:23:00 AM
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Thank You for your efforts.


Date:
8/17/2005
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4:51:57 PM
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De Ja Vu' .. WOW! This site is Fantrabulous and I appreciate all the effort and energy brought forth for preserving this Historical History of Woodstock. Thank You all for refreshing the Awesome Memory I'm praying to the Music Gods for MORE!! Bobbi Bushnell


Date:
8/21/2005
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7:49:04 PM
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Woodstock may have saved my life. Without going into huge details, my going there definitely CHANGED me -- immensely. I was always an intense music-lover, and I'd also been a peace activist, so needed the break from all the protesting, etc. Jack Curry wrote a terrific book about it, and has several chapters about me. Then ABC produced a one-hour special for its "Turning Point" (?) program, marking the 20th anniversary, and I appeared on that, as well. I didn't do either for the glory, but because Woodstock was THAT important to my life, my existence. I hope that I will never, EVER forget my four days there. I still have my mud-covered jeans! So I thank you for wanting to preserve this area. It is historical, and a bit of a Mecca for me, although I wonder if I will ever physically return to again put my feet on that "sacred" land. Woodstock will forever be in my heart, and I'm getting all teary-eyed right now. Thank you! Love and peace, Susie V Kaufman (from Morristown, NJ; now living in Santa Clarita, CA).


Date:
8/22/2005
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12:09:10 PM
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Date:
8/29/2005
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9:55:19 AM
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just visited the original woodstock site the other day and was some what dismayed to see the development taking place there but I am encouraged to read on this site that it looks like most of the site will be preserved.If no-one had fought for this we could have easily lost this vital part of American history,and this would have been a tragedy to not only me but my children and generations to come.I will be watching this situation and if need be will join in the fight to preserve it.peace on earth,Shelly


Date:
8/30/2005
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10:41:11 AM
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Thank you for your efforts to preserve the site at Yasgur's Farm that was the center of the rock universe in the summer of 1969. Great web site, too! -- Tom Simon


Date:
8/30/2005
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10:41:24 AM
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Thank you for your efforts to preserve the site at Yasgur's Farm that was the center of the rock universe in the summer of 1969. Great web site, too! -- Tom Simon


Date:
8/31/2005
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7:27:24 PM
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As an attendee of this festival, I just hope that whatever fate may come to this historical venue, it is a fitting and honorable. Don Hancock


Date:
9/4/2005
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6:35:11 PM
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Just a BIG THANK YOU to you and all your fellow preservationists who did such a GREAT JOB holding the GF's feet to the fire and getting them to reduce the total ft2age from 400k to a mere 39k...and I must say I think the last 39k are most appropriate. As long as they left the hill and the original stage area pristine, all else if just fine. I want some concession areas at the top of the hill where they were originally, so I can buy an ice cream cone for my granddaughter and a glass of wine for moi...thanks again SO MUCH for all that hard work. You have saved this hallowed ground for all of us to enjoy...pat yourselves on the back...and let me buy you a drink if we ever meet. roger Roger P. Orcutt, Ph.D. (microbiology, 1972)


Date:
9/20/2005
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7:21:26 AM
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500,000 people shouting the F-word at the top of their lungs does make a powerful statement. "We need to grow up." Yes, they were worshiping SOMETHING up there at Yasgur's farm, and many are still lost to this day.


Date:
9/22/2005
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7:17:58 PM
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This was just a concert, there are and have been many outdoor multiday events. Why should private property be considered for a historical site ? Woodstock was just that a concert. Nothing too special, and yes I was around at that time.


Date:
10/21/2005
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2:47:12 PM
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Thank-you for what you do. To those whom write that this was nothing special or just another concert. I feel very sorry for you as you have no idea what really happendthere and what continues to happen in all our hearts and minds evryday. For Woodstock was a coming together of people with a common bond. A life changing event. Yes there was great music but that was second to the birth of a new child....The Woodstock Nation


Date:
10/23/2005
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11:37:38 AM
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The nation of Woodstock was built upon the foundations of our love, understanding, and acceptance of each other and every one of us is a brick on which these ideals rest. The desecration of the original site can not, nor can it ever hope to, tear the fabric of the humanity that that event created. We the people made Woodstock what it is today and, even though we are the ones the fence was meant to keep out, little do they know that our spirit lives yet in those fields, buildings, lakes, hills, and skies forever. All the bulldozers and cinder blocks in the world could not squash that ideal because we are the holders of the flame. Peace brothers and sisters.


Date:
10/23/2005
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11:38:36 AM
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I visited the site yesterday 10/20/05 and there is still the feeling that one gets that everyone of the 500,000 brothers and sisters are still there in spirit. I met a few others that also came to reflect. They were as real as they were in 69. We had great discussion. As our lives continue to change thru time. There is still the memories that we all have of the few to many days in August 1969. There will always be a Woodstock. It will always alive in our heats and our minds. Thank-you to all the people who keep the Woodstock nation alive and well. Ed in Virginia


Date:
10/29/2005
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4:59:03 AM
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Hi, I read here ...the Woodstock Spirit is a free spirit and will always seek places to celebrate in freedom.. . Quite so!!! I want to tell you of one of these places where this happens: At the "Spirit of Woodstock Festival" in Mirapuri (Northern Italy). It is a 10 days event, that next year will take place from 4.08.-13.08.2006 with international bands and every night Open-air Concerts. At the same time and place we will celebrate two other event:; Mirapuri's One and only Original Bavarian Oktoberfest and the Mirapuri Rainbow Gathering. So whoever is looking for a party - here it is!! All usefull informations you find on the websites: www.SpiritOfWoodstockFest.com www.Mirapuri-RainbowGathering.com There are also other interesting events at Mirapuri where one can participate ( or take part as an artist ) like the International Free Cinema Film Festival or the Mirapuri World Peace Festival. Here the links: www.Mirapuri-Filmfest.com www.Mirapuri-WorldPeace.com For questions of any kind regarding these events feel free to contact me at: omnidiet-event@mirapuri-enterprises.com Please send only mails without attachments!!! It's great that people like you and many others keep alive this spirit!! Cya David


Date:
10/29/2005
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6:11:39 AM
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Hi, one thing I want to add: If anyone tries to contact me for the Spirit of Woodstock Festival or other events in Mirapuri and does not get a reply - this means that his/her messahe hasn't arrived. In this case I propose to send a fax to the following number (Omnidiet Hotel) or call me on the telephone: fax: 0039-0322-999129 tel: 0039-0322-999009 Please address it (or ask for) David Butterfield Thanks Peace


Date:
10/30/2005
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7:52:06 PM
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Thanks to Joanne for posting a link to here from my spiceoflife ezboard site :-) Good luck with your project in the future ! Neil


Date:
10/30/2005
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10:13:06 PM
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Hey guys, keep up the great work with this site! Cheers! "Wildman" Dave Diamond http://www.cjfishlegacy.com


Date:
11/2/2005
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4:45:25 PM
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I've a lot of nostalgy with reading what happened on the woodstock site. In France too, we dream for a better world!!!


Date:
12/9/2005
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1:13:25 PM
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Just Imagine....Imagine Thanks John Danny L.


Date:
12/13/2005
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8:14:12 AM
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We should all do something for the hipie revival. I`m 22 and I wish that the movment would repeat. You may say I`m a dreamer, but I`M NOT THE ONLYONE; I hope some day you`ll join us and the world will live as one.


Date:
1/8/2006
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10:52:47 PM
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Great site! My name is Allan and I run Woodstock 69 - MOnterey Pop Tribute concerts on behalf of charity causes (Lukemia Research, Childrens with Down Syndorm, Katrina) ect. If there is any way we can promote your efforts at our shows, we woulkd be thrilled to do so. Please visit www.geocities.com/bluewavesband/ 4th WOODSTOCK 69/ Monterey Pop TRIBUTE FESTIVAL February 4, 2005 9:00PM-3:00AM Sunset Grill HOSTED BY ALLAN SPIELMAN AND THE BLUEWAVES Help Us Raise Money on behalf of the Association of Children With Down Syndrome 4068 Sunrise Highway. Seaford, NY. 516-785-4952 9:00 Eddie Kaeacher 9:15 Roger Silverberg and Friends 9:45 KAZ Flying Burrito Tribute Band 10:15 Skull Kap (Backed by House Band & Bruce Natalie on Bass) 10:45 Emminence Front Who Tribute Band 11:15 The Bluewaves (House Band, Bruce Natalie on Bass) 12:15 Michy (Backed by Uncle Bert and Allan) 12:45 Uncle Bert 1:15 Higher Ground 1:45 Fat Cat Freddy 2:15 Buck Naked 2:45 Abby and the Strange Trip -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th WOODSTOCK 69/ Monterey Pop TRIBUTE FESTIVAL March 25, 2005 9:00PM-3:00AM Whoville Bar and Grill 339 Broadway, Bethpage NY 11714 (516)931-9296 http://www.whovillebarandgrill.com HOSTED BY ALLAN SPIELMAN AND THE BLUEWAVES Help Us Raise Money on behalf of a charity TBA Soon! 9:00 The Gangstar Rabbi 9:20 Toby Tobias 9:40 Jerry Zackman 10:00 Danny O Doul (Backed by House Band & Bruce Natalie on Bass) 10:30 POWDERFINGER NEIL YOUNG TRIBUTE BAND 11:00 The Bluewaves (House Band, Bruce Natalie on Bass) 12:00 Hot Line 12:30 CC Rockers CLEARANCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL TRIBUTE BAND 1:00 High Pants Dancers 1:30 Grey Matter 2:00 Buck Naked 2:30 Abby and the Strange Trip For Press and Sponsor Info contact Allan at 917-583-2505 or email bluewavesband@yahoo.com


Date:
1/8/2006
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11:08:42 PM
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Mark and Michele Miller - Cambria CA - Jan. 8. 2006 We had the opportunity to visit the Woodstock site several years ago. It was a very moving experience as was our first visit to the legendary Fillmore auditorium in San Francisco last night for Bill Graham's 75 year birthday celebration. We must have been drawn to this web site! It is very disturbing to hear that a treasure like the Woodstock site could be plowed under the wheels of "man the builder's" so called progress. Thanks to those whose efforts have gone to the preservation of this significant historical site.


Date:
1/25/2006
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4:36:18 PM
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Hi, back again on your site I want to say thanks for the beautiful "Woodstock Celebrations around the World 2006" -site you created. Good Luck to all of you!!! David from the Spirit of Woodstock Festival in Mirapuri


Date:
1/25/2006
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10:33:46 PM
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This web site helped me a lot with my report for school i just want to thank you guys for helping me get the A


Date:
2/6/2006
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9:02:32 AM
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Keep the dream alive. Rekindle the spirit of the '60 Love and Peace forever. Please have concerns drawing folks of like mind toward this concept. Peace and Justice Joyce Newnam 813-716-0940

 


Date:
2/13/2006
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5:45:20 AM
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I was only born in 1986 and was very unfortunate not to even be alive when this tremendous event had taken place. I respect and fully support the preservation of Max Yasgur's farm. The event was a one time only event that can never be recreated so why not respect and remember it as it was and endulge ourselves in our imagination when thinking of this wounderful festival.


Date:
2/19/2006
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12:15:56 AM
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Great site, Woodstock was a very significant part of music history. I'm 16 years old, and a huge enthusiast of Woodstock, I wish I was alive to have possibly gone to the festival, all I have of it, is on DVD. Whoever the creator of the site is, thanks for keeping the spirit of Woodstock alive, and doin a great job of it.

 


Date:
2/22/2006
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3:23:30 PM
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wonderful job on all your efforts to maintain the zeitgeist of what was one of the most important cultural events in US history. can't wait to visit the site this spring. peace. trish mccormick, old forge, pa


Date:
2/25/2006
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1:33:49 PM
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I was 18 when I went to Woodstock and it was my most memorable time of my life. Because it was what my peers were all into, we were one, it was an unspoken movement of musical enjoyment and respect, it has never happened again in my life to flow with a movement like that where one a part of society changed the spinning of the world. It to me is the roots that became the freedom of music. Also it was great to see my self in the movie and the life magazine. Paul

 


Date:
3/18/2006
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10:50:52 PM
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Thank you for preserving this wonderful, beautiful moment in our lives. I will never forget it and neither will the world. Too bad we could not live our lives today like we did back then. Peace and Love to everyone. De


Date:
3/21/2006
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11:30:58 AM
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The work you have done is remarkable. Thanks for all your efforts to save our piece of history. Ray


Date:
3/29/2006
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4:20:30 PM
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Hello to all.It is great to see the site. your fellow Brother with the name YOU gave me Father of Woodstock.Thanks for still believing. Artie Kornfeld


Date:
5/13/2006
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7:24:17 AM
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Peace to all. I only wish I could have been there. Renny P.


Date:
5/15/2006
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9:02:34 AM
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Hello, I think something should be done to preserve as much of the history of the land as possible. "I" was too young at the time to participate, but I do remember the event from the TV and all of the newspapers back in 1969. So.........go for it.....and keep up the good work. Marianne Dieter Chicago, Il.


Date:
5/17/2006
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11:32:14 AM
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Thanks for the memories...next to see is the new PAC! hope to make more happy moments. Lauren


Date:
5/18/2006
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7:40:36 PM
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Hi! I am a hippy at heart and always will be. I have several family members that attended Woodstock [one met her husband there] and I think this site is just great. I have visited this area many times since I grew up in upstate NY not far from here; it is awesome and beautiful and I applaude all the efforts made to preserve it. I am also a vegetarian so if you also are into that sort of thing, come check out my site for groovy veg recipes: groups.yahoo.com/group/theferalvegetarian   In Peace and Love, PT


Date:
5/18/2006
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10:53:53 PM
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6th WOODSTOCK 69  & 1960's POP FESTIVAL  TRIBUTE CONCERT Raising money for "Healthy Planet" and Improving Our Environment. About Healthy Planet: May 20, 2006   9:00PM-3:00AM    Odin's 365 South Bayview Avenue Freeport, NY 11520.  Just south of Atlantic Avenue ... (516)868-2404 Benefiting   http://www.healthy-planet.org/ Six Hours of Music Covered by Bands  that performed at some of the great Pop Festivals from 1967-1970 Monterey Pop 1967 Woodstock 1969 Altamont 1969 Isle of Wight Festival Aug 26-30 1970 2nd Atlanta International Pop Festival July 3-5 1970 HOSTED BY ALLAN SPIELMAN AND RETRO69 Note: All times subject for change NOTE: Please do NOT park in the Pizza store parking lot to the left. There is a 5$ cover for EVERYONE other than the musicians performing in the show. Money to be raised via optional donation at the door,  50-50 raffle, sponsor ads, and donation made by Tony of Odins. The more money collected at the door, the larger the donation he will make, so please spread the word!  Performer List 9:00-9:20   Joe E Mack 1 Long May You Run 2 Embryonic Journey 3 You Can Close Your Eye 4 Martha My Dear 9:20-9:40        The GangStarRabbi   Jethro Tull Tribute Isle of Wight Festival Aug 26-30 1970 1-Locomotive Breath 2-One Brown Mouse 3-War Child 4 Summertime Blues  The Who 9:40-10:10      The Shitz & Giggles Band www.theshitzngigglesband.com 1 Mrs. Robinson S & Garfunckle 2 Somebody To Love J Airplane 3 The Seeker The Who 4 Hey Joe Hendrix 5 Piece of My Heart J Joplin 6 White Rabbit (extra) J Airplane 10:20-10:50   Suck It Easy (With Roger Silverberg) 1 Sway (Rolling Stones) 2 Don't Bring Me Down (Animals) 3 Life Is A Carnival (The Band) 4 Gimme Shelter (Rolling Stones) 5 I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Bobby Dee) 11:00-12:00  Retro69 Grateful Dead Turn on Your Love Light   MOUNTAIN: Stormy Monday  Paul Butterfield  Born Under A Bad Sign (D) CCR  Fortunate Son CCR Suzie Q CCR Born on a Bayou Hendrix    Red House Hendrix    Voodoo Child Santana BLACK MAGIC WOMAN Santana OYE COMO VA Santana EVIL WAYS  Santana  SOUL SACRIFICE 12:00-12:30   Freddy Fat Cat 1 Mississippi Queen Mountain 2 Hard to Handle The Dead 3 Rock & Roll +Hoochie Coo  J Winter 4 Whiskey train: J Winter 5 Going down  : Jeff Beck Group 12:30-1:00 Vehicle  1 You Can Leave Your Hat On         Joe Cocker 2 We're Havin a Party   Richie Havens 3 Play That Funky Music Blood Sweat & Tears 4 It's Your Thing - S& Family Stone 5 Messin with the Kid    Keef Hartley Band 1:00-1:30 The Curbdogs 1 Roadhouse Blues 2 5 to 1 3 Doors Tune TBA 3 Who Knows 4 Voodoo Child 1:30-2:00  Reserved for Tom (formerly from Blue Matter) 2:00-2:30   Abby with the Strange Trip Doors Tribute   Isle of Wight Festival Aug 26-30 1970 5 to 1 E Roadhouse Blues F# LA Woman A When the Musics Over E 2:30-3:00 Abby with Retro69  Doors Tribute   Isle of Wight Festival Aug 26-30 1970 Break on Through Light My Fire The End For press and sponsor info contact Allan at 917-583-2505 or email allan@retro69.net   $5 Cover plus suggested donation at the door.


Date:
5/18/2006
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11:48:58 PM
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Hello. Warren Motter - Vocalist/Songwriter, here. As one of a dying breed (Hippie who believes in and does his best to practice Peace, Love and Undrestanding), i've always wondered why, instead of everyone going his/her own way, attendees to the Woodstock Arts Festival didn't, as a group, go someplace, after the festival ended, to be a beacon for Love and Peace and Freedom. LuvIzAhl@yahoo.com


Date:
5/19/2006
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5:06:14 PM
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peace and love... from the rockinghams! thanx artie kornfeld and all the musicians that have inspired us from the sixties!


Date:
5/19/2006
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5:06:47 PM
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peace and love... from the rockinghams! thanx artie kornfeld and all the musicians that have inspired us from the sixties! www.rockinghamsixties.com


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6/11/2006
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8:16:11 AM
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I'm Elliot Tiber, the GAY man who made the festival possible. I was president of the decaying C.O.C for ten years since nobody wanted to bother. during those years, i was trying (and failing yearly) to have a music/arts festival on the grounds of my resort 'El Monaco Motel' on 17b @rte 55. White lake was all but dead except for rundown bunleHole colonies.. yuk. I tried Checkov and Tennessee Williams theater in my old barn. I tried some local teen bands on a platform on my lawn. mostly, i had to use my LP phonograph and play records.. janis joplin, the doors, greatful dead along with Beethoven, Bach and Madame Butterfly. THE ONLY PAYING FESTIVAL ATTENDEES WERE my milkman, MAX YASGUR, (who donated milk, eggs, cheese) to my troupe of 30 actors/musicians - since we had about $5. a week in sales.. NOBODY CAME TO SULLIVAN COUNTY FOR SERIOUS THEATER.. and my good friends, Elaine Grossinger & her husband, Liberty Doctor, Dr.David Etess. When woodtock ventures lost its 3rd permit, and were going to fold their tents, i phoned Mike Lang, told him that I had a festival permit (which i typed up on my old Underwood - before computers ha ha) which i used for ten years for my sad no fest festivals. I sold them the permit for $1., flew their helicoptor to Yasgur. Max was happy to have one of my festivals.. the rest is movie history. lol MY NEW BOOK: TAKING WOODSTOCK, square one publishers, garden center, ny.. comes out late fall. It'll be in bookstores nationwide by Crhistmas. to order an advance preview copy, 1-877=900-book I'll be up at the farm this annual reunion at the farm aug 11,12,13 and be happy to say hello. for anyone interested, we will have on sale at the reunion private edition of 'woodstock delirium' at 50% to 60% off cover price. this book is not avail in stores or anywhere else. a portion of the proceeds will go to the preservation funding. see: www.woodstockdelirium.com for a looksee


Date:
6/11/2006
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3:33:19 PM
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Thank you for all your help with my Woodstock project, you truly kept me going and your help was priceless. Thanks again, Sean McKean


Date:
7/3/2006
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4:30:28 PM
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wood stock was the best thing that happend to me it changed my life forever! thank you wood stock p.s. i really liked jimi hendrix thanks


Date:
7/4/2006
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12:16:17 AM
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It was nice to see you, JoAnn, at the opening of Bethel Woods. It makes us more suspect of yours and your boyfriend Brads true intent when you hijacked the WPA site from the people who created it. What did you really do? And how much did Gerry pay you to flush the whole thing for the REAL WPA? You give new meaning to Judas. I hope to see you and Brad at the reunion.


Date:
7/4/2006
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10:33:24 AM
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Let it go loser. They did more to save that site than anyone. The old WPA was talk talk talk. At least they took real action. If you saw JoAnne at Bethel Woods you must have been there too. Did Gerry send you a personal invite?


Date:
7/4/2006
Time:
10:54:25 PM
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Oh, I was there, for one purpose. And many questions were answered. Its nice of you protect your girlfriend. People who do not know the story, soon will. Allan Gerrys minions will not be embraced where the true Woodstock spirit resides.


Date:
7/5/2006
Time:
10:05:13 AM
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whatever Wayne


Date:
7/5/2006
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10:14:03 AM
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talk, talk, talk


Date:
7/5/2006
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11:55:26 AM
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I guess peace and love has been replaced by anger and rage. I guess the whole live and let live thing is just a bunch of words to some.


Date:
7/11/2006
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11:21:01 AM
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Great site. Good info.


Date:
7/12/2006
Time:
12:23:04 PM
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hi i,m 14 my nane is scot


Date:
7/12/2006
Time:
12:24:16 PM
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we need another groovey thing man so i can let my wow free


Date:
7/17/2006
Time:
7:09:07 PM
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Fantastic website and a worthy cause! I'm so glad you found my MSN Group and look forward to hearing from you now your membership has been approved. Tom 'Ketchfish' Inglis Manager, Musicians United Resources


Date:
7/23/2006
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7:06:09 AM
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I hope you will do whatever it takes to preserve a piece of history from development. I never made it, got stuck on the road and it is one of my biggest regrets. Still trying to get up to visit the site. Please don't allow development. pam-pamee11793@yahoo.com


Date:
8/1/2006
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11:04:36 AM
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keep up the good work ... I' really appreciate this PEACE Samaya


Date:
8/7/2006
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7:31:14 AM
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Thank you to George and Chris for sharing their stories of Woodstock with me. I'd love to hear more from anyone who has anything to say. And thanks so Joann for her help with it!!! Peace, Rebecca


Date:
8/8/2006
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8:45:29 PM
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This is a groovy website. Woodstock lives!!!!!


 

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8/14/2006
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8:55:31 PM
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Man, I didn't even know that this Bethel woods place was built, and running. I was at the 94 and 98 reunions, and I am sad about this corporate rape of sacred land. I guess all we have now are memories... Hold on to them! Bill Syracuse NY


Date:
8/21/2006
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1:19:24 AM
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I really like your great site, useful and pleasant for the eye. Warm regards Nick!

 


Date:
8/24/2006
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10:12:32 AM
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You have a top notch site 

 


Date:
8/25/2006
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11:45:46 AM
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I am touched by your dedication to an ideal.I was not there, but the spirit of the place and time has made me who I am Marti Gilley Smith Sunnyside46@aol.com


 Date:
8/25/2006
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11:57:01 AM
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GREAT WEB SITE!! JoAnne, Keep up the great work. If there is any way I can help keep this page up and running, please let me know...

 


Date:
8/26/2006
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11:23:28 AM
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As our economy collapses on a global scale and oil becomes ever more scarce, localized living standards will become necessary, and our consumer culture will be dissolved into the oil energy abyss it was birthed from. 

People who inhabit and maintain the environment which contains the original Woodstock 69 site, will understand its value, and may represent a very artistic and familiar environment for those who live within it's sustainable limits. At this point, unless some material from the 'Bethel Woods' was necessary for a sustainable purpose, it would stand as a symbol of how far we went, and how much we gave up to even have to fight for this piece of land in the first place. 

Peace 

 


Subj: Woodstock 69'  
Date: 10/20/2006 1:43:11 PM Eastern Standard Time 
 

Peace, Love and Togetherness 
Rock On 


Subj: WOODSTOCK  
Date: 10/21/2006 8:10:36 PM Eastern Standard Time 
  

I was born in 1961 in Auztralia so I never made it to Woodstock. It would have heaven to me,as I'm listening to Jefferson Airplane now I would have loved to hear their "Morning maniac music" The revolution aint over yet.Love and peace (still) May love and peace be within you and around you always and the stars of freedom shine forever in your mind.


Date: 12/27/2006 2:20:03 PM Eastern Standard Time 
 

Hello and Happy New Year from the City by the Bay, San Fran!
Recently I met Wavy Gravy in the course of my work.  What a wonderful 
and free spirit and what a treat to meet someone who has given back 
to the world more than he has taken.  "...breakfast in bed for 
300,000..."

When I asked my Mom if I could go to Woodstock she said yes.  I was 
thrilled and a little surprised.  'Thing is, I had no money at 15 
yrs. old, so I told her that my good friend Nick and I were going to 
hitchhike.  She went ballistic.
'Short version, I watched the concert when it came to the local drive 
in theater a couple years later.  Bummer.
Silly me...I'd probably have taken the brown acid . . .


Subj: Woodstock Historians 
Date: 2/1/2007 9:21:59 PM Eastern Standard Time 
From: Claire
To: Joann1108@aol.com 

This website was immensely helpful in assisting me in writing a speech about 
the culture of Woodstock. I emailed Joanne about contacting some of the 
Woodstock Historians about information and she responded to me that night! I 
sent a list of interview questions and many of the Historians responded 
within a couple of days. Their insight and stories were abundantly helpful 
and I got an awesome grade on my speech and I know that it would not have 
been even half as good without their help. Thank you all so much! I loved 
hearing about all of your individual experiences and views. Your insights 
have changed the way I look at the Festival itself as well as what was 
obviously a very special time in America's history.

Thank you again!
Claire


Subj: Archives Website  
Date: 3/15/2007 4:30:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time 
From: stephenjsullivan@verizon.net 
To: Joann1108@aol.com

II would have been in the middle of that multitude but a couple of days before we were to leave my band caught a gig at a festival in the midwest. If I had known it would be the epitome of all outdoor rock festivals, I would have gone anyway. God, I miss the 60's!!!!!!!!!!!

Of course you can use my name - who knows, maybe another old fart rock'n'roller will remember me.  An interesting side note - a few years ago I ran into someone who had been at Woodstock and she was wondering if the 2 hits of Owsley she kept as a souvenir would be any good after all that time.  I never did find out ------?
Peace!
Steve Sullivan

PS:  WOW, the web site is fantastic!


Subj: hey  
Date: 4/14/2007 8:59:36 AM Eastern Daylight Time 
From: Mark 
To: Joann1108 

great site  -MARK



 

Date:

6/3/2007 4:59:18 PM Eastern Daylight Time

Yo awesome site!! Keep Rockin'!!!!!!!!!!!   Peace!

 


 

Date: 6/3/2007 5:02:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time

your site rocks!!!!!!

 


Date:  6/11/2007  7:25:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time

Hi guys -

This is a fine website and a fine cause. I visited the site this weekend and was extremely moved by it. I fully support its preservation without alteration in any way.
With warm regards

Nicholas

 

 


Subj: PRESERVE THE SITE  
Date: 6/20/2007 10:05:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time 


WE HAVE MEMORIALS TO WAR - ONE FOR "PEACE" IS A REASONABLE REQUEST.
 
JEFFREY SMYTHE

 

 


Subj: Guest Book   
Date: 8/5/2007 7:20:01 AM Eastern Daylight Time 
 

Great site.

 



Subj: hi  
Date: 9/9/2007 11:09:28 AM Eastern Daylight Time


HI   id just like to say what a brilliant site

although i wasnt born till 1969 i got caught in the 60's revival back here
in the uk in 1979-1987 

and just love the flower power era and artists alike

i often wondered what i would have been like to have been to such a life
changing concert as woodstock, or monterey etc   but the closest i got was
going to glastonbury in 1997 when it absolutely poured down but the
companionship ,the free love and blue haze continued unabated it was then
that i could only imagine what it was like and loved evry minute of it   
keep up the good work

yours under the stars


shane


Subj: thank you for the news on the Woodstock site  
Date: 10/18/2007 11:38:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time 



Although I’m in California now, not NY, and haven’t been back to Bethel since the 1999 reunion, I’m still very interested.  I hope the new plan for development doesn’t overwhelm the historical and spiritual significance of the site. 

Thanks for giving me some news and being a voice in Bethel. 

rob


 

Subject:  Woodstock

Date:  12/31/07  8:19:09 P.M.  Eastern Standard Time

 

Just wanted to sign the guest book. I remember like it was yesterday.

Paul Martinelli

 


 

Subject: Guestbook

Date: 1/18/2008 11:44:04 AM Eastern Standard Time

Greetings,
Wonderful work you're doing.
Keep the faith.
Donna

 


 

Subject: Guestbook

Date: 1/21/2008 5:15:20 PM Eastern Standard Time

 

please enter my name as a person who cares Michael Nerling Stowe

 


 

Subject:  Woodstock - Preservation Archives  guestbook

Date:   2/2/2008  9:27:51 P.M.  Eastern Standard Time
 
Name   Chris Cunningham  
Age    39
website:  http://www.myspace.com/woodstockmusicandartfair
comment:  I hope to visit one day.

 

Subject:  GUEST

Date:  4/5/2008  5:40:30 P.M.  Eastern Daylight Time
Sent from the Internet
 
Hello,i'm a big fan from germany.Like it! wish i was one of this people in the past,must be some kind of heaven.....but i was only 6years old 1963...keep the spirit,greetings jurgen;)

 


 

Subject:  Woodstock

Date:  4/17/2008  2:48:14 P.M.  Eastern Daylight Time

Sent from the Internet

 

it was nice visiting this web site.
amit ranjan basu
kolkata,india

 


 

 

Subject:  Great Site
Date:  4/28/2008  4:55:51 P.M.  Eastern Daylight Time
 
Fantastic site. Keep up the good work, a site like this (the grassy one
not the cyber-one, although that is worthy too) must be preserved. It's
important for more than one generation.

-- Steve

Jimpress
P.O.Box 218
Warrington  Cheshire WA5 2FG
England

steve@jimpress.co.uk
http://www.jimpress.co.uk

 


 
 
SUBJECT:  sign guestbook
Date:  6/27/08  10:02:53 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time
 
Hello,Thank you for all of your efforts to preserve the Woodstock site.I've seen what they've constructed there and it goes against everything woodstock stood for.Greed knows no boundries especially in this age of cynicism.I'm reminded of Joni Mitchel's words "They took all the trees and put them in a tree museum;and charged the people a dollar and a half just to see them;Dont it always seem to go that you dont know what you've got till its gone; They paved paradise,and put up a parking lot".

PEACE,Dan.

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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