Thursday, December 6, 2007

The final Presentation is over. Eric, Mark and i represent Woodstock festival, and we had no idea what is this at the beginning. Now, we know it so well. It is was a historic event held at dairy farm in the rural town of Bethel, New York from August 15 to August 18.

To many, the festival exemplified the counterculture of the 1960s and the " hippie era". Thirty-two of the best-known musicians of this time period appeared during the sometimes rainy weekend. Although attempts have been made over the years to recreate the festival, the original event has proven to be unique and legendary. It is widely regarded as one of the greatest moments in music history. Woodstock has been idealized in the American popular culture as one of peak events of the hippie movement — a festival where nearly 500,000 "hippies" came together to celebrate. At the time, it held the record for the largest music audience in the world. Although the festival was remarkably peaceful given the number of people and conditions involved, there were three fatalities: one from a drug overdose; another caused by an occupied sleeping bag accidentally being run over by a tractor in a nearby hayfield; and a third when a festival participant fell off a scaffold.

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