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Woodstock Festival 1969 (An Aquarian Exposition)

Woodstock Festival 1969 (An Aquarian Exposition). Woodstock 1969. 3 days of peace and Music 15 th -17 th August New York, USA at Max Yasgur’s diary farm During 1960’s : USA support South Vietnam in Vietnam War. Founder. Michael Lang, John Roberts, Joel Rosenman and Artie Kornfeld

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Woodstock Festival 1969 (An Aquarian Exposition)

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  1. Woodstock Festival 1969 (An Aquarian Exposition)

  2. Woodstock 1969 • 3 days of peace and Music • 15th-17th August • New York, USA at Max Yasgur’s diary farm • During 1960’s : USA support South Vietnam in Vietnam War

  3. Founder • Michael Lang, John Roberts, Joel Rosenman and Artie Kornfeld • Aim : recording a studio Michael Lang John Roberts Joel Rosenman Artie Kornfeld

  4. How many people were there? • Expected : 50,000 people • Resulted: 500,000 people (most are Hippies)

  5. Ticket Price • Pre-order : 18 dollars • At the gate : 24 dollars • Overcrowded : free concerts

  6. How much did Woodstock cost? Spent Profit • Organizers :500,000 dollars • 2.6 million : extra-food, helicopter rentals and medical supplies 1.3 million : tickets sales 50 million : movies and record sales

  7. Things provided in Woodstock • Water : 38000 liters • Bread : 30000 loaves • Marshmallow : 10000 bags • Ice : 204,000 kilograms • Milk : 760000 liters

  8. List of 32 bands • Richie Havens • Swami Satchidananda • Sweetwater • Bert Sommer • Tim Hardin • Ravi Shankar • Melanie • Arlo Guthrie • Joan Baez • Quill • Country Joe McDonald • Santana • John Sebastian • KeefHartley Band • The Incredible String Band • Canned Heat Mountain • Grateful Dead • Creedence Clearwater Revival • Janis Joplin with The Kozmic Blues Band • Sly & the Family Stone • The Who • Joe Cocker and The Grease Band • Country Joe and the Fish • Ten Years After • The Band • Johnny Winter • Blood • Sweat & Tears, Crosby, Stills • Nash & Young • Paul Butterfield ,Blues Band • Sha Na Na • Jimi Hendrix / Gypsy Sun &Rainbows.

  9. The way it was supposed to be.. • Supposed to held in Wallkill, New York • Citizens in Wallkill : don’t want drugs and hippies in their town • Expected : 50,000 but really show up 500,000 • 32 bands : Iron butterfly Stuck in the airport

  10. Problems during concerts • Overcrowded : climbing fence and walk without pay • Food and medical supplies ran out • Rain : mud, delaying performances • Drug overdose • 2 babies were born, 3 death • Sound system • Traffic jam

  11. Delaying Performances • Sweetwater : first band to open Woodstock • Supposed to started at 3.00 am • Delayed : stuck in traffic jam • Tom Law (farmer) : let’s people do yoga exercise

  12. What causes 3 death ? • Heroin overdoes • Ruptured appendix • Ran over by a tractor

  13. Problems solved • Jewish Community : make a sandwiches • Some attendees : bring pot to cook and share food • Cut down the trees for making fire • Made a custom microphone : 12,000 watt amplifier • Speaker towers : 23m high

  14. Jimi Hendrix • Guitar String broke while playing the song “Red house” • Perform only 5 strings • Highest paid performer : $32,000

  15. Lower Paid Perfomer • Santana: $1500 • Quill : $375 • Shanana : $350 , (movie right $1)

  16. Anti-war songs •  "I Feel Like I'm Fixin to Die Rag“ by Country Joe Macdonald

  17. References • http://www.funtrivia.com/submitquiz.cfm?quiz=316419 • http://www.sixtiescity.com/Events/Woodstock/wstock.htm • http://www.woodstock.com/themusic.php • http://abcnews.go.com/US/Woodstock/story?id=8276354&page=2. • http://seniorliving.about.com/od/entertainmentrecreation/p/1969-woodstock.htm • http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1204849/Forty-far-facts-knew-Woodstock.html

  18. Thank you for listening

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