2019 marks the Golden Anniversary of 1969, the single most amazing year of the 20th century

1. 2019 marks the Golden Anniversary of 1969, the single most amazing year of the 20thcentury From the moonwalk to Woodstock, major cultural, political and musical turning points abounded. CELEBRATION ’69 is a multimedia presentation that tries to capture the essence of that crazy year through a combination of images, a live band, andstorytelling. Salinas, CA, January 13, 2019 - From the moonwalk to Woodstock, major cultural, political and musical turning points abounded. CELEBRATION ’69 is a multimedia presentation that tries to capture theessenceofthatcrazyyearthroughacombinationofimages, aliveband, andstorytelling.Theshow will open Hartnell’s annual SpringFEST, playing February 8th and 9th in the Studio Theater on the Hartnell campus in Salinas. The show starts at 7:30 with live pre-show music from the era starting at 7:00. Admission is free, but donations are gladlyaccepted. CELEBRATION ’69 focuses on six iconic events from 1969: Nixon becomes president, man walks on the moon, Charles Manson masterminds a series of gruesome murders, The Woodstock Music Festival plays to half a million blissful hipsters, the Beatles record Abbey Road, their final album, and the peace and love sixties die a miserable death at a Rolling Stones concert outside the Altamont Speedway in northern California. Each event is explained with images and narration while a live band onstage plays medleys of songs released in 1969 as transitional links. And the audience is encouraged to join in, singing along with those classictunesthatremainpopularfiftyyearslater.There’sevenaBeatlestriviacontest! In addition to the six iconic events, audiences will learn about countless other major happenings that made 1969 such a unique year: Edward Kennedy severely damages his political fortunes by driving off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island; a giant oil spill fouls the beaches of Santa Barbara and a polluted river inClevelandliterallycatchesfire,givingbirthtotheenvironmentalactivismmovement;the largestanti- war protests in American history take place in November and December; police raid a gay bar in New YorkCity-TheStonewallInn- andforthefirsttimemeetfierceresistance,givingbirthtothegayrights movement; Star Trek airs its final episode and Sesame Street its first, and on and on and on. Quite a year. As well as a live band playing tunes from the year on stage, CELEBRATION ’69 also looks at the explosion of music that occurred that year - debut albums from Led Zeppelin, Crosby, Stills and Nash, The Allman Brothers, Janis Joplin, Elton John, Chicago, Michael Jackson and the Jackson Five, and, believe it ornot, that’s just a partiallist! CELEBRATION ’69 was created by Mark Shilstone-Laurent who acts as narrator and plays with theband. InadditiontoShilstone-Laurent,theband ismade upoftalentedlocalmusicians,some ofwhom weren’t evenalivein 1969,but,wholovetoplaythesongsfromthatera-justlike manypeoplestilllove hearing them. Special guest star Randall Thayer also makes anappearance.

2. The show features photos, many of which will be shown for the first time, from the collection of rock photographer/journalist Stephen Robert Caraway who passed away in 2015 but left a treasurechest of iconic images from rock and roll’s biggest stars that starts all the way back in 1967. The show is a memorialtoMr.Caraway’sphotosaswellashis spiritthatneverreallylosttrackofwhatthe60’stried to be all about - peace andlove. AlthoughCELEBRATION’69 playsrightintothewheelhouseoftheBoomers wholivedit,it’sashowfor anyone who may be curious as to why the 60’s and its music are considered such a big deal - or for historybuffsthatunderstandjusthowunique1969 was. MarkShilstone 831-915-4550 mark@medialine.com Contact: Marci BraccoCain Chatterbox PR Salinas, CA93901 (831)747-7455 http://www.chatterboxpr.com