We Shoulda Done Woodstock

I have heard that phrase every August....for 40 years!

My husband and I just celebrated(?) our 40th wedding anniversary this month and every year he uses the occasion to remind me we had the opportunity to attend the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival and have a lot more fun!

So this year, since we were taking a brief car trip get away to Corning NY, I plotted a return route that would finally take us to Woodstock and free me from the mantra!

My first discovery was that the Woodstock festival wasn't in Woodstock at all. After many obstacles to production the promoters moved it to a cow field in Bethel NY ....."just down the road apiece". It was actually at least 50 miles away, but on the route...so we made the detour!

Now I knew a plaque had been erected and last year they had opened a small museum, but I wasn't prepared for what we found!

But....a little more in the spirit (of peace and simplicity)....down at the bottom of the hill was the commemorative plaque! (you New Yorkers may have caught us on the evening news...we were interviewed by an AP correspondent who liked our story)

Can You Read Those Names??

We soon found out that the beautiful building we first saw was the Bethel Woods Music Hall. The museum tribute to "Woodstock" was in a separate area of the building.
Because this was the 40th anniversary month, there was a special acknowledgement of the occasion.

This says it all!

This is the closest my husband will get to fulfilling his fantasy!

No picture taking was allowed indoors so I have none of the exhibit itself but I can tell you there was lots of information and great presentations that were strangely able to make you feel you had ALMOST experienced just a bit of the moment!

Funny...when we left there I came close to agreeing...

We Shoulda Done Woodstock!!

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Concord NH Area Realtor