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  • People The Impact Of Woodstock
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    Woodstock '69 Many large concerts occurred throughout America in the summer of 1969, but none were as well known and symbolic as Woodstock. Its message was clear; three days of Peace and Music. Its impact on America's culture and society as well as its youth will not be forgotten for many years to come. Four men named Michael Lang, Artie Korn field, John Roberts, and Joel Rosen man originally established Woodstock. The men's initial idea for the festival was to promote the idea of a new recordin...
  • Woodstock Music And Art Fair In 1969
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    The Woodstock Music and Art Fair in 1969 drew more than 500,000 people to a pasture in Sullivan County, New York. For four days, the site became a counterculture nation in which minds were open, and drugs were accepted. The fans were attracted by the presence of the most famous rock bands and performers of the time. The music began Friday afternoon August 15 and continued until mid-morning Monday August 18 The counterculture's biggest bash, which ultimately cost $2.4 million, was sponsored by fo...
  • Woodstock Music Festival
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    WoodStock music festival, took place near Woodstock New York, on August 15, 16, and 17, 1969, and became a symbol of the 1960's American counterculture and a milestone in the were often referred to as hippies and who characteristically and authority, protested against the Vietnam War, supported the civil rights movement, dressed differently, and experimented with sex and illegal use of drugs. Woodstock began by four partners Michael Lang, the manager of a rock band, Artie Kron feld, an executive...
  • Black Panthers And The Weather Underground
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    The sixties were turbulent times for America, both domestically and abroad. During the sixties America witnessed the assassination of a president, the assassination of a civil rights leader, a conflict in Vietnam, and a counterculture revolution among the youth. The counterculture would peacefully protest and rally against the government early on, but as the decade progressed, the counterculture would split into various factions. Some of these splinter groups would carry out violent measures to ...
  • Mary Kate And Ashley
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    This story begins in Mary Kate and Ashley's room. They have turned 16 the past week. Both of them were going to a Music festival. They got everything packed and went downstairs and their parents gave them two things a pink car and each of them a cell phone. While going there, they got lost however they both found there way to the Music Festival. They really wanted interesting jobs however they didn't got what they wanted to do. Mary Kate worked at the back stage (she help to set up the things at...
  • Woodstock Festival And Art Fair
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    Woodstock 1969: Peace and Love Woodstock was a rock music festival that took place near Woodstock, New York in a town called Bethel. The festival took place over three days, August 15, 16, and 17, 1969. The original plan for Woodstock was an outdoor rock festival, 'three days of peace and music' in the Catskill village of Woodstock. The festival was expected to attract 50,000 to 100,000 people. It was estimated that an unexpected 400,000 or more people attended. If it weren't for Woodstock, rock...
  • Problem At The Festival
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    Woodstock In 1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair drew more than 450,000 people to a pasture in Sullivan county. For four days, this site became a "counter cultural mini-nation" in which drugs were all but legal, music was plenty, and love was free. The music began Friday afternoon at 5: 07 p.m. August 15, and continued until mid- morning Monday August 18. The festival closed the New York State Thruway and created one of the nation's worst traffic jams. It also inspired a bunch of local and st...
  • Monterey Pop Festival And Woodstock
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    First there was love and music. Then there was love, music, and a lot of drugs. Lastly there was love, music, a lot more drugs, and death... The ugly turn was taken at the Altamont Speedway during a festival promoting free rock music and peace all around. The festival soon turned from carefree to tragedy with one lick of the guitar. The whole idea around the Altamont Speedway music festival was the idea of the ever so present Rolling Stones. The Stones being a rock band, who wanted to, in a way,...
  • Woodstock Music And Art Festival Of 1969
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    True believers still call Woodstock the capstone of an era devoted to human advancement, said Cynics. Then there are those who said it was a hell of a party. The Woodstock music and art festival of 1969 drew more than 450,000 people to a field out in Sullivan County for four days (tiber). This field became the site of a counter cultural mini-nation where minds were open, drugs were everything but legal and love was free. The music started late Friday afternoon at about 5: 07 p.m. August 15 and c...
  • Music Festival Known As Woodstock
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    Woodstock: A Peaceful Rock Revolution To some, the 60's were a decade of discovery as Americans first journeyed to the moon. Others remember the time as a decade of America's moral decline with the advent of rock and roll and its representation of "sinful", inappropriate ideals. Yet for many people, the 60's symbolized a decade of love and harmony. Hippies exemplified these beliefs, and in 1969 they gathered at a music festival known as Woodstock to celebrate their music, their love, and their f...
  • Musical Qualities Of A Festival
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    If I had not known the name or where this piece of music came from, I would still be inclined to listen to it as program music. Even without the title, the song strongly portrays a series of powerful narratives. The first few seconds of the music serve to get our attention, we then hear a pause and the introduction of the violin. This violin acts as an introduction for the rest of the movement. It is as if it the narrator were preparing us for the series of events we are about to take part in. T...
  • Concert With The Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra
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    Since winning the Bach prize in the International Guitar Competition for Students in Europe in 1987, Andreas von Wangenheim performs throughout Western and Eastern Europe, North America an the Far East. As an active chamber musician, his partners are for example: The Hamburger Symphoniker, the mezzo sopranos Graciela Araya and Cecilia Toledo, The International Guitar Quartet (with Oscar Ghiglia, Stephan Schmidt and Benjamin Bunch) and the Efim Jourist Quartet (Russian Tango). His particular inte...

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