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Date Posted: 19:01:30 09/03/11 Sat
In reply to:
Gail
's message, "Watkins Glen Summer Jam memories or hallucinations?" on 10:22:35 01/01/09 Thu
>worked there helped build stage was working for fillmor production co i remember it was called a day on the green met all the bands good time
Great to see this subject. I was looking for info on a
>Woodstock 2009 and clicksurfed to this link.
>It is great to see the pics!
>4 of us drove a VW Bug from L.I. to the concert on
>Friday; I ended up hitching back alone 'cause I
>couldn't find the bug on Sunday morning.
>Since it was supposed to be a one day concert, we
>didn't bring camp gear, just blankets to sit on and a
>cooler of peanut butter and jelly sandwich stuff.
>I don't recall much of the drive, except that it was
>dark when we got there, music was playing and we
>decided to get our bearings to the stage by trucking
>through the woods and some little streams of mud.
>Before we got there, the sound checks/music ended.
>Oh well, back to the bug.
>In the morning, I decided to get back to the front
>early, before most of the crowd had awoken, so it was
>easy to step easily between the snoring and groggy
>bags on the ground.
>I ended up slightly to the right of center, 3rd row
>and it was excellent.
>I can not remember if Laura was with me in the
>beginning, but by the middle of the day I never saw my
>friends again until Tuesday back at home!
>I remember someone on stage (Billy Graham I think)
>asked the crowd if anyone had a violin bow, and it
>didn't take very long before a guy came up with one!
>They offered him a backstage pass and he looked
>puzzled. I don't know how high that guy was to turn it
>down.
>Oh, yeah. The wine was very good that was passed along
>the row, but it had a slight bitter "acidy" taste.
>Made the announcement about the "a**holes to get off
>the a**hole poles" even more funny.
>It probably accounts for the fact that I do not
>remember eating, bathroom breaks or other
>miscellaneous activities except listening to the
>music, dancing and laughing.
>When it started raining, one guy asked if I wanted to
>hang in his van until it stopped. He seemed cool and
>said it wasn't far, that there was a group with him
>and it was not far. OK-let's go.
>Well, it was about a 1/4 mile to the left and was a
>rental truck with a bunch of people in the back. We
>sat in the front and all of a sudden he was all hands
>and slobbery.
>No thanks. Very aggressive, tried to make me stay, but
>he was pretty much my size and I got outta there
>intact.
>I don't have a problem maintaining my head.
>Back to the music stage!
>The highlight for me was when they did the lights in
>the sky with the music. It was magical.
>(Please DO NOT tell me that was a hallucination!!)
>This has been long story, but the weirdest is yet to
>come.
>I couldn't find my friend's bug. Turns out I went in
>the wrong direction, so I started asking people if
>they were going back to LI. There was a car with 4
>people, two of whom were going to be dropped off North
>before the other two headed downstate.
>I fell asleep and when I woke up, I was in the car,
>parked on a street about 20 miles from home. I found a
>train station a few blocks away and instead of heading
>out on the island was going towards NYC. DUH. Got off
>next station, only about a dollar left in my pocket,
>started hitching.
>This is suicide today for a 17 year old female, but
>not back then. Got picked up by an off duty cop who
>gave me the lecture but ended up very near home and
>walked the rest of the way.
>GREAT MEMORIES!!
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