decrease‚ with the dawn of rock and roll and the "sinful"‚ inappropriate culture that it generated. In 1969 somewhere between 40‚000 and 50‚000 people gathered at Woodstock to celebrate their music‚ their love‚ and their freedom in the concert that has remained one of the most influential events of the 60s. “Some say [Woodstock] symbolized the freedom and idealism of the 1960s. Critics argue that Woodstock represented much of what was wrong with the ’60s: a glorification of drugs‚ a loosening of sexual
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Woodstock 69 ’ "Three Days of Peace and Music" The Sixties were an exciting revolutionary period with great cultural change. Some people called it the "decade of discontent" due to the race riots in Detroit and LA‚ and the demonstrations against the Vietnam War. Other people called it the decade of "Peace‚ Love‚ and Harmony". The sixties were about assassination‚ unforgettable fashion‚ new styles of music‚ civil rights‚ gay and women ’s liberation‚ Vietnam‚ Neil Armstrong landing
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The festival included three days of drugs‚ music and nonviolence. Woodstock was a product of a partnership between John Roberts‚ Joel Rosenman‚ Artie Kornfield and Michael Lang‚ they had the idea of three days of peace and music. It was originally going to be located in the town of Woodstock‚ New York‚ but was banned one month before it was going to happen. It took place seventy miles from its original destination in Bethel‚ New York on Max Yasgur’s farm in Sullivan County‚ they owned around six
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THE FAMILY OF WOODSTOCK BSHS 355 xxxxxxxxxxxx October 20‚ 2014 Professor xxxxxxxx The Family of Woodstock Paper This paper will explore the factors that led the Founders to create the Family of Woodstock while discussing its ability to meet the needs of the community. Further discussion will include creation of the agency’s values‚ attitudes and beliefs and how they have changed over its 40 year period of service to the community and how specialization has become a trend in the human services
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On August 15th‚ 1969‚ the incredible music festival known as Woodstock had begun. A six hundred acre dairy farm proved to be one very unique venue for thirty-two musical acts and an audience of about half a million people. (The Woodstock festivals) Everything about Woodstock intrigues me. I can’t even try and compare it to what I experienced when I attended Ultra music festival in Miami‚ Florida this past spring. Of course‚ I plan on telling my children about my amazing time at the three day music
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History Research Project: Woodstock Woodstock was one of the most famous concerts in American history. On one weekend‚ August 15th to August 18th 1969‚ over five hundred thousand people watched 32 acts perform and change the history of rock n roll and popular music. After WW2 and the Depression‚ the people born between 1946 and 1964 were knows as the baby boomers. This generation was highly educated and became involved in the nations affairs. The Vietnam War and the assassinations of Martin Luther
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Family of Woodstock BSHS/355 Family of Woodstock Family of Woodstock is a helping foundation that started in a small town. It helps in a lot of different ways and they are always looking for people to join them‚ this author is going up for an interview but before that she should get familiarized with the history of this foundation. This author will discuss the factors that led the founders to create Family of Woodstock and how they have specialized to meet the needs of the community. This author
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Research Final Woodstock 1969 Every memory of the summer of 1969 is connected to‚ in one way or another‚ the historical event‚ Woodstock. The festival could not have left more of an impact on the “hippie” generation anymore than it did those three days of music and peace. The generation of the time wanted nothing more than what they got out of Woodstock. Today‚ people still look back on the festival and think of how well it made history without the expectance of doing so. Woodstock‚ one of the most
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August 15-19‚ 1969 was the most historic music festival in history. This festival marked the arrival of the Hippie movement and their ways of expressing themselves in rebellion against mainstream America. Woodstock festival gave power to the youth‚ and united people of all ages‚ races‚ and sexes. Although Woodstock may have seemed to only be a concert of drugs‚ sex‚ and rock and roll‚ it became a historical symbol of cultural and social change that defined the Counter Culture. Joel Rosenman was
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Family of Woodstock‚ Inc. BSHS/355 November 14‚ 2014 Family of Woodstock is a place where teens and adults are assisted in many ways. I am an interviewee for the upcoming position here at Family of Woodstock and I would like you to be aware of my knowledge and to let you know why I applied. I am a person that is really interesting in helping other people and that is the reason why I am graduating with a degree in human service. After reading and learning about the facts of Family
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