I WAS ALWAYS TOLD I WAS A THROW BACK FROM THE SIXTIES

I was six (6) when the Woodstock Festival took place....I was visiting my Aunt Nell's in Centereach , LI at the time.....all I remember is that my oldest sister Anna who was eleven (11) at the time was mad at my Mom because my cousin John (known for hosting 'tea parties' in the basement) wanted to take her with him to Woodstock.....Of course the answer was "NO" and that was the end of that.

However, I did meet the Dead at my very first concert (Terrapin Tour, Burlington VT, May, 1978). Me & my girlfriend Rachel ended up in the Dead's limo going to their hotel....it was quite a fiasco...Rachel was feeling no pain....and while telling the boy's who had picked us up hitch-hiking where we were going so they could drop our backpack...blurted out loud the name of the hotel ....so every groupie, dead-head in the immediate area was on our tail........it was a pretty amazing ride sitting with the entire band in the limo...me holding Jerry's briefcase.

Anyway the whole freakin' time was just surreal.......My friend Rachel's sister attended Philly School of Arts and she had made it possible for us to use the silk-screen art room to make t-shirts......we chose a "Bobby" pic..... "What a long strange trip it's been" (In Rolling Stones Magazine History Book).

We showed up at Bob's hotel door in the morning with a t-shirt for him and he invited us to the next show in Troy, NY........that was a really weird trip to say the least.......we met up with many that we had partied with the night before.....Elise & Terry from NYC.....crazy girls...the four of us went to many shows throughout the following years....it was a blast. Yeah, me and Rachel the virgin groupies.....LOL

My fondest memory of all was when during that first night we met the Dead & were hangin' in the 'party room", after most of the partiers had gone home or into their own rooms ......it was just me and Jerry talking for hours.....I was 15...HOW DO YOU LIKE ME NOW?

Well....I was old enough to make the 25th Anniversary show in '94. My sister Cyndi & her husband Kurt, Bonnie (a friend of ours) and myself took my pop-up and my sisters' van.

My sister and I had made Woodstock II flags for the show that we each carried........at least one of these can be seen in the insert of the Woodstock 25th Anniversary CD. Right upfront near the North Stage......Pretty cool huh?

Cyndi & Kurt left early on Sunday & unhooked pop-up while we were at the show....Bonnie & I stayed sporting work boots & gloves provided by the local public works guy's to help the clean-up crew.....it w as a disgusting, disgraceful mess.........some people just don't get it.............That's all for now.......

Have a sparkling Day! : )