How would you like to help write the history of the Woodstock era? Here’s your chance to contribute through a variety of media modalities to the Woodstock Museum and even to the 11th Annual Film and Video Festival which will take place Labor Day weekend, 2010.
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Here is just a sample of the questions you can answer if you want to contribute some of your memories from those days:
- “Did you attend Woodstock? What do you remember about the concert?
- How important was the peace and love message of Woodstock on your life then and today?
- Which groups /artists records did you go out and buy during the 1960s?
- Do you associate any particular songs with any experience or event in your life? If so, please describe the songs or album.
- What books, novels, magazines, poems etc. had the most impact on you?.
- What was your most memorable film going experience during this period (Easy Rider, The Graduate, Carnal Knowledge, Other)?
- Can you recall when you first heard the term “flower power” or “flower child?” What kinds of memories do the phrases evoke?
- Where were you when you heard about President Kennedy’s assassination on November 22nd, 1963? What did you remember feeling?
- Anti-Vietnam War demonstrations and protests were widespread in the 1960s. If you participated in any, please describe what happened and the reasons for your involvement? If you didn’t participate, why not?
- How did you respond to Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech on August 28th 1963?
- Were you involved in any “Marches on Washington DC?” What do you most recall about any of them?
- When did you feel the sixties ended for you? Was there a particular event that led to that occurrence? Please describe.
- Describe your most memorable travel during this period when and where and what you learned during the journey.”
If this sounds like fun to you, go to http://bit.ly/beP13M for the full instructions and questions to answer and enjoy. Or pass this information on to the people who might have some answers.
