Woodstock 1969

The Woodstock Festival of 1969 I . NEWS DISPATCHES : 400 ,000 JAM ROCK FESTIVAL IN CATSKILLS

What the Writer Thought of the Event

For the writer of this article , Woodstock was initially a rock music festival which has threatened to choke itself with an influx of more than 300 ,000 persons ' that turned peaceful and controlled (News Dispatches , 1969 . Along the length of the article , the writer was very much intent on describing the many facets of problems that came up during the event . Vis-a-vis these , however , were narrations of how the

problems were dealt with accordingly and how the otherwise chaotic incidents or disasters turned into a display of control ' from the part of the police , the promoters , and the participants

For one , the writer almost started the article with a of how the traffic and health problems were massive ' It was said that roads that have been closed on Friday were reopened because participants showed the insistence to come to the Festival in the form of leaving their cars some miles away from the concert site to walk towards where the event is being held . Problems of delay-proof transportation ' have also been discussed on account of helicopters being the only means to quick transport , and the said copters being almost filled with the much needed medical supplies for injured and sick participants when they come , and of sick people who need hospital medication when they depart (News Dispatches , 1969

Accounts of accidental death , dysentery cases , crowd-sustained injuries and drug related cases were also narrated to reflect the intensity of the problems that occured in the event . So were problems in accommodation , or the lack of it , and the townspeople 's overcharging of commodity prices such as that of water and cigarettes were reported

However , what was remarkable in how the writer portrayed the event was how he narrated the display of control ' by all the concerned people over the said quandaries . How the police kept their cool ' in terms of arresting drug traffickers and dealing with the crowd . How the medical officers took charge of the situation and gave sufficient medical attention to all who were in need of them . How the performers came and rocked on despite unexpected circumstances and delays . How the promoters dealt with the overwhelming and unexpected influx of hundred thousand participants and with the danger of being unable to collect any receipts on of account of the said participants attending the event without buying tickets . How the townspeople took advantage of the participants but turned benevolent towards them in the end . And how the participating youth displayed a spirit of camaraderie in the midst of adversity (News Dispatches , 1969

In the end , the seeming message of the article was that Woodstock although pestered with the problems that the people of America pre-conceived , had been a display of success over the odds by means of control ' through the unified efforts of everyone that was involved And partly , it was an expression of amazement that...