The Making of Woodstock
Joel Rosenman woke up on Friday, August 15, 1969, at 6:00 A.M. This was the first day of what is now known as the most famous rock festival in history, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair. Joel, along with John Roberts, Artie Kornfeld, and Michael Lang, created Woodstock. Joel woke to one of the biggest traffic jams in history located outside The Pines, the hotel where Woodstock’s staff was staying. Route 17B lead right to the site of the festival, Max Yasgur’s Farm. It took Joel twenty minutes weaving in and out of traffic on his motorcycle to go four miles on Route 17B. The traffic was backed up for ten miles(Rosenman, 155). When the people saw the traffic jam, they knew this thing was going to bigger than they had originally thought. Joel and the rest of the staff have been through hell to get this festival going and now the first day of Woodstock was about to begin. Joel Rosenman was a graduate of Yale Law School and the son of a Long Island orthodontist. Joel met John Roberts on a golf course in the fall of 1966. Within a year they were roommates. Joel thought, “It was instantly a good relationship because he was able to give me so much help in my golf game.”(Makower, 21). Joel made his money by
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Approximate Word count = 3390
Approximate Pages = 14 (250 words per page double spaced)
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