Unit 1: American Vibes (Tle G1)
The Woodstock Festival
The document
under study is an article from the San Diego Union-Tribune, published in 2019.
It deals with the Woodstock festival that happened 50 years ago.
It was a famous
festival that took place in 1969 in mid-August in a farm situated upstate New York.
It attracted between 400,000 to 500,000 young rock’n’roll fans. As they were
not expected that many people it could have been a disaster, but finally it was
a success thanks to the participants who were helping one another/each other. This
festival is one of the most famous rock festival: its success was due to the
fact that it occurred only once people talked about a once in a life time experience.
There were famous artists such as Santana or Jimmy Hendrix. There were also
lots of young unknown artists that were revealed there to the public.
Moreover,
it was not only a music event but also a political one. Indeed, at the time, there were the assassinations of MLK and the Kennedy
brothers, minorities were victims of police violence plus the mass protests
against the Vietnam War. People were living in an atmosphere of unrest and fear.
Above
all, the Woodstock festival was a way for people coming from different walks of life to live together in harmony and
enjoy a joyful event with good music.
To conclude, the festival built a collective memory that gathered people together and changed people’s lives as it is still in their minds nowadays.
Homework: Learn the lesson.
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