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August 19, 2002 Woodstock 2004 a definite maybe Thus far, no one's been able to replicate the success of the original Woodstock Music and Art Fair. Michael Lang, one of the producers of the original event, tried when he presented 1994's 25th-anniversary Woodstock "celebration" in Saugerties. That event proved that you could do everything sensibly, correctly and carefully; you could even reprise the hard rain that beat down on the original event's audience, and still wind up with a great big thundering bomb. Then the men who owned the Woodstock copyrights staged the 30th-anniversary show at a deserted air force base in Rome, N.Y. When it was over, one headline said it all: "Rome Burns." So, what else is there to do but look forward to 2004 and the 35th-anniversary edition of the Festival That Will Not Die? Lang said last week he's "considering" mounting "an event of some kind" in 2004. But nothing's concrete. He's not saying where such an event might be staged. All he can do is try. – Jeremiah Horrigan 40 Mulberry Street * PO Box 2046 * Middletown, NY 10940 Telephone 845-341-1100 or 800-295-2181 outside the Middletown, N.Y., area. For optimal viewing experience, click here. Copyright Orange County Publications. All rights reserved.
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