Woodstock Anniversary and Camp Ma-Ho-Ge

April 15, 2009 | Posted by mahoge

Many of us Mahogeans were about one mile away at camp or at Yasgur’s Farm during August 15-17 in 1969. Some snuck out of camp to attend the Woodstock Nation, some made sandwiches for the hungry kids, some counselors had to guard the camp entrance on Laymon Road, and others stayed in camp and heard the music loud and clear.

Forty years later, all Mahogeans can celebrate our connection to Bethel and Woodstock.

That’s why we are having a a dinner and a movie in Manhattan set for a Saturday night in late August or early September so we can see “Taking Woodstock” which premieres August 14. The movie is about Elliot Tiber who wrote the book of the same title. Tiber’s parents owned the El Monaco Hotel in White Lake
and he was instrumental in bringing the Woodstock Festival to Bethel and changing history. ( I’ve invited Mr. Tiber to join us and, depending on the date, he said he’d try to make it.)

The movie’s official trailer via YouTube can be seen here.

Ma-Ho-Ge is expected to get some ink in an upcoming book on the 40th anniversary of Woodstock. The book is already listed on Amazon.com and should be in stores June 15.

The Camp Ma-Ho-Ge Group on Facebook now has 105 members and is proving to be a great way not only to find old camp friends but to keep up with each other’s lives. It costs nothing to join so those of you on the sidelines, please get in the game and join the party.

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