Woodstock 40th Anniversary 2009 Update from Alan

I just got off the phone with Alan of Musicians and Fine Artists for World peace. He was having me do some things and asked me to post this:

Dear friends of Musicians for Peace

Musicians for Peace has now formed a working committee of our members and
producers to help organize and promote events and tours for the 40th Anniversary
Woodstock in 2009. Some of the previous Woodstock reunions got bad press, were
accused of being too commercial and of booking some bands that were out of
character with what the true spirit of Woodstock was all about.

We plan to hold that candle and link with many of the festivals that want to
celebrate the 40th anniversary with us as well. We also plan to create a
rooster of intergenerational musicians that represent this spirit and are available
to play at Woodstock Anniversary Tribute events, including some that were at
the original event.

The first Woodstock exceeded even the expectations of its visionary founders
because it transformed itself into a spontaneous and magical happening for all
those involved and that experienced it. Woodstock represents something
special even to those that were too young to attend or not even born then. What
started as a well planned and ticketed event embraced the elements of chaos and
hoards of expectant concert goers and became a free event. It will always be
remembered as the greatest of all gathering ... some half million people
celebrating peace and love together in the midst of a tragic war.

"Some came to sing, some came to pray. Some came to keep the dark away. We
were so close, there was no room. We bled inside each other's wounds. We all had
caught the same disease. And we all sang the songs of peace." - Melanie's Lay
Down (Candles in the Rain)

This project is in its infancy and we are inviting you to follow our
development at http://passion.edu/elearn/mod/resource/view.php?id=1712

Might you want to be on our advisory committee for that and take a more
active role? If so, please send me your contact info, a short bio, a photo and a
statement of what the original event meant to you, what you might like to see
happen for the 40th anniversary and what you have to offer to help make this
happen.

Please forward this email to anyone you think would like to be on or
committee or to any performers or bands that may want to be included on our Woodstock
Anniversary Tribute Performer list.

I recently found out that the Obama transition team is interested as well.
LouRicca invited Obama under the Musicians and Fine Artists for World Peace -
MFAWP banner since, out of all of our organizations, MFAWP is the organizer on
top of all of our individual ones. Please see our Obama portrait on my blog at
http://www.myspace.com/musiciansforpeace


When Joni Mitchell wrote the lyrics to her Woodstock song (inspired by Essra
Mohawk), "By the time we got to Woodstock, we were half a million strong and
everywhere was song and celebration. And I dreamed I saw the bombers riding
shotgun in the sky, turning into butterflies above our nation," it was more than
inspirational, it was truly prophetic. In fact, in 1997 we were invited to do
a butterfly release at the Woodstock Reunion in Bethel, New York from the
original Woodstock stage. What was called 'flower power' then is evolving into
'butterfly power' now and being embraced by even more people than embraced the
peace and love generation of the 60's.

BTW, Essra is one of our board members and played at the 40th Anniversary of
the Summer of Love in Golden Gate Park and was in the Mothers of Invention and
the Jerry Garcia Band. She was also my host in Nashville. I was at her home
in Nashville in October 2008 setting up a Musicians for Peace Chapter when we
got a call from Melanie, also from Nashville, and heard about our meeting. She
has since joined our cause as well as more than 3000 others in 57 countries
including Donovan, Patti LaBelle, Pete Seeger, Melba Moore, the New Rascals,
Willie Nelson's Peace Research Institute, the Dalai Lama, Holly Near, Country
Joe, Wayne Dyer, Patch Adams, Jean Houston, Dennis Kucinich and Deepak Chopra's
Alliance for a New Humanity.

We are also willing and looking forward to doing a butterfly release at any
of the Woodstock Anniversary events that would welcome us, including having the
attendees form a huge butterfly image as was done by conceptual artist Daniel
Dancer of Art for the Sky at the Presidio Middle School in San Francisco at
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/07/BA6P13VLKG.DTL
and on our website at http://passion.edu/elearn/mod/resource/view.php?id=1705
Please see the video, that includes Daniel Dancer and myself getting the kids
in position at
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2008/11/07/BA6P13VLKG.DTL&o=6 and a longer version at http://www.vimeo.com/2209733
For more information about Daniel Dancer's Art for the Sky program and images
from past projects, go to http://www.inconcertwithnature.com

Please feel free to share your ideas and let me know if you want to be
involved and what you have to offer to help make this happen.

Those getting involved with the events and tour include:

Artie Kornfeld - FL - Known as the father of Woodstock. Available to speak at
40th Anniversary Woodstock events. http://www.artiekornfeld-woodstock.com
Toney Burkhart - San Francisco, CA - Stage manager - Worked for Bill Graham
back at the old Fillmore West in San Francisco and was stage manager for the
Chet Helms Tribal Stomp Memorial and again for the San Francisco Summer of Love
40th Anniversary concert. - San Francisco, CA
http://www.myspace.com/toneyburkhart
Hal Uplinger - (from LiveAid) Los Angeles, CA Currently working on
Project-Peace on Earth with Steve Robertson http://www.project-peaceonearth.org
Andrew Hernandez - Producer of the 40th Anniversary of Summer of Love in
Monterey http://www.sfsummeroflove.com
Nathan Koening and Shelli Lipton - Woodstock Museum
http://www.woodstockmuseum.com
Joanne Hague - Woodstock Preservation Archives
http://www.myspace.com/woodstockpreservation and http://www.woodstockpreservation.org
Allan Spielman - RetroFest Producer - Revitalizing the great genre of music
from the Pop festivals of the late 60's - early 70's. www.myspace.com/retro1969
The Magic Bus - Vallejo, CA Woodstock tour connecting the western festivals.
http://www.magicbustrips.com
Steve Keyser - San Rafael, CA stevekeyser@hotmail.com
Wim de Neef - Woodstock on the Maas - festival in the Netherlands that
Melanie is involved with http://www.woodstockaandemaas.nl
Kurt Kelly - Live Video Inc and Backstage Pass Los Angeles, CA
http://www.myspace.com/kurtkelly and http://www.myspace.com/livevideoincnews
The Gandhi Peace Tour - Switzerland http://www.myspace.com/gandhitour
Lou Ricca - EuroRock - Switzerland http://www.myspace.com/peacefullsail
and http://www.myspace.com/eurorock
Heidi Little - Austin, TX Produced the Sustainable Living Roadshow in
Austin in 2008 http://www.myspace.com/heidilittle http://www.heidilittle.com
Essra Mohawk - Nashville, TN www.myspace.com/essramohawk (She was one of
the first women to explore progressive rock in the 60's. She was a muse to both
Joni Mitchell and David Crosby and the inspiration for David's song Deja Vu
performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young and Joni's song Woodstock. Her songs
have been recorded by Tina Turner (Stronger than the Wind), Vanilla Fudge
(The Spell That Comes After), Bob Weir (Haze), Lorrie Morgan, Peabo Byron, Kb Mo
and Cyndi Lauper, whose recording of Change of Heart scored a #3 pop hit, and
many others.)
Beth Ann Hilton/The B Company - Studio City, CA - Marketing and PR
http://www.thebcompany.com
Lokesh aka Tranzatma - San Francisco, CA www.tranzatma.com
Cal Jennings/Space Eagle Productions - TX http://www.spaceeagleproductions.org


May Peace Prevail on Earth & In Space!

Alan Moore
Musicians & Fine Artists for World Peace - Founder & director
www.butterflyspirit.org/projects/mfawp_list.php
http://www.myspace.com/musiciansforpeace
Butterfly Gardeners Association - Founder & director
www.butterflyspirit.org
Authors for a Positive Millennium - Co-director
PO Box 1511, Vallejo, Ca 94590
415-424-7238 bflyspirit8@aol.com

40th Anniversary of Woodstock Events Committee Invite