Two Woodstock goers return after 55 years to glamp and relive the famous festival

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Two Woodstock goers return after 55 years to glamp and relive the famous festival
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Beverly “Cookie” Grant hitchhiked to the Woodstock music festival in 1969 without a ticket and slept on straw. Ellen Shelburne arrived in a VW microbus and pitched a pup tent.

No mud from drenching rains this time. They sat in pavilion seats to watch shows by Woodstock veterans John Fogerty and Roger Daltrey.Beverly “Cookie” Grant and Ellen Shelburne returned to the site of Woodstock after 55 years to relive the 1969 music festival in Bethel, NY.What do last-minute tickets cost for Bethel, NY’s Catbird Festival?

But the return visit still bought back a flood of memories. Shelburne was able to retrace the steps she took as a 21-year-old college student in the photos taken by her then-boyfriend, and future husband, David Shelburne. Grant’s friend dropped out along the way, but she and the surfer made it to the town of Bethel. The last driver dropped them off at the edge of the epic traffic jam outside the festival and gave them a blanket.Ellen Shelburne stands for a photo while walking through the grounds of the Woodstock Music and Art Festival in August 1969.

On a sunny Saturday, Bethel Woods senior curator Neal Hitch drove the women around in a golf cart to explore the spots where David Shelburne shot his festival photos.

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