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...have to endure official haircuts before being admitted. "In Rumania, in Bulgaria, do you know who the native hippies are?" said Mark Altschuler, 23, of New York. "Rich kids, very correct, with G.I. cuts and Oxford blazers. They turn up The Who a little loud and like it was Woodstock, man. They don't dare to get really out of step. You begin to understand why just rock is such a big trip...
...stars continue to have bad luck in films. Musical showcases like Woodstock display them to good musical advantage, but when called upon to act, react or recite a line, they generally perform like stumbling automatons. The Beatles-thanks to the brilliance of Director Richard Lester-managed to escape. But it happened to Elvis, it happened to Sinatra at first, and it is happening now to Mick Jagger, rock's reigning Rolling Stone, who is currently on view in a couple of hapless films...
...coed dormitory. "The kids were more orderly and serious about their studies, so I've changed my mind." Even so, Harte is still cool about some of Chris's other passions, such as the film Easy Rider. "I thought it was just corny as hell," he says. As for Woodstock: "If you don't dig that music ?and I don't?it's a long three hours, I can tell...
...Avoid emotional antics, like losing your temper. They play into the hands of parents looking for an opportunity to brand the Woodstock set immature and therefore incapable of being dealt with on an equal basis...
...they did, many for nearly a week. Forewarned by Woodstock, most had brought enough food to last out their stay. Youths slept in the sun on air mattresses, crawled at night into tents of orange, green, yellow and blue canvas. The more spiritual-minded jammed into an Indian meditation tent. Attitudes toward the music ban varied. "When you alienate so many people, the revolution just picks up steam," said Pat Coons, 23, a camper from Connecticut. Waving to friends on a ski T-bar, a California youth expressed the dominant mood: "This whole thing is playing it lazy...