You've all heard "Woodstock" by Crosby Stills Nash & Young. If you haven't, you have 43 years of catching-up to do.
I'll bet that unless you're one of her fans, you probably didn't know that Joni Mitchell actually wrote the song. She was going to perform it, but wasn't able to go to the festival. So CSNY--who were performing only for the second time as a group--did it.
But I digress. I was thinking about that song--and about Melanie's "Lay Down" when I took this photo with my cell phone:
Yes, I was in NYC Pride. I marched with the Anti-Violence Project (and wore one of those T-shirts). Near the end of the march, we passed the Stonewall Inn, where the events that made Pride possible took place on a hot early summer night in 1969.
It's the first time in four years--and since my surgery--that I've marched. I normally don't care much for parades--as a marcher or spectator--but I make an exception for Pride. And marching with the Anti-Violence Project was right for me: I've been volunteering with them, and they (especially one counselor, "Miss Vicki" Cruz), have helped me to deal with the aftermath of a relationship.
After marching with AVP, I walked over to St. Luke In The Fields--only steps from the end of the march--for a picnic and Evensong. A contingent from the church--and the Episcopal diocese--promenaded down Christopher Street about three hours after AVP.
I don't know how many people marched or spectated, but I'd bet that number is much larger than that of those who performed at, and attended, Woodstock! And, yes, we were strong and all the other things (except, perhaps, as full of drugs) as were those who went to Max Yasgur's farm to see and hear CSNY, Jimi Hendrix and all of those other legendary performers.
We got Lady Gaga and Edie Windsor. While Edie's not a performer, she's one of our stars. At least, she deserves the "star" treatment!
I'll bet that unless you're one of her fans, you probably didn't know that Joni Mitchell actually wrote the song. She was going to perform it, but wasn't able to go to the festival. So CSNY--who were performing only for the second time as a group--did it.
But I digress. I was thinking about that song--and about Melanie's "Lay Down" when I took this photo with my cell phone:
Yes, I was in NYC Pride. I marched with the Anti-Violence Project (and wore one of those T-shirts). Near the end of the march, we passed the Stonewall Inn, where the events that made Pride possible took place on a hot early summer night in 1969.
It's the first time in four years--and since my surgery--that I've marched. I normally don't care much for parades--as a marcher or spectator--but I make an exception for Pride. And marching with the Anti-Violence Project was right for me: I've been volunteering with them, and they (especially one counselor, "Miss Vicki" Cruz), have helped me to deal with the aftermath of a relationship.
After marching with AVP, I walked over to St. Luke In The Fields--only steps from the end of the march--for a picnic and Evensong. A contingent from the church--and the Episcopal diocese--promenaded down Christopher Street about three hours after AVP.
I don't know how many people marched or spectated, but I'd bet that number is much larger than that of those who performed at, and attended, Woodstock! And, yes, we were strong and all the other things (except, perhaps, as full of drugs) as were those who went to Max Yasgur's farm to see and hear CSNY, Jimi Hendrix and all of those other legendary performers.
We got Lady Gaga and Edie Windsor. While Edie's not a performer, she's one of our stars. At least, she deserves the "star" treatment!
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