European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 17, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes Woodstock 94 wednesday August 17,1994 musical Mucky maybe marvelous Saugerties . A it rained. Thousands crashed the Gates. People with tickets could t get in or had to wait for hours. Portable toilets Over flowed. Food occasionally ran Short. Drugs were everywhere. Woodstock 94 bore a Strong resemblance to the original 1969 Rock festival right Down to the fans who would t have missed it for the world. I think sometimes people can reach a common cause Scott Woodell of Chesa Peake Beach my. It s like you leave All your cares behind and just come out to have a Good time. Longing for a Shower and a Good meal mud caked fans packed up their tents and sleeping bags monday and straggled Home. The promoters had meticulous plans for Distant parking lots and shuttle buses for people who paid $135 each for tick ets. But about 200,000 tickets were sold and authorities estimated there were 350,000 people saturday at the crowd s Peak. On Friday fans waited for hours in parking lots because wristbands to identify those who paid had t arrived. The lots filled quickly and one fifth of the nearly 50,000 spaces were lost to haphazard parking police estimated. Some ticket holders arrived to find no room to Park. Trooper Robert Gillespie said they were sent from lot to lot. Others parked their cars on roads or paid to Park in people s Yards and walked As far As 12 Miles to the concert Gillespie said. Richard Kessel executive director of the state consumer Protection Board said monday that he will ask promoters to give refunds to ticket holders who could not get in. If they paid by credit card he said they could try putting a Stop on the charge. State attorney general g. Oliver Kop Pell who is up for election in november promised to investigate and help seek re funds promoter John Roberts said no re funds were planned. Because fans could keep their tickets intact As souvenirs he said there s no Way to Tell who did t get in but it s something Well look  we Don t believe logically that any body who wanted to get in could t get in said fellow promoter John Scher. Tens of thousands of fans streamed in for free because after the first downpour saturday afternoon organizers left much tents and trash Dot the landscape after Woodstock 94 in Saugerties ., As stragglers linger on the concert grounds monday. Of the concert perimeter unguarded to give the Security staff a rest. Scher said promoters expected a modest profit but he would not give a figure. With an album due out this fall and probably a documentary film the proceeds could continue for some time. Although the promoters took heat for their aggressive efforts at making Money off Woodstock they were undercut by others capitalism. The Gate crashing was aided by area residents who used their Auto permits to ferry people to the con Cert for a profit Scher said. So Many people brought alcohol into a concert where none was offered that police had to beg Saugerties merchants to Stop Selling Beer. S the extra people set up Wall to Wall tents and overwhelmed the 2,900 Porta ble toilets. Food service was spotty and a scrip system fell apart As the scrip ran out and vendors started taking Cash. There also were too few Booths to sell scrip and change it Back into dollars when the music was Over. Downpours saturday afternoon and again during Aero Smitn s late night con Cert and at Dawn sunday made the grounds a mud pit. Many people revealed in it while others were disgusted. It was insanity. Lots of mud and lots and lots of drugs and booze said Todd Ellis 21, of Marmora Ontario. It was chaos. It was definitely Worth  through it All the crowd kept Calm. About 4,000 people were treated for mostly minor injuries and medical authorities reported no injuries from Vio Lence. The mosh pit was the most dangerous spot. Moshing involves bodies slamming into each other risky leaps from the stage and body surfing in which mosh pileup hurts 25 on bus carrying concert staffers ers Are passed Over the Heads of dancers. Mike dirt Bass player for the band Green Day injured his Arm and damaged three Teeth after being tackled by a Secu Rity guard amid an onstage mud fight sunday according to a release by the band s Label Warner Brothers. Dirt s injuries forced the cancellation of the band s performance monday with the lollapalooza festival in Miami the re Cord company said. There were 24 arrests half for drug or alcohol intoxication and one for at tempted rape said state police it. Col. James o Donnell. Two people died on the concert grounds one from suspected complications from diabetes and the other from a previously ruptured spleen. Two Chicago women died on their Way Home sunday after the Driver of their car fell asleep and crashed into a Bridge. Farrell a. A a Chicago bound bus transporting Security workers from Woodstock 94 crashed monday in a Chain reaction Accident involving two Large rigs and a flatbed truck. At least 25 of the 30 people on the bus were injured one critically. Police said four vehicles were involved in the pileup an empty flatbed truck Fol Lowed by a tractor hauling a double trailer the bus from Woodstock and a single tractor trailer. Two other buses carrying Woodstock staff were ahead of the. Chain reaction. One was slightly damaged when it was bumped from the rear. About 100 More Security staffers in those two buses were unhurt. The buses were coming from the Festi Val in Saugerties . The staffers worked for Star concert securities of Chicago which protected the stage and lighting equipment. It s a sad Way to end the weekend said John Roberts one of the promoters of Woodstock 94. The Security guards had Little sleep Over the weekend and already were bumped and bruised from their jobs. If we can survive Woodstock we can survive anything said staffer Chris me Clatchey of Chicago. The 5 . Accident 60 Miles North West of Pittsburgh occurred in the Only open westbound Lane of interstate 80. Traffic backed up for 15 Miles. Emergency workers blocked the eastbound lanes to allow ambulances to reach the Accident. Critically injured with a bruised heart was Robert Millard 33, of Sheboygan wis., said Susan Ruth a spokeswoman for Shenango Valley medical Center i Farrell. 0 twelve people were treated and re leased and the others were taken to hospitals for treatment of various injuries. And the beat went on at site of original test Bethel . A country Joe Mcdonald came Back for an encore tuesday when about 1,500 stragglers re fused to leave Max Yasgur s farm. And there was another Flashback at the site of the 1969 Woodstock concert a baby was born in a tent i did t plan to play again today but we re Here and the audience is still Here Mcdonald one of the orig Inal Woodstock performers said be fore the Early morning show. Well play for those departed souls who Are hovering Over the site Viet Nam vets Jajw Joplin Max Assur entertain them a Little bit he said. More than 25,000 people attended a free Impromptu concert Over the week end by Mcdonald soul Asylum Arlo Guthner Richie havens canned heat Mountain Melanie and the rascals. An official anniversary show at the farm was cancelled after poor ticket sales. But people came anyway to be Thel 55 Miles Southwest of Saugerties which was the site of Woodstock 94. At least two babies were born Dur ing the original concert at the farm owned by Yasgur who died in 1973. When her water broke monday morn ing Pamela Longley of new paltz was determined to continue the legacy. You step on that land and you Cani just feel the Energy she said. Medics crawled into her tent to Cut the umbilical Cord after she gave birth to a 5-Pound, 13-ounce son. She had not yet decided on a name. Twenty five years from now hell be at the 50th anniversary with me and his grandmother said the 22 year old mom resting comfortably with her first born at a nearby Hospi Tal