It's been 40 years since Woodstock was celebrated in the Catskills of New York.  Hoeraufs commemorated the event with a party.

We got dressed for the occasion, then hollered upstairs for Mere to take a photo of us before we left home.  When she came around the corner and bumped into me, I think it actually scared her.  Peace!!

Lael attached signs with 60s personalities on our backs and we asked questions of others to discover who we were.  Fittingly, I was that famous non-crook, Tricky Dick Nixon.  Pam shares a children's book written by Max Yasgur's daughter, Abigail, "Max said YES! The Woodstock Story," autographed by the author, no less.  Joe Cocker [Dale] absorbs the lesson while his dog, Sandy, cleans a plate.

Mike and Shelley form the semaphore letters N and D, which, when encircled, formed the peace sign so prevalent back in the day.  The peace sign originated, Lael informed us, as shorthand for Nuclear Disarmament.  We got the idea from the Brits back in the early 60s.

What evening would be complete without Dave cutting a rug with Lael?

Dale plays C,S,N, & Y's "Helplessly Hoping" while Mike holds the lyrics and some of us try singing along.

Dennis and Betty look like they just stepped out of the Age of Aquarius, not too much worse for the wear, I might add.

My wife, Pat Nixon [Betty] tries to get her team to recognize a movie title from the 60s during Charades.  Amazingly, some of our synapses were still firing and no team got completely stumped, although I had to cheat a little to get my crew to recognize, "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid."  (You try it, Smartie!)

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