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Every article I have written in the last 10 months or so, I wrote with the hope of bringing lightness to a pretty dark time.

No need to list all the inconveniences and fears that we are experiencing during these bizarre days, so I thought this week I’d share one of my

Senior favorite memories

Corner with you in as much detail as I can recall. As Joe Friday on Dragnet would say, “Just the facts, ma’am, just the facts.” “People’s Party” for the kids that made My saga has the trip. He looked up at the sky and three parts. I have the started playing his amazing version of The

Marla first part remarkably Beatles’ hit “Here Comes the Sun” as the luCkhardt down pat and the sun did just that. It was magical. I was a last chapter as well. 19-year-old mesmerized by his grace. But there was a big fat hole in the middle Spin the hands of time forward to that no amount of brain scratching or 1979 when this Brooklyn and Long Island Googling helped. girl was living in California for about a

With old skip tracing skills learned year. The Berkeley Theater advertised from working at a bank in my youth, a Havens concert with The Unknown I located somebody who could bridge Comic, Murray Langston as the opening the gap to my story. Unfortunately, the act. I jumped at the opportunity to see subject of my story has passed on but Havens again. From his “Gong Show” his enthusiastic fan base, me included, fame, Langston wore a paper sack over his lives on. There is a Facebook fan page, head, ergo the unknown part, and told and I proposed my dilemma there. These corny jokes. After his set, I made a mad wonderful fellow hippies and fans jumped dash to the ladies room so I would not on and the gap was closed. miss a note of Havens. Headed into the

Woodstock was a marvelous lobby, I literally bumped into the singer, experience, and the first man on stage was and he was as gracious as I remembered. a reluctant and soft-spoken folk singer We chatted for a few moments, and I named Richie Havens. Not scheduled reminded him of that song that touched until later in the day, the scheduled first the small crowd at Mountaindale so many act was delayed due to the traffic, so years ago. He smiled, hugged me and was Havens was shuffled onto the stage in off to perform. As the band tuned up, front of almost 500,000 fans with only Havens turned around and said, “Hold on an acoustic guitar and his voice. I am not guys, this is for my friend.” He then picked delusional and realize the first chapter up that acoustic guitar and played “Here of this short trilogy is just a prelude to Comes the Sun.” I could feel the tears well the good stuff, even though he was out up as I knew it was for me. It was by far of sequence and had to play a longer the best experience I ever had at a concert, set than planned, it turned out to be a including maybe even Woodstock! most memorable performance but pretty Memories are so important, intimidating for him. especially now. The times that were

Fast forward to 1970 and the eerily more normal are no longer taken for mysterious festival that never was. A slew granted, and music brings so many of of acts, including the Grateful Dead, these wonderful recollections back all the John Sebastian and The Kinks didn’t time. Crank up your favorite tunes, dance show because of a local court order, in your living room, smile and recall a although the particulars of that order gentler time. I guarantee they will return are vague. The Mountaindale, New York soon, and we can start making more outdoor music and film festivals, known memories, together again. Stay safe, stay as Worth Point, were to run from July well and PEACE. through August. Even though all shows Marla Luckhardt is a Brentwood were canceled, Havens, who arrived by resident who works with several local senior helicopter just before dawn, decided to care and advocacy groups. Reach her at hang around and play at the impromptu marla2054@aol.com.