Somewhere in the pic in post 1, sitting pretty much in the middle and not very far back from the stage, is... me.
That's Swami Satchidananda and his entourage who opened the festival Friday afternoon, behind schedule. If I remember correctly, Richie Havens came on next as the first performer.
I had gone for my draft physical Thursday, and come up to the area Thursday night. We stayed about 3/4 mile away in a field, then migrated to a relatively empty area not far from the stage, across a stone wall from the makeshift "hospital".
It didn't rain at all until early Saturday morning... light drizzle.
The heavy rain came Sunday afternoon...got soaked and we left a little while afterwards.
I still have the original ticket (paid $17 for it, I think) and an original staff t-shirt that I got some guy in the hospital to sell me...!