Fifty years after missing out on his dream of attending Woodstock, a White Rock man got to live out the long-awaited experience last Saturday, tie (dying) the knot with his fianc茅e on the golden anniversary of the famous music festival.

A righteous event that spun a counterculture movement into three days of 乌鸦传媒渟ex, drugs and rock n乌鸦传媒� roll,乌鸦传媒� Woodstock 1969 still stands for many purists, including James Rockwell, as the Woodstock.

For five decades, anniversary concerts have been held around the globe, each one falling short of what the original music festival 乌鸦传媒� held in mid-August on a dairy farm in Bethel, New York 乌鸦传媒� brought (and meant) to the 乌鸦传媒榝lower power乌鸦传媒� children of the 乌鸦传媒�60s.

That spirit of love and connectivity was celebrated in Crescent Beach over the weekend 乌鸦传媒� exactly 50 years after the legendary event.

Rockwell, dressed in a 乌鸦传媒楤eatles乌鸦传媒� wig 乌鸦传媒� and looking as if he just walked up to the ticket-booth at Woodstock (before the fences were kicked down by hordes of unexpected people) 乌鸦传媒� exchanged rings with Lidia Klimek, who wore a groovy teal dress with knee-high white boots and held a bouquet of sunflowers, at Blackie Spit on Aug. 17.

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About 35 people turned up to the ceremony 乌鸦传媒� each person dressed in more 乌鸦传媒榮hagadelic乌鸦传媒� fashion than the last.

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Wedding guests rolled in decked out in tie-dye and far-out jewelry, carrying signs that read 乌鸦传媒淕roovy,乌鸦传媒� 乌鸦传媒淪ave the Planet,乌鸦传媒� and 乌鸦传媒淟eave Vietnam as a Tourist.乌鸦传媒�

Rockwell described it as 乌鸦传媒渇abulous.乌鸦传媒�

乌鸦传媒淚t was amazing to see how creative everyone was and how authentic everyone was. You couldn乌鸦传媒檛 even tell who your friends were when they came up because it was so well done,乌鸦传媒� Rockwell said.

At the reception, the traditional white tablecloths were replaced by tie-dyed colours. The walls paid tribute to the legends: Janice Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Frank Zappa.

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No detail was spared, down to the pen used to sign the marriage certificate, which was was shaped like a mushroom.

Unfortunately, when Rockwell was 16 years old, he missed Woodstock 乌鸦传媒�69. He was en route to the concert from Nova Scotia, but 乌鸦传媒渉ad a little border trouble.乌鸦传媒�

乌鸦传媒淎s a young hippie at the time, I was anxious to join the experience, now 50 years later, my friends made it come true,乌鸦传媒� Rockwell said.

Asked if the themed wedding made up for the missed festival, Rockwell was quick with his response.

乌鸦传媒淚t did. There was just a lack of drugs at this wedding. Last time, there was plenty,乌鸦传媒� he laughed.