The White Falcon - 04.06.1971, Blaðsíða 13

Weekend jamboree of music & mud
Story & photos by SN Sol Kruger
"It looks like a girl scout
jamboree," as seen through the
I eyes of two American girls,
k But to thousands of others it
Ks Iceland's first rock festival
of the year, held last Friday
through Monday on a farm in Salt-
vik.
When first arriving for the
weekend, the sight of the many
different colors from a distance
made people wonder what was hap-
pening. Hundreds of tents cov-
ered the grassy fields, with more
popping up every time you turned
around. People were wandering a-
round getting to know each other.
The peace sign was being given
back and forth, and one could
tell this was truly going to be
a weekend of togetherness.
The festival began Friday at 6
p.m. with the playing of records
for two hours. The first live
,, group of the evening was Trubrot,
which planned the festival. As
they played, the crowd around the
stage started to grow to get in on
the "heavy sounds" being created.
Manar was the next group to ap-
pear playing Power to the People.
The feeling that was exhibited
through this song was amazing, as
the crowd began to sing along and
the reality of the festival began
to hit the people. Everyone real-
ized that this was their festival
and just by being there they were
making it happen. Throughout the
remainder of the festival, "power
to the people" became the almost
constantly heard chant.
Saturday morning came around
very drearily, bringing with it
clouds and occasional rain showers.
Records began the days festivities
at 10 a.m. with the first group
coming on at 11. Groups played
throughout the day, and apparently
the rain didn't dampen spirits too
much because plenty of people were
on hand for all the groups.
A speaker system was set up on
one of the buildings, and many
people just stayed in their tents
and listened to the music.
Sunday, many people were walk-
ing around barefoot because of the
muddy grounds. Mostof the people
wished they had a pair of boots.
The day's music got underway at
10 a.m. The rains stopped by mid
afternoon and there was an esti-
mated 13,000 people on hand, with
more coming every minute.
The only Americans to play were
Gary Chapel and Bill Drislane.
They were accepted warmly and pro-
ceded to put on a good half-hour
show and were recalled for an en-
core. Included in their perform-
ance was a number Drislane wrote.
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