[Mb-hair] HAIR Reunion Tales and Pics

[Beverly Bremers]

Thanks to all the reunion attendees who have supplied us on the list with
vivid re-countings and pictures! On the pictures, please identify as many
of the folks as you can for those of us who don't know all the faces.
Damn I wish I could've been there! Can we do another one soon?

Oh - Nina, please add me to the list of people who would like a program.
Thanks.

Beverly

----- Original Message -----
From: "tiogajoe at juno.com"
To: mb-hair at islandlists.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] Tioga's Take on the 2005 NYC HAIR Reunion
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 19:49:19 GMT

  Journal 2005-09-10

  Tioga's Take on the 2005 HAIR NYC Reunion

  "The Adventures of Tioga Joe"

  HAIR Date 2005.09.10 (Sat.) CE

  E.T.A. New York-Penn Station 5:00 P.M. E.D.T.
  Wended my way on foot
  West to Broadway,
  Routing me right on down
  "To 4th Street U.S.A."
  And home to LaMaMa
  e.t.c.

  Halfway there,
  At Union Square,
  I had a HAIR
  Moment.

  'Neath the bronze statue of
  Mahatma Gandhi
  Saffron-ed Krishnites
  Served meals, played instruments
  And sang,

  "Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna
  "Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare
  "Hare Rama, Hare Rama
  "Rama Rama, Hare Hare"

  'Natch, I sang along, yet
  Conscious my obesity
  Showed surely
  I was no fellow
  Vegetarian.

  But 'twas sign enough
  Tonight's HAIR Happening
  Would only be good.

  Prosing right along, I found 74-A, 4th Street, U.S.A., home to LaMaMa
  e.t.c. (experimental theatre club).  I knew I was nearing my
  destination, when spiriting from it came this Arlo-Guthrie-ish white
  maned and bearded (and clad) wizard, whom I later met and learned was
  HAIR's own Red Shepard, the (formerly) red-maned, motor-biking Berger
  (L.A. '68) in that wonderful photo recently posted to the MB-HAIR
  List.

  Passing the wizard, I enter to the box office window, where I'm met
  by the comparably hobbit-like HAIR's Michael David Arien (Revival
  '74), whom I recognized from the Bridgeport, Connecticut, HAIR
  attendees photos.  I'd missed meeting him then, but now had the
  pleasure, and it indeed was a pleasure--the perfect host to meet and
  greet the in-coming HAIR Reunionarians.

  And HAIR's Corrine Broskette arrived on my coat tails.  She, too,
  would make me feel so at home and so welcome at this wonderful Be-In.

  (Oh, Man, I know if I start this naming-everybody thing, I'm going to
  miss somebody, so, I beg your pardon in advance.  Chalk it up to
  A.D.D., P.T.S.D., and maybe even T.H.C.)

  Ah, the Hostess with the Most-est was our Little Birdie, Nina Machlin
  Dayton, and what a Master of Ceremonies was our "What a Piece of Work
  Is Man" (O.B.C.) Walter Michael Harris!

  And there was Natalie Mosco (O.B.C.), Trevor Dayton, Debbie Andrews,
  Ross MacLean, Robin McNamara (Broadway '71/Divine HAIR, Mass in F),
  Leo Lunser, Lisa and Sean (Dauber) Courtney, Bill Swiggard, Robert
  Camuto, Sally Shafer and her handsome beau from Florida, Jeff Lunger,
  Sherwin Ross, Cara Robin, and others I had the pleasure of mingling
  with.

  Was honored with a hug from Michael Butler and a brief chat with Jim
  Rado, both of whom I'd met at previous HAIR-ish engagements. 
  Although I sat near Tom O'Horgan and caught a glimpse there of Galt
  MacDermont, I refrained from imposing myself on them, since they
  wouldn't know me from Adam, and there were so many present who had
  worked directly with them in the past, who better warranted claiming
  their time and attention.

  Also was honored to have join me at my table Heather MacRae (L.A.
  '68).  I'd reminded her that in the late '80s, we were briefly
  upstairs/downstairs neighbors in a two-family house in Ossining, New
  York.  HAIR had never surfaced in conversations back then, so there
  was understandably a bit of wonderment about my presence at the HAIR
  Reunion (and, oh, man, you should have seen/heard her belt it out
  singing "Flesh Failures" on the archives video playing in the lobby
  that night -- made it all the more sweet to hear her lead it onstage
  during the night's sing-along: "We starve, look at one another short
  of breath, ...."

  Have we mentioned enough what a wonderful host was Walter Michael on
  stage that evening?

  And how sweet to hear, live, Shelly Plimpton (O.B.C.) serenading Tom
  O'Horgan with her trademark rendition of "Frank Mills."

  And it turns out the pixie next to me, singing every word to every
  HAIR song sung that night, was Shelly's daughter, actress Martha
  Plimpton, who gave me the sweetest giggle when I flashed her (hiding
  under my lapel) my circa-1979 photo of me sporting Z Z Top-length
  long hair and beard.

  Martha's pop, actor Keith Carradine, added to the Sunshine shining on
  the party.

  And then SNL comedian Fred Armisen joined Martha, and what a warm,
  kind gentleman he seemed to be, as he shook my hand and acknowledged
  my greeting to him.

  I also, perhaps too boldly, shook Ben Vereen's hand (L.A. '68) as he
  arrived.  Later, Corrine kindly introduced him to me, and I said,
  "Yeah, I kinda grabbed your hand and shook it earlier," and he kinda
  chuckled and said, "Yeah, you did!"

  Although I did indeed notice the yellow sport-coated handsome gent
  with the Rod Stewart hair and his Cher-ishly lovely wife Helene
  (Morrison) Masiko (Touring Co.), I'm afraid I didn't meet them.  I
  hope I'll have another opportunity to in the not too distant future.

  And so many more there that I didn't get to meet/pay my respects to,
  but to whom I hope my respect vibes got through.

  Oh, and what a spread!  Sushi out the wazoo (num num), and plenty of
  other tasty treats.

  And the HAIR logo/poster cake!  Can you beat that?

  Then, to wrap it up, I had the pleasure of training back to the
  Jersey Shore in the company of Sean and Lisa from (our mutually
  current home town) Ocean Grove, where Walter Michael visited that
  very morning!

  Man, what an evening!  What a Trip! 

  Thanks to all who made the Happening possible, and thanks to all who
  made, and continue to make HAIR possible.

  And thanks to all who've posted online photos from the event!

  (How'd I do with my report?)

  Peace,

  Lee Joseph de Tioga Livingstone Smith

  Dr. Sibley

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