Going Out to Yasgur’s Farm, but in an Orderly Fashion

Woodstock veterans returned to Max Yasgur’s old farm Sunday, this time for a 30th anniversary show more notable for sweet nostalgia than muddy mayhem.

Nudity, rain, gate crashing and other hallmarks of the famous 1969 show that drew 400,000 people were in short supply at the “Day in the Garden” concert.

Instead, this was a one-day show geared toward ‘60s stalwarts and their families who wanted to hear the likes of folk singers Arlo Guthrie and Richie Havens.

And it was a chance to rekindle a bit of Aquarian spirit many here believe was sullied by rioting crowds at the far larger official Woodstock ’99 last month in Rome, N.Y.

“The word ‘Woodstock’ is out, you can’t use that word,” said Joe Turner, 43, lounging in a lawn chair and wearing a psychedelic shirt. “It’s been blasphemed.”

Turner was one of many 1969 concert-goers to return to the grassy site 80 miles north of New York City. Some, like 53-year-old Lee Augustine of Wawarsing, N.Y., came back with their children.

“I wanted my kids to experience some of the music and camaraderie,” Augustine said as his three young children, sitting with his wife, gobbled curly fries. “You can repeat some of it. You can bring back the music.”