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Ann
Vowell

Ann was my girlfriend for awhile, summer of '69. Then she went off to college in Farmville, and I lost track of her. Ann, if you see this, email me!

Lee Chambers

Bob
Hopper

I just posted my e-mail address on the list of people. I am the one who
started the Folk Ghetto with finds from the Methodist Church and
members, mostly in the military.

Bob Hopper (Rev.Robert)

Eric

I'm Eric. I helped out in the kitchen and listened to many people in the Rap Room. The Folk Ghetto was my escape from the everyday life of the Navy and the inevitable string of bars and prostitutes that lined the strip outside the main gate.
Leo Kottke once commented that his voice didn't apppear on the Armadillo ablbum as it sounded like "beer and cheese farts over sandpaper". Sad to say mine is much worse sounding. Thus I never appeared on stage.
My main way of contributing was listening to the kids who were not only dealing with the pressures of being a teen, but having to deal with a parent who couldn't seperate the discipline of military life and that of home life. Something, unfortunately, I was all too familar with. (I was the only kid in kindergarten that knew what toe jam was!) I seemed to of had a natural affinity for them as a result and could connect with them mentally and emotionally.
This led to working with Furthur, Inc which founded the First volunteer Hotline in Charleston. I remember taking the first phone call. As the phone was ringing my training to deal with a crisses call consisted of "Go ahead, answer the phone". It was a woman who was suicidal. I was more scared during that call then I ever was in Nam. She let me send an ambulance in the end. I still work with troubled youth.
The people of the Folk Ghetto were the first true feeling of Family and unqualified acceptence I had ever experienced. We were, all of us, in our own way a bit dysfunctional and caught up in a period of our country's history that tore not only the generations, but individual famlies apart. We found refuge and peace in each other and the music dreams of a more just society. People were accepted for who they were no matter where they were along their journey in life.
Yes, I remember you Pete and Goldie as well. I will never forget the attempt by Goldie to reach you by black magic after a tragic experience she had and the consequences the rite had on all present. And how it was Dee, who by whispering in my ear three words, broke the spell that changed the lives of all who were present. Dee, are you out there? I never told you of the crush I had on you. I hope you are well.
The last I heard from Bob Hopper was that he had left the church and started a hand made furniture bussiness.
Gypsy and I have maintained contact over the years and I keep a picture of him and Janet (his wife) on my credenza in my home office.
At the present I will have been married as of this May 20th at 2:20 PM for 28 years. My life's partner and I have two boys. The oldest is in his third year of medical school and yesterday we were priviledged to watch on youngest present his senior thesis for which he received the "Honnor Thesis Award". He will be going on for a PhD in mechanical engineering. My wife and my individual strenghts lovingly compensate for the other's weaknesses. Yet, all said and done, thank goodness my kids took after their mother.
Finally, for the record, my apologies to all I made paranoid while taking pictures at the peace rally and no, I wasn't a narc.

Eric Fox

Goldie

Although we called her "Goldie" for her uncanny resemblance to Goldie Hawn she was anything but the "dumb Blonde" as potrayed by Ms Hawn on Laugh-In. She was intelligent, sensitive, and always willing to do what she could for those she encountered. Her greatest gift was that she gave so much to so many others while seeking nothing in return but a smile.

Eric Fox

Gypsy

Gypsy's full name was Fred Durling, a professor of mathematics. After the Ghetto days he moved to New Zealand and then to Australia.

Jim Coates

Jack
McGuire

Rector of St. Joseph's Anglican Church, Claremore, OK 918-740-1885

Fr. J. David (Jack) McGuire, D.D.

Jim
Coates

I was the tall guy that drove that old DeSoto limosine. Pete Roseman and Bob Gatz taught me how to play guitar and I'd sing Donovan songs and some I made up. I made great friend there and that's what it was all about for me.

Jim Coates

Kaki
Mahoney

It is hard for me to express the feelings that have been brought to the surface. 1968 & 1969 are years that definitely changed the course my life has taken. The Folk Ghetto was a place of refuge where I could feel accepted. One thing I will never forget was when Mary Ann & I were starving and someone from the Ghetto gave us a huge box of instant hot chocolate. I think we lived on that for about 2 weeks. Then Rudy (with the white van) took us out for the best cheeseburger I have ever eaten. Thanks for opening this window to the past. I'll look through my pictures to see if I can come up with some to share. Kaki Mahoney mahoneyk@musc.edu

Kaki Mahoney

Lee
Chambers

I live in Olympia, WA., am a retired computer technician, and enjoy folk music, ham radio (callsign is the same as my email-KI7SS), and travel. I consider my time at Virginia Beach and with the Folk Ghetto crowd to be my "high school classmates", and it WAS wonderful. If you remember me, drop me a line!

Lee Chambers

Peter
Roseman

I know Peter in 2010 - He has many fond memories of his time at the Folk Ghetto. Have
heard him speak of this so often, I sometimes think I have been there. It was a very
important time for him.

Carol Schwartz