BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Ambassador Theater 50th Anniversary Celebration

DC -- Ambassador Theater 50th Anniversary Celebration:

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Description of Pictures: On Saturday, October 28, come honor the 50th anniversary of DC’s legendary Ambassador Theater, the psychedelic dance hall in Adams Morgan that played host in 1967 to Jimi Hendrix, Canned Heat, Moby Grape, The Hollies, John Lee Hooker, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Vanilla Fudge, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band and more, including local bands Crystal Mesh, Fallen Angels and Mosaic Virus among others. The Ambassador was known for its total immersion light show The Psychedelic Power and Light Company, and was also one of the staging points for the March on the Pentagon, with Norman Mailer rallying protestors from the stage, days beforehand.
There’ll be concert posters, photos, newspaper clippings on display, and a chance to be part of a 50th anniversary reunion—whether old friends who were there and made it happen, meeting again to reminisce, or anyone curious who wants to learn about this unique time in DC history—it’s free admission and open to all.
Spend the afternoon with us, or drop by when you can, anytime between 1-4PM, at Songbyrd, the former Showboat Lounge, 2477 18th Street, NW, directly across the street from where the Ambassador stood.
The restaurant, cafe and record shop will be open, and appropriate soundtrack will be spun live by DJ Nitekrawler, aka Kevin Coombe of http://www.dcsoulrecordings.com/
Keep in touch on email, or on the Friends of the Ambassador Theater page https://www.facebook.com/groups/283328781856036/
Thanks and looking forward to a 50th anniversary celebration of this important piece of Washington DC history.
Jeff Krulik and Mark Opsasnick
http://www.songbyrddc.com/
Major speakers for the event:
* Jeff Krulik (moderator)
* Mark Opsasnick
* Shep Tullier
* Virginia Castlen Vertiz (photographer of Hendrix burning guitar)
* Bill Havu, played drums with Natty Bumpo and filled in with Jimi Hendrix band
* Mike Kelly
* Joel Mednick
* Richard Harrington
* David Battey
* Archer Anthony Jordan

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Copyrights: All pictures were taken by amateur photographer Bruce Guthrie (me!) who retains copyright on them. Free for non-commercial use with attribution. See the [Creative Commons] definition of what this means. "Photos (c) Bruce Guthrie" is fine for attribution. (Commercial use folks including AI scrapers can of course contact me.) Feel free to use in publications and pages with attribution but you don't have permission to sell the photos themselves. A free copy of any printed publication using any photographs is requested. Descriptive text, if any, is from a mixture of sources, quite frequently from signs at the location or from official web sites; copyrights, if any, are retained by their original owners.

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