Name: Beaver Island students travel to Boyne City music festival, 1969
Start: 1969-05-02
End: 1969-05-02
Location: Beaver Island

Beaver Island students travel to Boyne City music festival, 1969

Also 1969 Beaver Island music festival trip

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TypeEvent

Date1969-05-02

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 1969-05-02
Kind: Education
Where: Beaver Island
Carried out by: Beaver Island Grade and High School
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: educationtransportationcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

On May 2, 1969, Beaver Island students in grades five through eight traveled to a music festival in Boyne City. The group used the Beaver Islander and a bus from Charlevoix before returning home.

Evidence and limits

The report documents the educational trip and transportation sequence. It does not identify the festival organizers or list the students’ performances.

Open questions

What music did the Beaver Island students present at the festival?

Sources

Beaver Beacon, May 1969, “Music Festival.”
Reports grades five through eight traveling to Boyne City by Beaver Islander, then by bus from Charlevoix, and returning after the festival.
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Beaver Beacon, May 1969, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held seven-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island students travel to Boyne City music festival, 1969”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-music-festival-trip-1969/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1969, “Music Festival.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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