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The Sixth Be-In, again held at the San Francisco Fashion Center, had roughly 3500 attendees. The Main Stage show began with classic performances by Amy X Neuburg and Trance Mission, Global Vortex (now known as Second Sight) offered an encore performance. Digital artist Roz Dimon from New York and Jon Anderson (singer and co-founder of Yes) and Thomas Dolby from London attempted to join the party via sponsor AT&T's color Picasso videophone, but sound system snafus botched the low-bandwidth link. Tim Leary, hospitalized with pneumonia, missed physical attendance. The evening's main high point was the first Millennium Ceremony, produced by Dan Mapes featuring a remarkable performance by the Earth Circus Dance troupe, and, led by worldbeat drummer Muruga and a stable of stage dancers, an ecstatic, 20-minute Be-In Peace Jam. The evening's performances ended with The Hang Dynasty - Scott Page (Pink Floyd/Supertramp saxphonist) Jeff "Skunk" Baxter (Doobie Brothers guitarist) and other top talents jamming with Jimmy Dright's United State. Lead sponsor AT&T was joined by 7th Level, Fractal Design, Silicon Graphics, Comptons New Media, ION and others. |