For on that night and the thousands that followed, folks had too much of a good time to note the fall of the Old Regime. Few of those pouring in, when the doors opened, could have realized they were witnessing a sea change in Charleston’s social history, or that the rush was similar to the storming of the Bastille. Folks in jeans stared at those in black tie jeweled ladies with swept-up hair looked askance at a men with long hair and earrings. On a sultry night in May 1978, people gathered in front of an empty JC Penny Department Store on King Street. This article was written by Harlan Greene and appeared in Charleston Magazine in an edited form.