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* What: Masters of Soul in Big Time/Small Town Performance Season.* When: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3.* Where: Athens City Middle School auditorium, 200 Keith Lane, Athens, Tenn.* Admission: $20 adults ($25 at door), $10 students.* Phone: 423-745-8781.* Website: www.athensartscouncil.org.* Note: Tickets available online, by phone or at box office, 320 N. White St., Athens.
The Athens Area Council for the Arts will celebrate Black History Month with a performance by Masters of Soul on Friday, Feb. 3, continuing the Big Time/Small Town Performance Season.
Masters of Soul features a cast of 10 - three male vocalists, three female vocalists and a four-piece band - performing favorite Motown hits of the early 1960s and '70s. Their stylishly costumed, fully choreographed tributes pay homage to such iconic artists as the Temptations, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, Four Tops, Diana Ross & the Supremes, the Jackson Five, Stevie Wonder and the Commodores, among others.
The hit list includes some of the biggest songs of Motown's heyday, including "Get Ready," "My Girl," "Ain't Too Proud To Beg," "You Can't Hurry Love," "Reach Out," "Respect," "Proud Mary" and "Midnight Train to Georgia."
The performance season closes with Afro-Caribbean music group Tiempo Libre on Friday April 7.