Post by Emerald City on Aug 22, 2004 13:00:37 GMT -5
By Susan Whitall / The Detroit News
On Aug. 28, singers Martha Reeves, Mary Wilson of the Supremes and Kim Weston will reunite with their Motown backing band the Funk Brothers for a Chene Park concert dubbed "Legendary Ladies of Motown."
The concert is a benefit to raise money for Bridgefest, a
proposedmonth-long summer festival for Belle Isle. Bridgefest would start upin July 2006 and run for 30 days, much like the city of Milwaukee'sSummerfest, which has been a July tradition for 25 years on that city's waterfront.
Why call it Bridgefest? Organizer Steve Tegeder, who was a vice-president of advertising for MTV for 14 years, says it's because the MacArthur Bridge to Belle Isle is where Detroit's race riot of 1943, which spread up to Woodward Ave. and claimed 34 lives, was sparked on June 20 that year.Years later, in April of 1967, police battled young people on thebridge who had gathered to watch revolutionary rockers the MC5 playon the island.
With all of this history, Bridgefest would be intended as a healingevent. "We'd use it as a symbol to promote diversity through musicand entertainment," Tegeder says. Bridgefest would be co-sponsored by the promoters of Milwaukee's Summerfest.
When: 8 p.m. Aug. 28.
Where: Detroit's Chene Park.Tickets: $25-$75. On sale at all Ticketmaster locations, (248) 645-6666, www.ticketmaster.com and the Chene Park box office.Information: Call (866) 552-7537.
You can reach Susan Whitall at (313) 222-2156 or swhitall@detnews.com.
On Aug. 28, singers Martha Reeves, Mary Wilson of the Supremes and Kim Weston will reunite with their Motown backing band the Funk Brothers for a Chene Park concert dubbed "Legendary Ladies of Motown."
The concert is a benefit to raise money for Bridgefest, a
proposedmonth-long summer festival for Belle Isle. Bridgefest would start upin July 2006 and run for 30 days, much like the city of Milwaukee'sSummerfest, which has been a July tradition for 25 years on that city's waterfront.
Why call it Bridgefest? Organizer Steve Tegeder, who was a vice-president of advertising for MTV for 14 years, says it's because the MacArthur Bridge to Belle Isle is where Detroit's race riot of 1943, which spread up to Woodward Ave. and claimed 34 lives, was sparked on June 20 that year.Years later, in April of 1967, police battled young people on thebridge who had gathered to watch revolutionary rockers the MC5 playon the island.
With all of this history, Bridgefest would be intended as a healingevent. "We'd use it as a symbol to promote diversity through musicand entertainment," Tegeder says. Bridgefest would be co-sponsored by the promoters of Milwaukee's Summerfest.
When: 8 p.m. Aug. 28.
Where: Detroit's Chene Park.Tickets: $25-$75. On sale at all Ticketmaster locations, (248) 645-6666, www.ticketmaster.com and the Chene Park box office.Information: Call (866) 552-7537.
You can reach Susan Whitall at (313) 222-2156 or swhitall@detnews.com.
