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A Motown Christmas starring the Motown experience kicks off the holiday season with a family-oriented, sing-along holiday spectacular at the Embassy Theatre on Tuesday, December 7, 2021.<\/p>\n
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A Motown Christmas Holiday Spectacular Slated For December At The Embassy Theatre<\/strong><\/p>\n
Fort Wayne, Indiana (July 12, 2021) \u2013 A Motown Christmas starring the Motown experience kicks off the holiday season with a family-oriented, sing-along holiday spectacular at the Embassy Theatre on Tuesday, December 7 at 8 p.m. Member pre-sale will begin tomorrow,
\nJuly 13 at 10 a.m., and tickets go on sale to the public on Thursday, July 15 at 10 a.m.<\/p>\nA Motown Christmas features a world-class vocal group assembled from past and present members of three of Motown\u2019s most legendary groups: The Temptations, The Miracles and The Contours. A Motown Christmas is a powerful show combining Motown\u2019s greatest hits with everyone\u2019s favorite holiday classics. The show features Motown\u2019s trademark dazzling choreography and unforgettable harmonies performed in that memorable, soulful Motown style.<\/p>\n
The show here in Fort Wayne is part of the group\u2019s annual Holiday Tour that includes 19 shows scheduled in eight states.<\/p>\n
Over the course of their career, The Temptations have released four Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles and 14 Billboard R&B number-one singles. Their material has earned them three Grammy Awards. Like its “sister” female group, the Supremes, the Temptations’ singer lineup has changed frequently over the years.<\/p>\n
The Miracles have charted over 50 Billboard hit singles between 1959 and 1978, including 26 Top Ten Billboard R&B Hits, with four R&B #1s. Sixteen of their songs reached the Top Twenty of the Billboard Hot 100, with seven songs reaching the Top Ten, and two, 1970\u2019s “The Tears of A Clown” and 1975’s “Love Machine,” reaching number one, with a third song, “Shop Around,” reaching #1 on the Cash Box magazine Top 100 pop chart.<\/p>\n
In the 1960s, The Contours charted eight hits, including Motown’s first million-seller and its fastest-rising hit of all time, “Do You Love Me.” In 1988, after the release of the movie Dirty Dancing, starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey, “Do You Love Me,” \u2013 a featured song in the movie \u2013 roared back on the charts, outselling its original performance many times over.<\/p>\n
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