(5 Oct 2023)
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Detroit - 4 October 2023
1. A group of aspiring musical artists performs The Supremes’ hit “Stop! In the Name of Love” during a private donor event
HEADLINE: Motown Museum moves ahead with expansion plans
2. Otis Williams of The Temptations arrives to applause for an event at the museum
ANNOTATION: The Motown Museum CEO is letting donors know what’s going on with the Detroit institution.
3. Motown Museum CEO Robin Terry listens as Williams speaks
ANNOTATION: Robin Terry says full construction on the final phase of the museum’s expansion will get underway in the spring of 2024.
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Robin Terry, Motown Museum CEO:
“That's great news. This is sort of the long-awaited completion of the project. So, we're excited to be at this point.”
5. A person introduces “Stevie Wonder”
ANNOTATION: And fundraising for the expansion has reached $59 million. That’s close to the goal of $65 million.
6. The Wonder impersonator performs
7. Terry at the event for donors
ANNOTATION: Terry provided the updates during a private donor event Wednesday night that honored Motown legends The Temptations and the Four Tops.
8. Aspiring artists perform a hit by The Temptations
9. Williams bobs his head
ANNOTATION: Otis Williams, a 60-plus-year member of The Temptations, was honored at the event.
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Otis Williams, The Temptations:
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“We never would have imagined that Motown would become such a phenomenon worldwide, not just Detroit, not just America.”
11. A group performs a Four Tops hit
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Otis Williams, The Temptations:
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“It's still here. You just got to understand it's a new day, new time, a new era. But the music and the spirit of Motown, it’s very much alive.”
13. A group covering Martha and the Vandellas’ “Dancing in the Street” sings the line (English) “can’t forget the Motor City” to applause
STORYLINE:
The CEO of the Motown Museum says full construction on the final phase of the Detroit facility’s expansion will get underway in the spring of 2024.
Robin Terry provided the update during a private donor event Wednesday night that honored Motown legends The Temptations and the Four Tops.
She says fundraising for the expansion has reached $59 million. That's close to the goal of $65 million.
Otis Williams, a 60-plus-year member of The Temptations, was honored at the event. Earlier in the day, he fielded questions from a group of aspiring performers at the museum.
“It's still here. You just got to understand it's a new day, new time, a new era. But the music and the spirit of Motown, it’s very much alive,” Williams said.
The historic section of the city where Motown Records founder Berry Gordy Jr. built his music empire six decades ago has undergone a facelift in recent years with the addition of an educational programming hub and an outdoor plaza.
Gordy launched Motown in 1959. His late sister, Esther Gordy Edwards, founded the museum in the former Hitsville headquarters in 1985. In addition to the Four Tops and The Temptations, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, The Supremes, Marvin Gaye and many others recorded hits there before Motown moved to California in 1972.
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