Geneva YMCA presents
The Drifters and The Marcels
at Smith Opera House
The Geneva Family YMCA celebrates its 2008 “Strong Kids” community support campaign with "Juke Box Saturday Night," an evening of fun and nostalgia featuring the legendary Drifters and The Marcels.
All proceeds go toward program development and subsidies for children whose families cannot afford Y memberships or registration fees.
The Drifters were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988, and have been performing and recording their unique blend of rhythm and blues and soul music since 1953. Current lead singer Charlie Thomas has been with the quartet since 1958. Among their well- known hits are, “There Goes My Baby,” “Save the Last Dance for Me,” “This Magic Moment,” Up On the Roof,” “On Broadway,” and “Under the Boardwalk.”
The Marcels were the group who put the “bomp” in the “bomp-a-bomp” back in 1961 when their first recording, a doo wop version of the standard “Blue Moon,” sold over two and a half million copies worldwide. Today, the Marcels perform their own hits, as well as a “Salute to the Great Juke Box Giants,” including the Temptations, Jackie Wilson, Little Anthony and the Imperials, the Four Tops, the Coasters, and Smokey Robinson and the Miracles.
This is the first time in several years that the Geneva Family YMCA has undertaken a broad-based fundraising campaign. In recent years, the Y has sponsored special events such as golf tournaments and comedy nights, but the limited funds raised from these events have been used to meet core expenses.
Date and Time
Saturday Nov 22, 2008
8:00 PM - 8:00 PM EST
Saturday, November 22nd at 8pm
Location
Smith Opera House82 Seneca StGeneva, NY
Fees/Admission
Reserved seating: $30, $20 & $10VIP: $50- reception with the performers at 6:30 pm, includes prime seating
Website
Contact Information
315-781-LIVE (5483) or toll free 866-355-LIVE (5483)
