CCC hosting tribute to musical legends

CLOVIS — A taste of Broadway and a tribute to two musical legends will be making its way to Clovis soon as Cruising Steady brings the music of Motown.

Cruising Steady: The Music and Friendship of Smokey Robinson and Aretha Franklin will be the next entry into the Clovis Community College Cultural Arts series, featuring some of Robinson's and Franklin's greatest hit songs performed by Broadway singers Patrice Covington and Jesse Neger.

The lineup includes hits “Respect,” “I Second The Emotion,” “Chain of Fool,” “Ooh Baby Baby,” “Natural Woman,” “My Girl,” and more.

“I think the community is going to go nuts for this one,” said Cultural Arts Series Director Christy Mendoza. “We love Motown here in Clovis and I think we'll see the Clovis audience up and dancing. We can be dancing fools here and we love it.”

Unlike the previous show, Take3, Cruising Steady won't have an outreach program with local students, but the Cultural Arts Series’ next two shows — “New Mexico Workshop's Roots of Jazz” and “State Street Ballet Presents The Junglebook” — will both have special outreach shows with Clovis students.

Cruising Steady was originally scheduled to perform on Thursday, but has been rescheduled to Feb. 18. The show kicks off at 7 p.m. at Marshall Auditorium.

Tickets will be $20 for general admission, $15 for students, service members and seniors or $45 for a five-person family pass. The box office opens at 2 p.m.

Information: call 575-76904031 or visit: http://www.clovisarts.org