{"id":87943,"date":"2021-05-25T15:56:10","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T20:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/?p=87943"},"modified":"2021-05-27T16:40:36","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T21:40:36","slug":"dont-miss-martha-reeves-may-27-at-the-bpac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2021\/05\/dont-miss-martha-reeves-may-27-at-the-bpac\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Miss &#8211; MARTHA REEVES \u2013 May 27 at the BPAC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CLEVELAND, Miss.\u2014<\/strong> On Thursday, May 27, 7:30 p.m. Grammy Award winner and Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Famer\u00a0<strong>MARTHA REEVES\u00a0<\/strong>will take the stage at the Bologna Performing Arts Center (BPAC) at Delta State University. Tickets are on sale at the BPAC Ticket Office, by phone at 662-846-4626.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>When looking for the perfect presentation of the Motown sound and style, few fit the bill as well as\u00a0<strong>Martha Reeves<\/strong>\u00a0and the Vandellas. It was 1963 when they moved from being Marvin Gaye\u2019s original backup singers (\u201cStubborn Kind of Fellow,\u201d \u201cPride &amp; Joy,\u201d \u201cHitch Hike\u201d) to stars in their own right with the trifecta of \u201cCome and Get These Memories,\u201d \u201cHeat Wave,\u201d and \u201cQuicksand<strong>.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Martha Reeves<\/strong>\u00a0and The Vandellas\u2019 distinctive, upbeat, and uplifting music brought together pop and soul, white and black, old and young, like never before, and continues to do so to this day.<\/p>\n<p>Their hits are a thing of legend: In addition to the aforementioned, they include the gospel-tinged \u201cNowhere to Run,\u201d the classic soul favorite \u201cMy Baby Loves Me,\u201d the pop anthem \u201cJimmy Mack,\u201d and the signature, \u201cDancing In The Street.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Martha Reeves<\/strong>\u00a0exclaimed, \u201cI will always dance in the street.\u201d She added, \u201cI am excited to be touring and to stop in the Mississippi Delta the birthplace of America\u2019s music.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Make a night of it with your friends<strong>. Special discount rates<\/strong>\u00a0for churches and other groups\u00a0<strong>are available<\/strong>, call the Ticket Office at 662-846-4625 for details. Don\u2019t miss Martha Reeves, May 27 at the BPAC.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets to see\u00a0<strong>Martha Reeves<\/strong>\u00a0are on sale at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bolognapac.com\/\">www.bolognapac.com<\/a>, or at the BPAC Ticket Office at 662-846-4626. Masks to be worn at all times as required by Delta State University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CLEVELAND, Miss.\u2014 On Thursday, May 27, 7:30 p.m. Grammy Award winner and Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Famer\u00a0MARTHA REEVES\u00a0will take the stage at the Bologna Performing Arts Center (BPAC) at&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":583,"featured_media":87894,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bologna-performing-arts-center"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/583"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87943"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87944,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87943\/revisions\/87944"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}