Motown Night

Motown Night

A benefit for The Butterfly Effect Project, Saturday February 8th at 7pm

The event includes a dazzling performance by The Motown Band, a 50/50 raffle, a merch table with a bounty of Butterfly Effect goods for sale to benefit the project. 

"Motown Night" is a fundraiser to support The Butterfly Effect Project. Its mission is to create safe spaces for girls of all socio-economic backgrounds to dream and succeed while eliminating obstacles by giving them the tools they need to succeed. BEP was founded to serve girls living in downtown Riverhead and Riverside, which is the most economically distressed area on Long Island, but also serves the towns of Brookhave, Southold, and Southampton.

Do you love songs like “Heat Wave”, “Ain’t to Proud to Beg”, “Baby Love”, “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”, and “My Girl”? Do you love artists like Smokey Robinson, The Temptations, The Supremes, and The Four Tops? Then, you are going to love this group of talented vocalists and musicians. THAT MOTOWN BAND has been entertaining Motown fans for years.

Joining the Motown Band is Garfield Fleming. Garfield is a Soul Singing Vocalist of legendary status, having been a member of The Delfonics for 25 years with William Hart. Garfield’s obvious resemblance to David Ruffin makes people look twice, but fans get lost in time when he sings! He sounds just like Bobby Womack and David Ruffin, and he can also perform the songs of many legendary artists. In 1981, Garfield released a single, “Please Don’t Send Me Away,” which is still played worldwide. He gained much fame as a solo artist with that song, which was received very well in many countries worldwide.

The Musical Director for That Motown Band is Johnny Gale. Johnny is a Grammy-nominated producer, composer, arranger, vocalist, and guitarist extraordinaire. Johnny Gale is also a renowned expert in the authentic stylings of classic soul, doo-wop, R&B, blues, and rock. Johnny has performed and recorded with Cyndi Lauper, Dion, Ronnie Spector, Darlene Love, Phoebe Snow, Aaron Carter, M2M, Louden Wainwright III, Jules Shear, Joan Osborne, The Soul Survivors, Hank Ballard, the Dells, The Spaniels and hundreds of legendary doo-wop groups. Johnny Gale recently received the East Coast Music Hall of Fame Legend Musician Award.

The Butterfly Effect Project, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization, works to empower, enlighten, and enhance every girl's future, encouraging one girl at a time by eliminating one obstacle at a time and providing safe spaces for girls to dream and succeed. 20 chapters serve youth and communities throughout Suffolk County with a 10-month program which offers skill and character development with enrichment programming.