The Villages

Amphitheater in Fayetteville will open in style Saturday night as Dennis

Edwards and The Temptation Review will perform their numerous Motown hits.

The amphitheater

is a facility with a tiered seating area that can hold approximately 1,100

people and a lawn seating area. The venue is owned by the Fayetteville

Downtown Development Authority and is overseen by Main Street Fayetteville.

It will be used for a small series of concerts each year as well as for

community and school events. Parking will be in the Fayette County High

School parking lots and, though beer and wine will be permitted in the

venue, open containers and smoking will not be allowed in the parking

lot.

Saturday's

concert promises to be a very special event. Our very own "Survivor,"

Superior Court Judge Paschal "Pappy" English, will be the guest

emcee for the show. The Sock Hops, a group of five guys playing hits from

the 1950s, 60s and 70s, will open the show at 7 p.m. and a dedication

ceremony, featuring the unveiling of the new Fayetteville city flag, will

take place at 7:45 p.m.

At 8 p.m. the

main attraction will take the stage. Dennis Edwards joined The Temptations

in 1968 and helped lead the group to their biggest successes. After he

joined the group they won their first ever Grammy award and led them to

six more nomiantions and five more awards as well as 14 Gold albums.

Edwards was

the lead singer as they recorded a number of number one hits including

"Papa Was a Rollin' Stone," "Can't Get Next to You,"

"Memories," "Cloud Nine" and more.

Tickets to

Dennis Edwards and the Temptation Review are on sale now. Tickets are

$25 for tiered seating and $20 for lawn seating in advance and $30 for

tiered seating and $25 for lawn seating at the door. Gates will open at

6 p.m Phone 770-461-6029 for more information.

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