In Detroit in the 1960&rsquo\;s Motown Rec ords produced hits as efficiently as the Ford Motor Company produced autom obiles. It was the &ldquo\;Sound of Young America&rdquo\; sung by performe rs like The Supremes\, The Temptations\, Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder.&nb sp\; Using audio and visual content Gary Wenstrup will trace the amazing m usical journey from the power soul of &ldquo\;Dancing in The Streets&rdquo \; and &ldquo\;I Heard It Through the Grapevine&rdquo\; to the psychedelic soul of &ldquo\;Cloud Nine&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;What&rsquo\;s Going On&rdq uo\; to the pop soul of The Jackson 5. \; Timeless music that moved us then and moves us now.
\nAfter a rewarding career in advertising sa les\, Gary Wenstrup retired and developed courses on the Beatles\, Simon & amp\; Garfunkel and Motown Records for the Continuing Education Department of College of DuPage. \; Gary has also lectured at over 200 libraries on 20 different music related subjects including artists ranging from Elv is Presley to Fleetwood Mac and The Rolling Stones to Willie Nelson. \ ; Gary&rsquo\;s Beatles presentation was deemed &ldquo\;The Best of The Be st&rdquo\; by the Library Administrators Conference of Northern Illinois ( LACONI). \; Besides being featured on radio broadcasts and in newspape r articles\, Gary is the co-host of the popular podcast Classic Rock Album Olympics. \;
\nThis program is sponsored by The Friends of the Lemont Public Library District.
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