November 15: Fall Into Praise

You're invited! Join us at the Center Theatre Hartsville on Saturday, November 15, 2014 from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.

All proceeds will benefit the Hartsville Boys & Girls Club. Contact Dianne Montgomery

at the Hartsville Club (843-332-1400) for information about tickets or sponsorships. 

Steel Magnolias presented by the Hartsville Community Players, August 8-10

Renofest 2014 is set for March 21st - 23rd in downtown Hartsville

Click here to visit the Renofest website and

 learn more about the Pee Dee's top bluegrass event.

The Impressions are Coming to Hartsville's Center Theater

27th Annual Hartsville NAACP Freedom Fund Celebration

to Feature The Impressions

The Hartsville Branch of the NAACP will present its 27^th Annual Freedom Fund Celebration on Saturday, November 12 at 7:30 p.m. at the Center Theater at 212 North Fifth Street in Hartsville.

This year’s featured entertainment will be the legendary Chicago R&B and Soul group, The Impressions. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991, the Impressions are famous for their hits I’m So Proud, People Get Ready, Gypsy Woman, For Your Precious Love, and Keep on Pushing.

The group was founded as The Roosters by Chattanooga, Tennessee natives Sam Gooden, Richard Brooks, and Arthur Brooks, who moved to Chicago and added Jerry Butler and Curtis Mayfield to their line-up to become Jerry Butler & the Impressions.

By 1962, Butler and the Brookses had departed, and after switching to ABC-Paramount Records, Mayfield, Gooden, and new Impression Fred Cash collectively became a top-selling soul act. Mayfield left the group for a solo career in 1970; Leroy Hutson, Ralph Johnson, Reggie Torian, Sammy Fender, and Nate Evans were among the replacements that joined Gooden and Cash.

Inductees into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Vocal Group Hall of Fame, The Impressions are best known for their 1960s string of hits, many of which were heavily influenced by gospel music and served as inspirational anthems for the Civil Rights Movement. They are also 1998 Grammy Hall of Fame Inductees for their hit, People Get Ready , and are winners of the Rhythm and Blues Foundation's Pioneer Award (in 2000).

Admission to the Freedom Fund Celebration is $15. For further information, call 843-332-7979.

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