By Fletcher Word
The Truth Editor
It was another thoroughly delightful night aboard the Detroit Princess on Friday, August 28, as about 140 guests, mostly from Toledo, joined Donnetta Carter – the Social Butterfly – and the rest of the groups on the second level of the Princess, on a cruise of the Detroit River to enjoy a sumptuous buffet, to view the waterfront structures of Detroit and Windsor and to dance and sing along to music by the crowd-pleasing Prolifics, who once again dazzled their audience with their Motown renditions.
One of the highlights of the evening was the presentation of a donation by Carter to the Competition Corvette Club of Ohio in the amount of $1,800. Carter has donated funds on every cruise to a worthy Toledo-area group or organization that is providing important services to the community.
The Detroit Princess, in the meantime, cruised north past Bois Blanc (Boblo) Island and, turning, floated down past the Ambassador Bridge before turning again and returning to dock at around 9:30.
As the sun set and the ship cruised past the sights along the river, the guests on the second deck sang along to the music of the Temptations, the Miracles, the Four Tops, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye and more – the Motown R & B legends of the 60s and 70s. The Prolifics, the house band for the Detroit Princess, were effusive in their praise for the enthusiastic audience.
The Prolifics concluded their act by re-imagining the famous Soul Train disco line and audience members strutted their stuff on the dance floor.
In addition to the Social Butterfly, other sponsors for the 12th annual Motown Dinner & Dance Cruise were Tayler Automotive and The Sojourner’s Truth.
