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Julia Chan '12 Master Project featured in Community Voices

Published on February 6, 2012

Julia Chan '12 chronicles the start of the Motown era with a female group sensation The Velvelettes. Their 1964 hit, “Needle in a Haystack,” topped the charts before Diana Ross and the Supremes began making a name for themselves on the same label. Today, they travel the world sharing their hits, mixed with melodies of other memorable Motown hits. Two group members, Barbee-McNeal, and Street, live in Kalamazoo, and met with Chan for an entire day of interviews. The members in Flint, (Fairhurst and Mildred Gill) were interviewed in their cities as well during Chan’s recent trip home.

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