FERRUM, VA, February 19, 2025 – On Wednesday, February 19, Ferrum College will present “60s Sing-Along” for this week’s Inquiring Minds program.
The Inquiring Minds series offers lively, informal presentations and activities on various interesting topics for the entire community. Stanley Library at Ferrum College presents the series, which takes place in the LEaP Studio during the campus’s Community Hour from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Students in “The Sixties” class will introduce the audience to musical highlights of the 1960s, the decade that gave us the British invasion (The Beatles, The Rolling Stones), Motown (The Supremes, The Temptations), folk rock (Bob Dylan, Joan Baez), and protest songs (“WAR: What Is It Good For?,” “A Change Is Gonna Come”). Chubby Checker brought us “The Twist;” Aretha Franklin asked “for a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T,”; and a very young Linda Ronstadt sang with Johnny Cash. Everyone is invited to come sing along! (or just listen) (or dance!).
This Inquiring Minds event is sponsored by the Boone Honors Program and connected to an Honors class on The Sixties, taught by Dr. Katherine Grimes this semester. The course was developed by Faculty Emerita Karen Duddy, who also founded the Inquiring Minds series.
