A jazzy little Christmas for a good cause in Neosho
Sponsored by Neosho Habitat for Humanity
The bold brass and swirling strings of Ernie Haase & Signature Sound’s jazz inspired holiday concert is coming to the four states thanks to the Neosho Area Habitat for Humanity.
This Grammy nominated quartet will perform holiday classics like “Winter Wonderland” and “O Holy Night” along with originals such as “Christmas in Manhattan.”
“Anyone looking to kick off the holiday season while supporting a local nonprofit won’t want to miss this event,” said Pris Jeffers-Reed, director of the Neosho Area Habitat for Humanity chapter.
In 2019 the quartet released “A Jazzy Little Christmas,” an album that ranked in the Top 10 on Billboard’s Jazz Albums chart and Traditional Jazz Albums chart. Every holiday season since the album’s release they’ve been selling out venues and bringing a jazzy Christmas to communities across the nation.
“Signature Sound, we’ve done a lot of studio albums, but the experience, the thing that keeps bringing people back to us isn’t the studio recordings as so much as the live experience, that exchange, that connection, that spirit, that heart, and that infectious joy,” said group founder Ernie Haase.
“This will be the groups second time performing in Neosho and funds raised will go to support the local work of Neosho’s Habitat for Humanity chapter,” Jeffers-Reed said. According to the organizations website Habitat for Humanity is a global nonprofit housing organization working in local communities across all 50 states in the U.S. and in approximately 70 countries. Habitat’s vision is of a world where everyone has a decent place to live.
“Currently our group has partnered with Crowder College’s Building Trades program and students are receiving hands on experience building a house in Neosho,” Jeffers-Reed said. The house will then serve as a classroom for students as construction on eleven additional houses begins. This will be a multiyear partnership between the organization and college to bring affordable housing to Neosho.
The organization invites the community to join them at 7:00pm on December 12 at the Freeman Performing Arts Centers at Neosho High School for a magical musical evening.
Tickets can be purchased for $25 for adults and $10 for children 10 and under by going to the Habitat Facebook page@neoshohabitat, they are also available by calling 417-451-7992, or at the door.