Toys for Tots Annual Christmas Concert

From organizers: The twelfth annual Toys For Tots Christmas concerts will be held at West Plains Friday and Saturday, December 1st and 2nd at 6:30 pm.  The shows will feature two great evenings of Christmas music, with over 30 singers and musicians performing.  And it’s all for Toys For Tots.  For the third year, the event will be held at The Bridge Church, formerly The Barn Event Center, located at 10105 Highway 63 South, West Plains.

Twelve of the artists on this delightful two-night celebration will be appearing on the show for the first time!  This year’s program will bring together an outstanding gathering of talent from right here in Missouri, as well as singers and musicians from Tennessee, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Alabama, Kentucky, and Arkansas.

These award-winning Artists travel from their home states to West Plains, Missouri; paying all their own travel, lodging, and meal expenses, to sing and help raise Christmas toys for the children of the Ozarks!  The program is presented through the combined efforts of the United States Marine Corp League, and local television station K36NN TV, Channel 36. This Toys For Tots event traditionally helps kick off the Christmas Season, making Christmas merry for boys and girls of Southern Missouri.  It has become one of the favorite events of the Christmas season for area residents.

The music performed on this two night event is entirely songs of Christmas, including traditional Christmas songs, and many which have become popular more recently.  Some of the songs are original compositions, written and performed by songwriters from right here in the Ozarks.  Bluegrass, Country, Contemporary, and Traditional Christmas music will be performed on a stage beautifully decorated with over fifty lighted Christmas trees.  The price of admission is one new toy (unwrapped) for a child, or a donation at the door.

Among the singers scheduled to appear on this years program are The Ozark’s Christian Academy Children’s Choir, The Liberty Bells, Jeff Burns,

The Mattingly Family, Jeremy Abbott, Barbara Fairchild and Roy Morris, The Waymasters, Crystle Elam, The Howell Family, Jim Sheldon, The Tiptons, Dan Duncan and the TV 36 Band,  Ray Epperson, Bill Baker, Zac Clifton, Ava Kasich, Donna Kilmurray, The Howell Family, Glenn Henry, Jaidyn LeBorde, Matt Winters, Mary Fay Jackson, The Singing Bones, Paul Winchester,  Angela Seng, Sonshine Road, and many more!  Additional Artists are being added daily!  Some artists will be singing both nights;  Others will sing one night only.

Toys collected will benefit children living in Howell County, and the counties immediately surrounding Howell County, according to Dan Duncan, organizer of the event.  Those toys will be received at the door, and dispersed by the United States Marine Corp League.

The public is welcome to attend both nights of this family event.  Children are admitted free!  Programs begin at 6:30 pm each evening.

For additional information, you may call 417-372-1129.