Holiday Express rolls into Red Bank on Tuesday and Thursday this week to put on two fundraising concerts to the general public. Proceeds from the shows support the year-long efforts of the organization.
An article in the Red Bank Orbit today eloquently describes the private shows they put on in the 30 days between Thanksgiving and Christmas:
We’ve said this several times
before, but it bears repeating that for many people, McLoone and his
organization have come to represent a Good Neighbor Sam kind of America
that many refused to believe had died; a place where artificial
divisions of class, creed and corrosive ideology break down — and where
even as goofy a tune as “Disco Santa” can itself break down all
resistance with its message of brotherhood and generosity of spirit.
That's the spirit captured in ROCK and a HEART PLACE and the documentary is being used as an example of voluntarism and grass roots organizing by individuals and civic organizations across the country.
If you can, get over to the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank and watch a great Christmas concert by some of the Jersey Shore's top musicians. It'll be a show you won't forget.
-Michael
