Grammy Nominee to Perform in Concert at The Journey

BOISE, Idaho - Sept. 30, 2014 - PRLog -- Residents of Boise already know “Journey of Lights” for its annual magnificent display of animated Christmas lights, but this year the church is gearing up to present something extra special.

On December 14th, 2014,  Grammy nominated singer-songwriter Judy Pancoast will be presenting an outdoor Christmas concert as part of her fifth annual “The House on Christmas Street Tour,” which is perhaps the most unique concert tour ever undertaken by an individual. Pancoast sings her original and classic Christmas tunes in concerts on the lawns, driveways, or parking lots of the decorating enthusiasts who have become her biggest fans.

Back in 1998, Pancoast wrote a song called  “The House on Christmas Street” as a tribute to those mega-decorated houses she’s loved all her life; the ones that can almost be seen from outer space and make the passerby wonder how the homeowner is managing to pay the electric bill.

“There seems to be one of those houses in every town,” says Pancoast, “but to my knowledge nobody had ever written a song about it.”

Little did Pancoast know that just a few years after she wrote and recorded her song a phenomenon known as animated lighting would begin changing the way decorating enthusiasts created their displays, and her song would become their anthem.  She doesn’t know when the first decorator discovered “The House on Christmas Street” and synchronized lights to it, but the trend has grown worldwide with displays as far away as Australia that are playing her song. It is a YouTube phenomenon with hundreds of thousands of views; she gets fan mail from people who tell her they’ve heard her song at their neighbor’s house.

The Journey Church on Overland is happy to offer a free concert this Christmas season in their own parking lot to bring awareness and donations to the Women’s and Children’s Alliance of Boise. Any tour she has given has left the kids talking about the great time they had with her. Along with this song we will also be playing a great tribute song to our own Boise State Broncos team.

The activities will begin at 6:00pm at The Journey Church at 9105 W Overland Rd.  Attendees are encouraged to bring a donation for the Women’s and Children’s Alliance of Boise to bring awareness and help to victims of domestic violence.