The house was packed at 7:30 Saturday evening, as Enlightened Earth Productions hosted its first ever Christmas Concert at Tioga Trails Café. The concert featured Cathy O’Gara, Tony Cordi, Jillian (May) Strauss, and Steve Strauss, among others. Hosts of the event encouraged those who attended the event to bring in a non-perishable food item to be donated to the Tioga County Rural Ministry’s food pantry, and also donated a portion of the proceeds to Philippine Disaster Relief. Matt Lepkowski of Enlightened Earth Productions said that he hopes this will be the first of many concerts to come. Lepkowski says that he believes there are plenty of talented artists around our region, and his goal is to match these artists with venues.
