Germantown Meetinghouse Hosting Jazz Vocalist

The following is a press release from the Germantown Mennonite Meetinghouse.

Accomplished jazz vocalist Paula Johns, “La Chanteuse de Jazz,” will present an intimate evening of jazz standards from the Great American Songbook on Friday, March 22 at 7:30 p.m. in the historic 1770 Germantown Mennonite Meetinghouse, located at 6119 Germantown Avenue. Snack sales and a portion of the proceeds will benefit the historic site.

Ms. Johns is an accomplished cabaret singer and jazz vocalist who hails from our own great city, Philadelphia. She is often compared to Ella Fitzgerald and some of the great contemporaries of that era, but Paula brings her own distinctive panache to each song she sings.  She enjoys a great lyric that tugs at your heartstrings, as well as a lyric that will make you fall off your seat with laughter. Her passion for the music ignites the emotions of her audiences and allows them to feel the stories that each song tells.

She will be accompanied by her superb trio of keyboardist Aaron Graves, bassist Madison Rast and drummer/percussionist Grant MacAvoy.  More information is available at www.paulajohns.com.

General admission for the event is $15 for adults and $10 for college students with valid ID.  Children’s admission is $5 with a paying adult.  Please note that the site is not wheelchair accessible; access requires the navigation of several stairs.  To purchase advance tickets or for additional information about the event, contact Germantown Mennonite Historic Trust at (267) 240-7966 or gmht@meetinghouse.info.  This program is made possible in part with funding from the Philadelphia Cultural Fund.

Germantown Mennonite Historic Trust, proud member of Historic Germantown, is the nonprofit organization that cares for the historic 1770 Germantown Mennonite Meetinghouse, an enduring symbol of the first European settlers of Germantown and their search for freedom of worship. The historic Meetinghouse, located at 6119 Germantown Avenue, is open by appointment and on the 2^nd Saturday of each month from 12-4:00 p.m.(May-October) for Historic Germantown’s “Second Saturdays,” when all fifteen member sites share common open hours. For more information, contact Liz Einsig Wise, Executive Director, at gmht@meetinghouse.info or (267) 240-7966.