Dramatic soprano Beverley Vanessa Hill will perform at this year’s Cherry Blossom Festival in the “Home Sweet Home” concert. The diva has exhibited her extensive repertoire in venues throughout the states, Austria, Italy and Russia. Ms. Hill, a Milledgeville native, will be accompanied on piano by Gerald Steichen, conductor at the New York City Opera. The duo will perform a variety of classical and scared musical numbers along with other favorites. The Grover and Lula Mae Hill Memorial Choraliers and a choir of local children will also perform as part of the concert. All proceeds from the “Home Sweet Home” concert will benefit Macon Area Habitat for Humanity and Milledgeville/Baldwin County Habitat for Humanity. Both Habitat for Humanity affiliates are dedicated to the mission of eliminating substandard housing in their communities. Habitat builds houses primarily with volunteer labor to keep costs low. Then, Habitat sells the houses to approved families with an interest-free mortgage. A family gives 300 hours of service, helping to build their house and other Habitat houses as a “down payment.” These Habitat affiliates build throughout Baldwin, Bibb and Jones counties. The average cost of a Habitat house is $43,000, well below the market rate of a comparable house. The “Home Sweet Home” concert will be held at the Grand Opera House Monday, March 22, at 7 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at the venue for $30 each. Each ticket purchased brings a family closer to the dream of homeownership. For more information on the long-term benefits Habitat for Humanity provides to families and to the community, or for biographical information on the performers, contact the Macon Area Habitat for Humanity at 478-784-6800 or visit www.maconareahabitat.org. The contact details for Milledgeville/Baldwin Co. Habitat for Humanity are (478)453-9617 or email [email protected]. Our website address is www.mbchabitat.org