The Ozark Festival Orchestra will continue its 43rd season with “Winter Wonderland: Holiday Celebration” at 3 p.m. on Sunday, December 4 at the Monett High School Performing Arts Center in Monett. This will be the second concert led by the OFO's new music director, Alexandra Kovatch. She has been director of orchestras at Drury University in Springfield since 2020 as well as director of the Springfield Chamber Orchestra. The concert will include a potpourri of favorite selections for the Christmas holidays. From the concert stage, the orchestra will play two excerpts from Tchaikovsky's ballet “Nutcracker” and Lehar's jaunty “Gold and Silver Waltz.” Handel's ever popular “Hallelujah” chorus from“Messiah” will fit in with secular seasonal songs orchestrated for a concert setting, including “White Christmas,” “Winter Wonderland” and Mel Tormé's “The Christmas Song.” Traditional Christmas music such as “The Holly and the Ivy” and a number of carols will complete a concert sure to raise spirits and inspire job for the season. Admission is $10 for adults, $5for senior citizens, and free for children high school age and under.The performing arts center is located on the north side of Monett High School, 1 David Sippy Drive in Monett, west of the the PriceCutter supermarket at Bridle Lane and East Cleveland Avenue.