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    Grammy award winner Jason Crabb living ' Beyond the Dream'

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Something's up lift your spirit right now Jason crab as a singer songwriter with the belief that music casts to mean more than just feel good entertainment.

He realizes people are hurting out there are some have lost or jobs or even their homes.

And Jason hopes his music and his volunteer spirit well can provide hope to others to live their life.

Beyond the jury.

-- a double winner Jason Craft spreading some Christmas cheer at the Maryland theater in Hagerstown Maryland.

Jason his good friend multiple Grammy winner sandy patty are currently touring the country.

With the Christmas celebration.

Jason says the music this -- -- And gives hope -- at a time when it's needed smokes.

It's always feels good to help someone somebody in the you know that's something my parents taught me that -- -- my grandparents taught me something that I believe in.

The value of being charitable has been with Jason since his humble beginnings in Beaver -- Kentucky -- rural southern town.

It was there that Jason developed his values of faith hope and love.

As a child when he wasn't working in the family farm he was touring with his siblings known as the Kraft family.

They established her fame and fortune -- southern gospel.

After the group retired Jason set out on his own.

But his success has been humbling.

I'm -- -- some some incredible stages where I just stayed back and go.

Really.

Can go like here -- got out is is way bigger than me and I couldn't figure this out.

What Jason has figured out is that his accomplishments can be used for doing something good.

To answer a higher.

Call maybe god gives us platforms to be able to help others maybe that's the -- go faces says it's it is down home roots to use music as a platform.

To help people in need.

The current Christmas celebration -- as enable them to raise donations to provide food clothing and other needs for those still struggling.

With the disastrous effects from hurricane sandy so.

-- in Nashville Tennessee where he records his music.

Jason volunteers of the food bank and the bridge ministry.

Which provides food and clothing for the homeless.

Jason is passing along the value of service to the future generation.

Getting his daughter's baseball team to join him in preparing for gifts for children -- need.

Took a lot of -- bus parked at a that this school they've come out and do it then they started helping him packing.

-- in the bags and it was for kids that it was that how risk of not having anything.

Jason sings songs with a positive message.

To encourage people to overcome despair but -- From what I can see the sky is still trying to say.

But if I can help somebody.

It -- about -- -- I think one of the things -- -- I wouldn't beat.

Anywhere today had not somebody help me.

Just a -- making a difference in the world beyond --