Loose and Easy, Raw-boned, Organic, Country Gospel Music

COME, SEE and HEAR The NEW EARTH BAND at these FOLLOWING EVENTS.  WE’LL FILL YOUR TANK and CHARGE YOUR BATTERIES, THEN WE’LL SEND  YOU  OUT WITH A FIRE IN THE BELLY, TO SHARE THE GOOD NEWS – BECAUSE GOD CAN’T DRIVE  A PARKED CAR !!!

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WARREN  L. ”Mose” BOYER   (10/11/1927  -  09/13/2011)

With much sadness we announce  the passing of   NEW EARTH BAND  fiddler and bassist Warren “Mose” Boyer on Tuesday, September 13, 2011.  A most earnest, courteous, respectful, gentle man, and a true master musician, “The Moser” was one-of-a-kind,  irreplaceable indeed.  He will be missed by fellow Band members, as well as by the countless numbers of followers who loved “Mose” throughout his astounding, seven-decade musical legacy. 

Services were held Monday, September 19, 2011 at St. John’s (Hain’s) UCC, Wernersville, PA.  

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Our deepest condolences go out to the family and many friends of  Marilyn “June” Ravel, loyal supporter of The NEW EARTH BAND, who passed away unexpectedly Monday, November 21, 2011.  June loved her  St. Lawrence Women’s Club, of which she was a past president and loyal member.

Wednesday, February 1. 2012, 9a -  Activities Director Cheryl Anderson has sent out the invitation to The NEW EARTH BAND to return to the exquisitely-beautiful  Heritage at Green Hills (www.heritageofgreenhills.com), Tranquility Lane, Reading  PA, for breakfast, followed by a mid-morning Country Gospel program.

Thursday, February 2, 2012, 2p – The NEW EARTH BAND  returns to the elegant HearthStone at Amity, 139 Old Swede Road, Douglassville, PA (www.hearthstonehealthgroup.com)  for a hopping-good-time, mid-afternoon, Country Gospel fest for the residents and staff.

Saturday, February 18, 2012, 6p - Love is in the air!  And food, too!  Kissinger’s Lutheran Church (www.kissingerslc.org), 715 Berkshire Blvd, Wyomissing PA, phone  610-372-5606, is the place to be for a scrumptious Italian-style dinner at 6p, accompanied by an hour or more of love songs, beginning at 6:30p, courtesy of Dave Reinwald Live!  with The NEW EARTH BAND’s  Lee Schappell  on bass, all for the  benefit of The Holly Heilman Cancer Fund (http://hollyheilmancancerfund.org). A donation of $10 for The Holly Heilman Cancer Fund  will be asked at the door.

Monday, February 20, 2012, 1p - Hold onto your hats and fasten your seatbelts, as Dave Reinwald Live!, along with his gray-geezer side-kick, The NEW EARTH BAND’s Lee Schappell on bass, brings a slate of Oldies, Doo-Wop, and a topping of good-time gospel music to the UGI Seniors’ meeting at St. John’s Reformed Church (www.stjohnsss.org), 4001 Penn Avenue, Sinking Spring, PA, 19608  (610-678-1446).

Thursday, February 23, 2012, 2:30p -  The NEW EARTH BAND  has received the invitation of Activities Director Kathy Marabella  to bring back the music wagon to Berkshire Commons (www.genesishcc.com), 5485 Perkiomen Avenue, Reading PA, for one more rollicking good time with the residents!

Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 1:50p -  The Young-at-Heart Club  of St. Luke’s Evangelical Congregational Church (www.stlukesshillington.com) , 315, W. Broad St., Shillington, PA, has invited the greybeards of The NEW EARTH BAND  to supply an afternoon of hopping-good-time, rural Gospel music for this afternoon’s gathering.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 6:30p - It’ll be a replay of The Grand Ole Opry at the beautiful Hearthstone at Maidencreek (www.hearthstonehealthgroup.com) , 105 Dries Road, Reading PA , as  The NEW EARTH BAND, cleverly disguised as the notorious Little Buford and The Hicks,  brings to the Hearthstone residents a delightful mix of throwback Classic Country and Old-Time Rural Gospel.

April 6 – April 16, 2012 - The NEW EARTH BAND’s  Lee Schappell  will be a participant in the joyous 8-day Passover camp-meeting celebration, hosted by Bible Explorations (www.BibleExplorations.com), in Terra Bella, CA., bringing with him some of that original, home-grown Country Gospel music.   Bible Explorations streams conservative, Biblically-grounded Christian programming on its  www.BibleExplorations.com website, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.  Simply log on, click on the “Schedule”  icon, then select “Watch BETV” at the upper-right.  Bible Explorations also broadcasts free-to-air, 24/7, via the GloryStar satellite system, on Channel 126.   For information on how you can receive the BETV satellite signal, you may inquire by email to john1844@bibleexplorations.info.  To learn how you can be a part of the incredible ”taste of Heaven” experience with saints from far and near at this coming Spring’s Passover celebration, log onto the Bible Explorations website and follow the prompts.  

Friday, April 27, 2012, 2:30p - The call has gone out from Maria Shedleski and the Activities Staff of Ephrata Manor (http://www.wellness.com/dir/2502664/nursing-home/pa/ephrata/ephrata-manor), 99 Bethany Road, Ephrata, to summon The NEW EARTH BAND  for a hopping-good hour of the sweetest, old-time, throwback Country Gospel Music for the residents.   

Sunday, April 29, 2012, 10a -  The call has gone out from Activities Director Kendra Master  to The NEW EARTH BAND  for an encore program of  hopping-good-time Gospel music, during the morning Hymn-sing hour at Keystone Villa at Fleetwood  (www.keystonevillaatfleetwood.com), 501 Hoch Road, Blandon PA.

Thursday, May 3, 2012, 7p -  Those magnificent ladies of the St. Lawrence Women’s Club  have once more invited Dave Reinwald Live!, along with sidekick bassist Lee Schappell of The NEW EARTH BAND,  to serenade them with an entree of Oldies But Goodies, with a side order of ’50′s DooWop, and a pinch of miserably poor humor – but a good time, just the same!   Giannotti’s Country Manor, 3118 Pricetown Road, Fleetwood, PA (http://giannottis.vpweb.com/) , is where it all will happen!

Friday, May 11, 2012, 10a – Activities Director Donna Pannebecker  has once more summoned The NEW EARTH BAND  back to The Cocalico Senior Center, 156 W Main Street, Reinholds, PA 17569-9704  (http://www.cocalicocommunitycenter.com/cocalico-senior-center.php) for another ‘rousing, mid-morning Country Gospel Fest.

Friday, June 22, 2012, 2p - The invitation has gone out and been accepted byThe NEW EARTH BAND  to  return to Keystone Villa at Douglassville, 1152 Ben Franklin Highway East, in Douglassville PA (www.keystonevillaatdouglassville.com), for a hopping-good-Country Gospel Matinee for the residents and staff, and particularly for their special guest, former country singer Paul Faranda,  long-time associate of local music icon Shorty Long, songwriter Johnny Speca, and producer Pat Ferrara.

October (dates TBA) The NEW EARTH BAND’s  Lee Schappell  will be a participant in the joyous 8-day Feast of Tabernacles camp-meeting celebration, hosted by Bible Explorations (www.BibleExplorations.com), in Terra Bella, CA., bringing with him some of that original, home-grown Country Gospel music.   Bible Explorations streams conservative, Biblically-grounded Christian programming on its  www.BibleExplorations.com website, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.  Simply log on, click on the “Schedule” icon, then select “Watch BETV” at the upper-right.  Bible Explorations also broadcasts free-to-air, 24/7, via the GloryStar satellite system, on Channel 126.   For information on how you can receive the BETV satellite signal, you may inquire by email to john1844@bibleexplorations.info.  To learn how you can be a part of the incredible ”taste of Heaven” experience with saints from far and near at this Spring’s Passover celebration, log onto the Bible Explorations website and follow the prompts.  

 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, SALUTES and THANK-YOU’s :

CRAIG  WESLEY  FISHER  (02/21/1938 – 09/21/2011)

Our hearts are heavy as we announce the passing of a solid friend and music icon, “Mr. Entertainment”, Craig Wes Fisher.  Known and loved by all, Craig leaves a hole that will not be filled until we are reunited with him at that great open-jam that will assuredly  follow dessert at the Marriage Feast of the Lamb!

What a great time we had at  The Zerbe Sisters Nursing Center, 2499 Zerbe Road, Narvon, PA (www.zerbesisters.com) on Wednesday, January 25, 2012, as The NEW EARTH BAND  presented a bouncing-good matinee of hoppin’-good  Country Gospel music for the Zerbe  residents and staff!   Our sincere thanks to Activities Director Sandra Breneman  and her first-class crew !

DUE TO A TEMPORARY QUARANTINE CONDITION,  The NEW EARTH BAND ’s  Friday, January 13, 2012  mid-winter matinee concert at Wyomissing Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 1000 East Wyomissing Boulevard, Reading PA (www.wyomissingnursing.com) was postponed.   We’re working on rescheduling the event and will post details when we’ve succeeded.

 Our genuine thanks go out to Activities Director Kendra Master, at Keystone Villa at Fleetwood  (www.keystonevillaatfleetwood.com), 501 Hoch Road, Blandon PA,  for a great time Sunday, January 8, 2012,  and for the opportunity to lift the spirits of the residents and staff.

 New Year’s Eve will never be the same!  Saturday, December 31, 2011 began quite normally – that was until the door blew open and in shuffled the Dave Reinwald Live!  gang, consisting of singer-songwriter Dave Reinwald, his lovely wife, Jackie, and that old, gray geezer again, bassist Lee Schappell.   Following dinner, it was the Dave Reinwald Live!  show at The Sencit Townhouse, 20 South Summit Avenue, Shillington PA, with Oldies galore, Doo-Wop, and a touch of Gospel, till well into the New Year!

A hearty “Saaaa-lute!” to  Activities Director Bonnie Payne, her staff, and residents of  ManorCare (www.hcr-manorcare.com), 3000 Windmill Road, Sinking Spring PA,  for a great time, and for their lively sing-along response as  The NEW EARTH BAND  returned Thursday, December 22, 2011 for a Country Gospel and Rural Christmas mix!

A rousing Thank-you from The NEW EARTH BAND  to the members of the Blandon Senior Citizens  for their welcome invitation to provide a mix 0f Country Gospel and Christmas Music following their Wednesday, December 14, 2011 Christmas Dinner and Meeting, at the Fleetwood Grange Hall, Fleetwood PA.

The rafters were ringing, Saturday evening, December 10, 2011,  at Kissinger’s Lutheran Church (www.kissingerslc.org), 715 Berkshire Boulevard, Wyomissing PA PA, as The NEW EARTH BAND  delivered a truckload of  hopping-good Country Gospel and Christmas music mix.  They were joined up front by Dave Reinwald, for the concluding, energy-packed, five-song set, which featured strong renditions of Gospel standards “Long Black Train” and “The Unclouded Day”.

Thanks to Rick Knerr and his friendly staff of the Manor at Market Square (www.manoratms.com), 803 Penn Street, Reading, PA,  a warm “Thank-You” for the opportunity to conduct the morning worship service and provide some easy Country Gospel music, with lots of singing and genuine response to the message, “He Will Come For Me”, on December 10, 2011. 

A most lively evening  we had at Providence House, 800 Court Street, in downtown Reading PA  (www.providence-house.com),  Thursday, December 8, 2011, with an evening of “Oldies But Goodies”, a dash of “DooWop”, and a generous topping of good-old Gospel delivered by Dave Reinwald Live!, accompanied by The NEW EARTH BAND’s  Lee Schappell on bass.

A most warm-and-fuzzy “Thank-you” to the lovely ladies of the  St. Lawrence Women’s Club  for their kindness and genuine Holiday-style response as Dave Reinwald Live! and The NEW EARTH BAND’s  Little Buford delivered  a lively evening of  Gospel and Christmas Music at the Reading Country Club, off Route 422, in Exeter Township  (http://www.exetertownship.com/rcc/Pages/Home.aspx), Friday, December 2, 2011.  

Thanks humongously to Joann Rowell, and to the residents and staff of  the beautiful Villa St. Elizabeth, 1201 Museum Road, Reading PA (www.villastelizabeth.com) for their warmth and genuine response during our tasty, Tuesday, November 29, 2011,  after-supper Gospel Music Christmas preview!

A standing ovation goes out to the Kissinger’s Lutheran Church family (www.kissingerslc.org), 715 Berkshire Boulevard, Wyomissing PA, and to all the kind folks from the general community who came together on Sunday, November 13, 2011 for The Rocky Mountain Band’s  concert for the benefit of  The Holly Heilman Cancer Fund (http://hollyheilmancancerfund.org).    To listen to audio tracks from previous live  performances, please click on the “Pages”  link for Dave Reinwald’s Rocky Mountain Band  in the upper-right-hand corner of this page, and select from any or all of the six songs listed.  Please allow 15 to 30 seconds for the mp3 file to cue up, and turn up your speakers!

A genuine “thank-you”  to Lana Fick, the staff, and the residents at Manor Care , 425 Buttonwood Street, West Reading, PA (www.hcr-manorcare.com), for their customary warmth and enthusiastic participation – particularly former Band vocalist Maureen Henry –  in The NEW EARTH BAND’s  Country Gospel Matinee concert, Thursday, November 10, 2011.

We salute y’all  -  saaaaa-loot!!   The NEW EARTH BAND  were once more the guests of  Activities Director Cheryl Anderson and those first-class residents of  the exquisitely-beautiful  Heritage at Green Hills (www.heritageofgreenhills.com), Tranquility Lane, Reading PA,  for  a mid-morning Country GospelFest, Wednesday, November 2, 2011.

 Our gratitude  to the dear congregation of the Romanian Community Christian Church, 5th and Chestnut Streets, Reading PA, as The NEW EARTH BAND’s  Lee Schappell  had the distinct privilege of delivering the main message for the Sabbath morning worship hour, “Israel The Overcomer”, on Saturday, October 29, 2011, which was punctuated, fore and aft, with several precious, old-style, rural Gospel tunes.

What a time with the saints at the Cocalico Senior Center, 156 W Main Street, Reinholds, PA 17569-9704  (http://www.cocalicocommunitycenter.com/cocalico-senior-center.php), as The NEW EARTH BAND brought in a hay-wagon-load of easy, hoppin’-good Country Gospel Music, Friday, October 28, 2011.! 

 Once more,  gratitude and blessings  to  Evangelist John VanDenburgh and his  most delightful wife, Clara, for their invitation and inclusion of The NEW EARTH BAND’s  Lee Schappell  in BETV’s  joyous 8-day Feast of Tabernacles camp-meeting celebration, hosted by Bible Explorations  (www.BibleExplorations.com), in Terra Bella, CA.   Bible Explorations streams conservative, Biblically-grounded Christian programming on its  www.BibleExplorations.com website, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.  Simply log on and select “Streaming Channel” from the menu.  Bible Explorations also broadcasts free-to-air, 24/7, via the GloryStar satellite system, on Channel 126.   For information on how you can receive the BETV satellite signal, you may inquire by email to john1844@bibleexplorations.info.  To learn how you can be a part of the incredible ”taste of Heaven” experience with saints from far and near at this Spring’s Passover celebration, log onto the Bible Explorations website and follow the prompts.  

Danke Schoen!  to the residents and staff of Elmcroft Assisted Living , 9 Colin Court, in Exeter Township, Reading PA, (www.elmcroftal.com), for their customary warm welcome and enthusiastic response to our Saturday evening, October 1, 2011 GospelFest!

Congratulations to the congregation of the Community United Church of Christ, 3330  St. Lawrence Avenue, in St. Lawrence, Reading PA, on their Sixtieth Anniversary, and a rousing “ThankYou” for the warmest of receptions as Dave Reinwald Live!  accompanied by the Old Gray Geezer, The NEW EARTH BAND’s Lee Schappell  provided two hours of Oldies, Doo-Wop, and Gospel, on Sunday, September 18, 2011.  And then, there was that great dinner following the celebration!   Blessings and thanks!

A raucus “Thank you”  to Activities Director Lorraine  Hubiak and Assistant Todd Cramer of  Spruce Manor, 220 South 4th Avenue, West Reading PA (www.extendicareus.com/sprucemanor), and to those wild and rabid, fun-seeking residents, for a most memorable time at our Thursday, September 15, 2011, Gospel Music Matinee.

Muchos gracias!  to Activities Gurus Cathy and Mary, of the Wyomissing Nursing & Rehabilitation Center,  (www.wyomissingnursing.com), 1000 East Wyomissing Boulevard, Reading, PA, for their customary welcome and warm accommodation as The NEW EARTH BAND  brought an hour of mid-afternoon Gospel joy to the residents, staff, and guests, Friday, September 9, 2011. 

A tumultuous shout-out to Becky Richards  of the  Berks County Parks & Recreation Department  (parks@countyofberks.com) on behalf of The ROCKY MOUNTAIN BAND, and particularly The NEW EARTH BAND’s  Lee Schappell and Markie Miller, for the Department’s kind invitation and wonderful opportunity to be a part of their 2011 Summer Concert Series, Thursday evening, August 4, 2011, at the beautiful Kaercher Creek Park, Hamburg PA.

Thanks a great big bunch to Jen  and  Lisa at Elmcroft Assisted Living (www.elmcroftal.com),  9 Colin Court, in Exeter Township, Reading PA, for the opportunity to once more lighten the hearts of the residents and staff with our hopping-good-time Country Gospel Music, Saturday, July 30, 2011.

What a time that was at Keystone Villa at Douglassville, 1152 Ben Franklin Highway East, in Douglassville PA (www.keystonevillaatdouglassville.com),  Saturday, July 23, 2011, as The NEW EARTH BAND saluted their special guest Paul Faranda,  former country singer and associate of  Shorty Long, Johnny Speca, and Pat Ferrara.

We wish to thank  the folks up at  Blue Rocks Campground, 341 Sousley Road, Lenhartsville, PA.  (www.bluerockscampground.com) for the wonderful opportunity to bring a metric ton of our music to their Father’s Day,  Sunday, June 19, 2011, worship service – before the service, during the service, and at the conclusion!

Our thanks to the residents and staff of HearthStone at Amity, 139 Old Swede Road, Douglassville, PA (www.hearthstonehealthgroup.com)  for their exceptional warmth and genuine response to our Wednesday evening, June 1, 2011, Gospel concert.

Many thanks to you,  Activities Director Sandy Speltz, and your smiling residents at Berkshire Center (http://www.genesishcc.com/index.cfm?facility_id=9&page_id=3) ,5501 Perkiomen Avenue, Reading PA, for a superb welcome and lots of singing seniors, during The NEW EARTH BAND’s  afternoon of easy, organic, Country Gospel Music, Wednesday, May 25, 2011.

Merci beaucoup to Blue Rocks Campground, 341 Sousley Road, Lenhartsville, PA, (www.bluerockscampground.com), for the opportunity to provide a short slate of easy rural Gospel music, and then deliver the message “Knowing God”  for the morning worship hour, Sunday, May 8, 2011.

Thank you, Ladies!  to the classy St. Lawrence Women’s Club for permitting us to bring to your May dinner and business session an evening of loose-and-easy Country and Gospel Music mix, Thursday, May 5, 2011 at Giannotti’s Country Manor (http://giannottis.vpweb.com/)  3118 Pricetown Road, Fleetwood, PA.

Gratitude and God’s blessing to Evangelist John VanDenburgh  and his terrific wife, Clara,  for their “extra-mile” hospitality as The NEW EARTH BAND’s  Lee Schappell  was entrusted with the opportunity to speak twice and share a wagonload of easy, rural Gospel music during their joyous 8-day Feast of Passover camp-meeting celebration at Bible Explorations, in Terra Bella, CA  (www.BibleExplorations.com), April 18 through April 25, 2011 .    Bible Explorations streams its Biblically-grounded, conservative Christian programming on its  www.BibleExplorations.com website, 24 hours a day, seven days a week - with a new program each and every hour.  Bible Explorations also broadcasts free-to-air, 24/7, via the GloryStar satellite system, on Channel 126.  For information as to how you too can be a part of an incredible ”taste of Heaven” experience with saints from far and near, at next Spring’s  Passover & Unleavened Bread  celebration campmeeting, log onto the Bible Explorations website and follow the prompts.   And to view their 24/7 programming, select “Streaming Channel” from the menus.

One huge “Grazie!” goes out to Ed Kurtz  and the faithful at  The TORCH Community Center (www.torchcc.com), in the ClockTower Plaza, at the intersection of Routes 23/10 and 176, in Morgantown, PA, for such a down-home welcome and warm response as The NEW EARTH BAND ’s Lee Schappell, a.k.a. “Little Buford”,  presented an evening of easy rural-flavored Gospel music laced with beyond-honest personal testimony on Sunday evening, April 10, 2011.

Thanks a truckload  to Rachel Hefner and Vanessa for bringing The NEW EARTH BAND  back once more to The Villa at Morlatton (www.villaatmorlatton.com), 1152 Ben Franklin Highway East, in Douglassville PA, on Friday, April 8, 2011, for a reprise of our lively July 2010 afternoon Gospel-fest.

A great big “Saaaaa-lute!”   to Heather Settley, her staff, and the residents of  Rittenhouse Senior Living (www.rittenhousesl.com), 2900 Lawn Terrace, Reading PA, for a ‘rousing good time at our Thursday, April 7, 2011 matinee Country Gospel concert!

Gracias, Amigos!  to that delightful Young-at-Heart group at The B

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