COME, SEE and HEAR The NEW EARTH BAND at the 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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Thursday, April 25, 2024, 2:30p – The exuberant return of The NEW EARTH BAND to The Gardens at Stevens (www.gardensstevens.com), 400 Lancaster Avenue, Stevens, PA, 400 Lancaster Avenue, Stevens, PA, will feature a matinee of old-time, throwback, rural Gospel music for the residents.
Friday, April 26, 2024, 7p – The Blue-collar Gospel Series continues with The NEW EARTH BAND’s Lee Schappell and Chapter 23 of “Where the Rubber Meets the Road” – an evening of music and testimony at The Torch Community Center, 134 Maple Drive, Morgantown, PA 19543 (ehtesting4@gmail.com).
Saturday, April 27, 2024, 10a – Delivering the message, (“TBD”) for the morning worship hour at Manor at Market Square, 803 Penn Street, Reading PA, (www.manoratms.com), will be The NEW EARTH BAND’s Lee Schappell.
Thursday, May 2, 2024, 2p – Spring will be springing with the good-time sound of The NEW EARTH BAND as they truck in a matinee of easy Gospel music for the residents and staff of Rittenhouse Village (www.rittenhousesl.com) 2900 Lawn Terrace, Reading PA,
Wednesday, May 10, 2024, 1p – Making their long-anticipated return to Faithful Living Personal Care (www.faithfuliving.com), formerly Colonial Lodge, 2015 North Reading Road, Denver PA 17517, will be those “Grey Geezers” of The NEW EARTH BAND, for a “Spring Fling” of easy, rural Gospel music for the residents.
Sunday, May 12, 2024, 2p – It’s Mothers’ Day as The NEW EARTH BAND breezes into Keystone Villa at Fleetwood (www.keystonevillaatFleetwood.com) 501 Hoch Road, Blandon, PA, with a Sunday Afternoon Serenade of Good-time Gospel music for everyone who has ever had a mother!!
Thursday, May 16, 2024, 2p – With Summer in the wings, The NEW EARTH BAND will be heading south to one of our absolute favorite venues, The Zerbe Sisters Nursing Center, 2499 Zerbe Road, Narvon, PA (www.zerbesisters.com) with a wagonload of Loose & Easy Rural Gospel Music for the residents.
Sunday, May 19, 2024, 2p – The worship hour at Keystone Villa at Douglassville PC, 1152 Benjamin Franklin Highway, Douglassville, PA, (www.keystonevillaatdouglassville.com), will feature the message (“TBD”), presented by The NEW EARTH BAND’s Lee Schappell.
Friday, June 4, 2024, 2p – The “Return of the Grey Geezers” to Wyomissing Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 1000 E. Wyomissing Blvd., Reading, PA, (https://www.senioradvisor.com/local/wyomissing-nursing-and-rehabilitation-center-reading-pa) will take place when The NEW EARTH BAND revisits an old haunt with an afternoon of good-time, throwback, country gospel music for the residents.
Friday, June 21, 2024, 7p – It’ll be a Summertime Soiree of music and testimony at The Torch Community Center, 134 Maple Drive, Morgantown, PA 19543 (ehtesting4@gmail.com), as The NEW EARTH BAND’s Lee Schappell presents Chapter 24 of the Blue Collar Gospel Series, “Where the Rubber Meets the Road”.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:
Stanley L. Witinski (08/05/1943 – 06/26/2016)
Our hearts remain heavy as we remember the passing of The NEW EARTH BAND bassist and beloved friend Stan Witinski. Stan was not only a superb bassist, but he was also a fine pianist and organist, having played keyboards for many years with Bobby Newton & The Band. Stan, whose father was an icon in professional motorcycle racing, had a long and well-traveled career in rock, pop, blues, and jazz, dating back to the late 1950′s, playing with more headliner bands than memory allows – including Rock’n’Roll pioneer Chuck Berry – ultimately joining The NEW EARTH BAND in 2010. Pleasant, easy, and so agreeable, Stanley L. “Smith” Witinski was truly loved by all. To say Stan will be sorely missed would constitute the understatement of the 21st Century.
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WARREN L. ”Mose” BOYER (10/11/1927 – 09/13/2011)
REMEMBERING NEW EARTH BAND fiddler and bassist Warren “Mose” Boyer. A most earnest, courteous, respectful, kind, gentle man, and a true master musician, “The Moser” was one-of-a-kind, irreplaceable indeed. He will be missed by fellow NEW EARTH BAND members, as well as by the countless numbers of followers who loved “Mose” throughout his astounding, seven-decade-long, musical legacy.
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CRAIG WESLEY FISHER (02/21/1938 – 09/21/2011)
The passing of a solid friend and music icon, “Mr. Entertainment”, Craig Wes Fisher, will forever leave a lingering, empty space in our hearts. Well known and much loved by all, Craig leaves a gap that simply cannot be filled until we are reunited once more at that great, Gospel jam that will most assuredly follow The Marriage Feast of the Lamb!
Our thanks to the residents and staff Grand View Manor, 129 Houck Road, Fleetwood PA (www.gvmanor.com), for their customary warm welcome and response on Thursday, April 4, 2024, when The NEW EARTH BAND brought in a Springtime Matinee of Loose-and-Easy rural Gospel music for for the residents and staff.
It’s been a long time coming! The “Grey Geezers” of The NEW EARTH BAND delivered a soiree of gentle, organic Gospel music in the Main Street Theatre at the beautiful StoneRidge PoplarRun Retirement Community (www.stoneridgeretirement.com), 440 East Lincoln Avenue, Myerstown, PA, one of their favorite venues, on Monday evening, March 25, 2024.
Those “Grey Geezers” of The NEW EARTH BAND returned to the comfortable confines of Spruce Manor, 220 South Fourth Avenue, West Reading, PA, 19602 (www.saberhealth.com), with a Good-time hour of easy, rural Gospel music for the residents, on . Friday, March 22, 2024.
Thanks go out to the staff and residents of Keystone Villa at Douglassville PC, 1152 Benjamin Franklin Highway, Douglassville, PA, (www.keystonevillaatdouglassville.com), for their warm welcome and response when The NEW EARTH BAND’s Lee Schappell delivered the message at the worship hour, titled “Christ, Our Redeemer”, on Sunday, March 17, 2024.
A rowdy “thank-you” to the residents and staff of Keystone Villa at Douglassville, Personal Care, 1152 Ben Franklin Highway, Douglassville, PA, (www.keystonevillaatdouglassville.com), for their warm welcome and response when The NEW EARTH BAND returned for a Sunday, March 10, 2024, Matinee of their signature Loose-and-Easy Country Gospel Music.
A gigantic “Gracias!” to the residents and staff of Keystone Villa at Douglassville PC, 1152 Benjamin Franklin Highway, Douglassville, PA, (www.keystonevillaatdouglassville.com) for their enthusiastic participation as The NEW EARTH BAND’s Lee Schappell delivered the message for worship hour titled “The Promise of His Return” on Sunday, March 3, 2024.
Our gratitude to the staff and residents of Manor at Market Square, 803 Penn Street, Reading PA, (www.manoratms.com), as The NEW EARTH BAND’s Lee Schappell delivered the message for the morning worship service, “Why We Need a Savior”, Saturday, February 24, 2024.
A hearty “Hoooot!” to the residents and staff of Amity Place, 139 Old Swede Road, Douglassville, PA (http://www.enlivant.com/communities/pennsylvania/amity-place-douglassville), for a warm and toasty response as The NEW EARTH BAND returned to those friendly confines, Wednesday, February 21, 2024, for a matinee of loose-and-easy Country Gospel music for everyone!
A genuine thank you to the residents and staff of Keystone Villa at Douglassville, 1180 Ben Franklin Highway, Douglassville, PA, (www.keystonevillaatdouglassville.com), as those “Grey Geezers” of The NEW EARTH BAND presented an afternoon of inspirational, Loose-and-Easy rural gospel music, Monday, February 19, 2024.
Heartfelt thanks to the residents and staff of Maiden Creek Place, 105 Dries Rd., P.O. Box 134, Blandon 19510 (https://inspiritseniorliving.com/maidencreekplace/), for a toasty welcome when those “Grey Geezers” of The NEW EARTH BAND delivered a mid-winter Gospel-fest & Birthday Bash for all in attendance, on Thursday, February 15, 2024.
Making their debut at the beautiful Holiday Walnut Woods Retirement Community (www.holidayseniorliving.com) , 35 N. Walnut St., Boyertown, PA 19512, were none other than The NEW EARTH BAND, with a winter matinee of good-time, easy Gospel Music in tow for the residents and staff, Friday, February 2, 2024.
A rowdy “Ho-Ho-Ho” for the reception and response of the residents and staff of Mifflin Court (www.genesishcc.com/MifflinCourt), 450 E. Philadelphia Avenue, Shillington, PA, when The NEW EARTH BAND presented a mid-afternoon of easy Gospel Music, Sunday, December 24, 2023.
Sincere thanks go out to Pastor Ed and Helen Kurtz, and those who attended “Chapter 22” of The NEW EARTH BAND’s Lee Schappell’s Blue Collar Gospel Series, “Where the Rubber Meets the Road”, Friday, December 8, 2023. It was a soiree of music and testimony at The Torch Community Center, 134 Maple Drive, Morgantown, PA 19543 (ehtesting4@gmail.com).
The “Grey Geezers” of The NEW EARTH BAND presented an after-dinner matinee of their signature, gentle Gospel music, punctuated with a couple of post-Veterans’ Day patriotic “America” songs, for the members of the Ontelaunee Region chapter of the Antique Automobile Club of America, in the banquet room of the Blue Mountain Restaurant, Shartlesville, PA, Sunday, November 12, 2023.
Our thanks to the residents and staff Grand View Manor, 129 Houck Road, Fleetwood PA (www.gvmanor.com), for their customary warm welcome and response on Thursday, November 2, 2023, when The NEW EARTH BAND brought in an Autumn Matinee of Loose-and-Easy rural Gospel music for for the residents and staff.
Genuine appreciation for the reception and response of the residents and staff of Mifflin Court (www.genesishcc.com/MifflinCourt), 450 E. Philadelphia Avenue, Shillington, PA, when The NEW EARTH BAND presented a mid-afternoon of easy Gospel Music, Sunday, October 15, 2023.
Sincere thanks go out to Pastor Ed and Helen Kurtz, and those who attended “Chapter 21” of The NEW EARTH BAND’s Lee Schappell’s Blue Collar Gospel Series, “Where the Rubber Meets the Road”, Friday, September 29, 2023. It was a soiree of music and testimony at The Torch Community Center, 134 Maple Drive, Morgantown, PA 19543 (ehtesting4@gmail.com).
Color Him Gone! In his final, “Goodbye Bash”, the retiring Dave Reinwald Live!, accompanied by his lovely wife, Jackie Reinwald, along with The NEW EARTH BAND’s Lee Schappell and Don Morgan, delivered a rousing two-hour spectacular of the Best-of-the-Best Oldies Classics, Doo-Wop, and John Denver favorites for a packed audience, Sunday, September 17, 2023 at Kissinger’s Church (www.kissingerschurch.org), 715 Berkshire Blvd, Wyomissing, PA.
Call it an Autumn Encore when those “Grey Geezers” of The NEW EARTH BAND trucked in another loose-and-easy Gospel Music Fest to Mifflin Court (www.genesishcc.com/MifflinCourt), 450 E. Philadelphia Avenue, Shillington, PA, Sunday, September 17, 2023.
It was 10 years coming, but The NEW EARTH BAND returned to the monthly meeting of the Blandon Seniors Club, at the Maiden Creek Church, 261 Main Street, Blandon, PA 19510 with an easy, good-time Gospel Music Matinee, Wednesday, September 13, 2023.
A genuine thank you to the residents and staff of Keystone Villa at Douglassville, 1180 Ben Franklin Highway, Douglassville, PA, (www.keystonevillaatdouglassville.com), as those “Grey Geezers” of The NEW EARTH BAND presented an afternoon of inspirational, Loose-and-Easy rural gospel music, Wednesday, August 30, 2023.
After a long 10-year absence, those “Grey Geezers” of The NEW EARTH BAND returned to the comfortable confines of Spruce Manor, 220 South Fourth Avenue, West Reading, PA, 19602 (www.saberhealth.com), with a Good-time hour of easy, rural Gospel music for the residents, on . Wednesday, August 23, 2023.
It was a triumphant return to Mifflin Court (www.genesishcc.com/MifflinCourt), 450 E. Philadelphia Avenue, Shillington, PA, when The NEW EARTH BAND trucked in a matinee of good-time gospel music for the residents and staff, Sunday, August 6, 2023.
Making a spectacular debut at Chestnut Knoll (www.chestnutknoll.com), 120 West 5th Street, Boyertown, PA, was The NEW EARTH BAND, with a wagonload of their signature “Loose-and-Easy Country Gospel Music” for the residents and staff, Wednesday, July 27, 2023.
What a homecoming! when The NEW EARTH BAND returned to an old, familiar haunt. After a three year pandemic lockout, the “Grey Geezers” trucked in a Mid-summer Matinee of easy Gospel music for “July Birthdays” at The Zerbe Sisters Nursing Center, 2499 Zerbe Road, Narvon, PA (www.zerbesisters.com), on Thursday, July 20, 2023.
Opening live church services at Keystone Villa at Douglassville (www.keystonevillaatdouglassville.com) 1152 Benjamin Franklin Highway, Douglassville, PA , was The NEW EARTH BAND’s Lee Schappell, with the message for for worship hour “Knowing God”, Sunday, July 16, 2023.
Muchos Gracias to Pastor Ed and Helen Kurtz for their warmth and kindness as The NEW EARTH BAND’s Lee Schappell presented Chapter 20 of “Where the Rubber Meets the Road” – the blue-collar gospel in music and testimony at The Torch Community Center, 134 Maple Drive, Morgantown, PA 19543 (ehtesting4@gmail.com), Friday, July 7, 2023.
Thanks go out to the League of Golden Agers of Mohnton, for their warm reception and participation, Wednesday, June 28, 2023, as Dave Reinwald Live! and sideman Lee Schappell, of The NEW EARTH BAND, brought in an hour of Oldies-But-Goodies to their meeting at St. John’s Parish House, 1 Front Street, Mohnton, PA.
A triumphal return to Columbia Cottage (www.columbiacottages.com), 3121 State Hill Road, Wyomissing, PA, for The NEW EARTH BAND took place Sunday, June 18, 2023, as they delivered a hopping-good “Fathers’ Day” Country Gospel Matinee for the residents.
What a welcome! as The NEW EARTH BAND trucked in to Rittenhouse Village (www.rittenhousesl.com) 2900 Lawn Terrace, Reading PA, for a rousing Pre-Spring Sunday matinee of loose and easy, rural gospel music for the residents, Thursday, June 1, 2023.
A rowdy shout-out to the residents of Grand View Manor, 129 Houck Road, Fleetwood PA (www.gvmanor.com), for rolling out the red carpet for the Dave Reinwald Live! Oldies Extravaganza with sideman bassist Lee Schappell, of The NEW EARTH BAND, Thursday, May 25, 2023.
Muchos gracias! to the staff and residents of Manor at Market Square, 803 Penn Street, Reading PA, (www.manoratms.com), as The NEW EARTH BAND’s Lee Schappell delivered the message for the morning worship service, “Christ, Our Redeemer”, Saturday, May 13, 2023.
Many thanks to the residents and staff at Grand View Manor, 129 Houck Road, Fleetwood PA (www.gvmanor.com), for their warm welcome, as the “Grey Geezers” of The NEW EARTH BAND trucked in a Springtime Matinee of loose-and-easy country gospel music for the residents and staff, Thursday, May 11, 2023.
With grateful hearts, we thank the residents and staff of Maiden Creek Place, 105 Dries Rd., P.O. Box 134, Blandon 19510, for their warmest reception when The NEW EARTH BAND’s Lee Schappell delivered the message “Who Is This Jesus?” at the worship hour, Saturday, May 6, 2023.
To all who attended in person, viewed live streaming, and responded to the appeal during the Sunday, April 30, 2023 Concert for the Benefit of the Families of the R.M.Palmer Company’s West Reading, PA, plant explosion and fire, in which there were seven fatalities and dozens more injured: Your kindness and generosity are most deeply appreciated, Dave & Jackie Reinwald, accompanied by bassist Lee Schappell, of The NEW EARTH BAND, presented a slate of Oldies-But-Goodies at Kissinger’s Church (www.kissingerschurch.org), 715 Berkshire Blvd, Wyomissing, PA.
More heart-felt thanks to the residents and staff at Amity Place, 139 Old Swede Road, Douglassville, PA (www.aplaceformom.com/community/amity-place-1367174), as The NEW EARTH BAND’s Lee Schappell presented the Sunday, April 23, 2023, worship hour message, “Knowing God”.
Heart-felt thanks to the members of the Holy Guardian Angels Seniors Club, for their kind invitation, and their warm response as The NEW EARTH BAND delivered a Springtime Matinee of easy, good-time gospel music at the Club’s monthly gathering, at the Holy Guardian Angels Church Rectory, 3121 Kutztown Rd., Laureldale, PA, Wednesday, April 12, 2023..
Many thanks to the residents and staff of Berkshire Commons, 5485 Perkiomen Avenue, Reading, PA (www.genesishcc.com), for their warm welcome as Lee Schappell, of The NEW EARTH BAND, presented the worship hour message titled “Christ, Our Redeemer”, on Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023.
Spring was in the air as those “Grey Geezers” of The NEW EARTH BAND presented a Springtime Slate of Loose-and-Easy rural gospel music for the residents and staff of Keystone Villa at Douglassville, 1180 Ben Franklin Highway, Douglassville, PA, (www.keystonevillaatdouglassville.com), Saturday, April 8, 2023.
A loud “thank-you” to the residents and staff of Keystone Villa at Douglassville, Assisted Living, 1152 Ben Franklin Highway, Douglassville, PA, (www.keystonevillaatdouglassville.com), for their warm welcome and response when The NEW EARTH BAND returned, after a lengthy pandemic-induced absence, for a Sunday Matinee of their signature Loose-and-Easy Country Gospel Music.
A rowdy shout-out to the residents of Grand View Manor, 129 Houck Road, Fleetwood PA (www.gvmanor.com), for rolling out the red carpet for the Dave Reinwald Live! Oldies Extravaganza with sideman bassist Lee Schappell, of The NEW EARTH BAND, Thursday, March 2, 2023.
Muchos gracias! to the staff and residents of Manor at Market Square, 803 Penn Street, Reading PA, (www.manoratms.com), as The NEW EARTH BAND’s Lee Schappell delivered the message for the morning worship service, “Who Is This Jesus?”,, Saturday, February 25, 2023.
We missed you! The return of the Saturday worship service at Maiden Creek Place, 105 Dries Rd., P.O. Box 134, Blandon 19510, featured the message “Knowing God”, and was presented by The NEW EARTH BAND’s Lee Schappell, and Minister Everett Thomas, Saturday, February 18, 2023.
Muchos gracias! to the residents and staff at Grand View Manor, 129 Houck Road, Fleetwood PA (www.gvmanor.com), for their warm welcome, as the “Grey Geezers” of The NEW EARTH BAND trucked in a Mid-Winter Matinee of loose-and-easy country gospel music for the residents and staff, Thursday, February 16, 2023.
Making their debut at the 1st Reformed United Church of Christ (www.hamburgfirstucc.org) at 3rd and Pine Sts., Hamburg, PA, were “one half” of The NEW EARTH BAND, bassist Gary Yerger and vocalist-guitarist Lee Schappell, who delivered a program of easy gospel music for the Hamburg Seniors Organization’s monthly business meeting, Wednesday, February 8, 2023.
Many thanks to the staff and residents for the warmest welcome as The NEW EARTH BAND’s Lee Schappell delivered the message “Knowing God” at the worship hour at Berkshire Commons, 5485 Perkiomen Avenue, Reading, PA (www.genesishcc.com), Sunday, January 29, 2023
Kicking off the New Year, old friends, The NEW EARTH BAND, returned with a Mid-winter Matinee of their signature, easy, country gospel music for the residents and staff of Keystone Villa at Douglassville (www.keystonevillaatdouglassville.com), Independent Living, 1180 Ben Franklin Highway, Douglassville, PA, Saturday, January 21, 2023.
The Dave Reinwald Live! fracas, with sideman Lee Schappell, of The NEW EARTH BAND in tow, returned to the friendly ambiance of the elegant Keystone Villa at Ephrata, 100 North State Street, Ephrata, PA (www.keystonevillaatephrata.com for a gala New Year’s Eve Oldies-But-Goodies Soiree for the residents, Saturday, December 31, 2022.
Danke schoen to Pastor Ed and Helen Kurtz for their warmth and kindness as The NEW EARTH BAND’s Lee Schappell presented Chapter 18 of “Where the Rubber Meets the Road” – the blue-collar gospel in music and testimony at The Torch Community Center, 134 Maple Drive, Morgantown, PA 19543 (ehtesting4@gmail.com), Friday, December 16, 2022.
‘Twas a long time coming! when“The Gray Gringos” of The NEW EARTH BAND played their first engagement at the Shoemakersville Fire Company Banquet Hall in three years, to spice up the weekly business meeting of the Shoemakersville Area Senior Citizens’ Club with an hour of loose-and-easy, good-time country gospel music, Tuesday, December 13, 2022.
Warm-and-Fuzzy was the return of The NEW EARTH BAND as they hauled in a wagonload of loose-and-easy, good-time Gospel music to Keystone Villa at Douglassville, Independent Living, 1180 Ben Franklin Highway, Douglassville, PA, (www.keystonevillaatdouglassville.com), for the residents and staff, Saturday, November 12, 2022.
Muchos gracias! to the residents and staff at Grand View Manor, 129 Houck Road, Fleetwood PA (www.gvmanor.com), for their warm welcome, as the “Grey Geezers” of The NEW EARTH BAND trucked in a Mid-Fall Matinee of loose-and-easy country gospel music for the residents and staff, Thursday, November 10, 2022.
A rowdy shout-out to the residents of Grand View Manor, 129 Houck Road, Fleetwood PA (www.gvmanor.com), for rolling out the red carpet for the Dave Reinwald Live! Oldies Extravaganza with sideman bassist Lee Schappell, of The NEW EARTH BAND, Thursday, November 3, 2022.
A warm “Thank you” goes out to the residents and staff of the splendidly-spiffy StoneRidge Poplar Run Retirement Community (www.stoneridgeretirement.com), 440 East Lincoln Avenue, Myerstown, PA, for an exceptionally-warm welcome when Dave Reinwald Live! along with bassist Lee Schappell of The NEW EARTH BAND took the Theatre on Main audience on a memorable walk down Memory Lane with their Oldies-But-Goodies show, Monday,October 24, 2022.
The chickens came home to roost, when, The NEW EARTH BAND returned to an old, familiar home, after nearly a three year hiatus, when they brought in a matinee of easy, good-time, country gospel music to the Keystone Villa at Fleetwood (www.keystonevillaatFleetwood.com) 501 Hoch Road, Blandon, PA, on Sunday, October 23, 2022.
Making their debut on Monday, September 26, 2022, at the Neptune Fire Company, 20 E. Main St., Richland, PA, for the gathering of the Marion Seniors, was none other than The Dave Reinwald Live! fracas, with sideman Lee Schappell, of The NEW EARTH BAND, in the wake!
Danke schoen to Pastor Ed and Helen Kurtz for their warmth and kindness as The NEW EARTH BAND’s Lee Schappell presented Chapter 17 of “Where the Rubber Meets the Road” – the blue-collar gospel in music and testimony at The Torch Community Center, 134 Maple Drive, Morgantown, PA 19543 (ehtesting4@gmail.com), Friday, August 12, 2022.
Our sincere thanks to the residents of Tel-Hai Retirement Community, 4000 Tree Line Drive, HoneyBrook, PA (www.telhai.org) for the warmest welcome, as the dangerous duo of Dave Reinwald Live! with sideman bassist Lee Schappell, of The NEW EARTH BAND, made their debut with a Summer Soiree of Oldies-But-Goodies, Thursday evening, August 4, 2022.
Heart-felt thanks go out to the Board of the Rosedale Grove Association, 1616 Vine St, Laureldale, PA 19605 (www.rosedalegrove.org), and to those loyal patrons of the Rosedale 2022 Summer Concert Series for a ‘rousing welcome and great participation, as The NEW EARTH BAND returned to The Grove on Sunday evening, July 3, 2022, with an evening of good-time Gospel Music … followed by that legendary Rosedale Ice Cream Social.
Grazi! Grazi! to the residents and staff of Keystone Villa at Fleetwood, 501 Hoch Road, Blandon, PA, (www.keystonevillaatFleetwood.com). as Dave Reinwald Live! and sideman Lee Schappell, of The NEW EARTH BAND, brought a matinee of Oldies-But-Goodies tunes, Friday, July 1, 2022.
Muchos gracias! to the staff and residents of Manor at Market Square, 803 Penn Street, Reading PA, (www.manoratms.com), as The NEW EARTH BAND’s Lee Schappell delivered the message for the morning worship service, “The Promise of His Coming”,, Saturday, May 28, 2022.
It was long overdue, but Thursday, May 19, 2022 saw the return of Dave Reinwald Live! accompanied by sideman Lee Schappell, of The NEW EARTH BAND, to the scene at Sencit Townhouse (https://sencittownehouse.rentpmi.com/), 20 South Summit Avenue, Shillington PA, an evening performance of their signature Oldies-But-Goodies Show!
Thanks so very, very much to the supporters and attendees of the Benefit Concert for “Take Heart”(www.takeheartcounseling.com), an equine-assisted support service for children, located at 699 Wooltown Road, Wernersville, PA, at Kissinger’s Church, 715 Berkshire Blvd., Wyomissing, PA (www.kissingerschurch.org), on Sunday, May 1, 2022. Dave Reinwald, along with Andy Ski and The NEW EARTH BAND’s Lee Schappell, presented an early-evening concert of Golden-Oldies-But-Goodies, and a special selection of the regal Music of the Beloved John Denver.
What a welcome! as The NEW EARTH BAND trucked in to Rittenhouse Village (www.rittenhousesl.com) 2900 Lawn Terrace, Reading PA, for a rousing Pre-Spring Sunday matinee of loose and easy, rural gospel music for the residents, March 20, 2021.
Many thanks to the residents and staff at Keystone Villa at Douglassville, Independent Living, 1180 Ben Franklin Highway, Douglassville, PA, (www.keystonevillaatdouglassville.com) for their warm welcome as Dave Reinwald Live! and sideman Lee Schappell, of The NEW EARTH BAND, took them all down Memory Lane with a “Golden Oldies” show, Thursday, March 10, 2022.
Thanks go out to the League of Golden Agers of Mohnton, for their warm reception and participation, Wednesday, February 23, 2022, as Dave Reinwald Live! and sideman Lee Schappell, of The NEW EARTH BAND, brought in an hour of Oldies-But-Goodies to their meeting at St. John’s Parish House, 1 Front Street, Mohnton, PA.
A genuine “Thank you!” to the Met-Ed Retirees’ Association for their warmest of welcomes when that incomparable duo of Dave Reinwald Live! and sidekick bassist Lee Schappell, of The NEW EARTH BAND, provided an hour of after-dinner seasonal music for MERA’s Annual Holiday Banquet, at the sumptuous Double-Tree Hilton (https://doubletree3.hilton.com/), 701 Penn Street, Reading, PA, Thursday, December 16, 2021.
Holiday cheer filled the air when that Pernicious Pairing of Dave Reinwald Live! and bassist Lee Schappell, from The NEW EARTH BAND, brought a sleighful of cheer to the West Lawn Seniors’ annual banquet at the West Lawn United Methodist Community Center (www.westlawnumc.org), 15 Woodside Avenue, West Lawn, PA, Monday, December 13, 2021.
It was a gala, mid-summer Gospel-fest as The NEW EARTH BAND trucked in a wagonload of loose-and-easy, good-time Gospel music to Keystone Villa at Douglassville, 1180 Ben Franklin Highway, Douglassville, PA, (www.keystonevillaatdouglassville.com), for the residents and staff, Tuesday, August 24, 2021.
Everything was “just peachy-keen”, Sunday afternoon, August 1, 2021, as The Olive Leaf Chapel, 846 Fritztown Road, Sinking Spring, PA, (www.Facebook.com/pages/Olive-Leaf-Chapel/133517666691925), presented its 15th Annual Olive Leaf Chapel Peach Festival in the Chapel Grove, adjacent to the church. All things “Peach” were the fare of the day, and Dave Reinwald Live! along with sidekick Lee Schappell, of The NEW EARTH BAND, provided a stroll down Memory Lane with a wagonload of Oldies-But-Goodies for the attendees.
A genuine “thank you” to the residents of Manor at Market Square, 803 Penn Street, Reading PA, (www.manoratms.com) for their customary welcome and full response as The NEW EARTH BAND’s Lee Schappell presented the worship hour message, “The Key to Eternal Life – Knowing God”, Saturday, June 12, 2021.
Thanks go out to the residents and staff of Berkshire Commons, 5485 Perkiomen Avenue, Reading PA (www.genesishcc.com), for the warm welcome as The NEW EARTH BAND’s Lee Schappell. delivered the worship hour message “The Key to Eternal Life – Knowing God”, Sunday, May 16, 2021
Our gratitude goes out to Kissinger’s Church (www.kissingerschurch.org), 715 Berkshire Blvd, Wyomissing, PA, and to the attendees of the Concert for the Benefit of The Wounded Warrior Project for their loyalty and their generous support, as Dave Reinwald & Friends, with The NEW EARTH BAND’s Lee Schappell on bass, presented a matinee of Golden-Oldies-But-Goodies for in-house attendees, as well as the global audience on the Kissinger’s Church Facebook Channel, Sunday, April 26, 2021.
A triumphal return to Columbia Cottage (www.columbiacottages.com), 3121 State Hill Road, Wyomissing, PA, for The NEW EARTH BAND took place Tuesday, April 20, 2021, as they delivered a hopping-good “New Earth Day” Country Gospel Matinee for the residents and staff.
A hearty shout-out to the residents and staff of Amity Place, 139 Old Swede Road, Douglassville, PA (http://www.enlivant.com/communities/pennsylvania/amity-place-douglassville), for a warm and toasty response as The NEW EARTH BAND returned to those friendly confines, Thursday, October 1, 2020, for an early-Autumn matinee of loose-and-easy Country Gospel music for all!
Sincere thanks to the Pottstown SDA Church (www.pottstownsda.org), 1134 North Charlotte Street, Pottstown PA, for the warmest welcome as The NEW EARTH BAND’s Lee Schappell presented the message at the worship hour, titled “Why We Need a Savior – Man’s Dilemma, God’s Fix”, on Sabbath, Saturday, September 26 2020.
Our gratitude for a great time, although somewhat limited by Covid-19 restrictions, but it was a good time indeed! Columbia Cottage (www.columbiacottages.com), 3121 State Hill Road, Wyomissing, PA, hosted The NEW EARTH BAND and their hopping-good country gospel music in celebration of “National Assisted Living Day”, Monday, September 14, 2020.
Many thanks to the residents and staff at Amity Place, 139 Old Swede Road, Douglassville, PA (www.aplaceformom.com/community/amity-place-1367174), as The NEW EARTH BAND’s Lee Schappell presented the Sunday, September 6, 2020, worship hour message, “Who Is This Jesus?”.
Our most genuine gratitude to Pastor Merrill Marisseau and the congregations of Zion’s (Spies) Evangelical Reformed Church (www.zionspieser.org), 318 Spies Church Road, and Zion’s (Spies) Evangelical Lutheran Church (www.zionspies.org), 310 Spies Church Road, Reading, PA, 19606, for extending the privilege to The NEW EARTH BAND to present the message at the worship hour in their signature, easy, rural gospel music, Sunday, August 16, 2020.
Danke schoen! to the residents and staff of Columbia Cottage (www.columbiacottages.com), 3121 State Hill Road, Wyomissing, PA, for offering to The NEW EARTH BAND the privilege of delivering a hopping-good “Fathers’Day” Matinee, Sunday, June 21, 2020.
A full house greeted The NEW EARTH BAND on Sunday, February 9, 2020 as they presented the Good News of the Gospel in 60 minutes of easy, throwback, country gospel music at the morning worship hour for the congregation of Friedens United Church of Christ, (https://friedensuccoley.org) )337 Main Street, Oley, PA.
The Dave Reinwald Live! fracas, with sideman Lee Schappell, of The NEW EARTH BAND in tow, returned to the friendly ambiance of the elegant Keystone Villa at Ephrata, 100 North State Street, Ephrata, PA (www.keystonevillaatephrata.com) with an evening of Oldies-But-Goodies for the residents, Tuesday, January 28, 2020.
Grazie! Grazie! to the staff and residents of Berkshire Commons, 5485 Perkiomen Avenue, Reading PA (www.genesishcc.com), as The NEW EARTH BAND’s Lee Schappell brought the message “Prayer, The Breathing of the Soul” to the worship hour, Sunday, January 26, 2020.
A victorious return it was, as The NEW EARTH BAND brought in a truckload of loose and easy Country Gospel Music for the residents of Mifflin Court, 450 E. Philadelphia Avenue, Shillington, PA, (www.genesishcc.com/MifflinCourt), Friday afternoon, January 24, 2020.
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