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Proudly Pa. This is the LocalShow with a Central Pennsylvania Music Hall of
Fame on the River ninety seven three. Welcome to episode twenty three of season
one of The Local Show. Myname is Glenn Hamilton. Brandon Valentine is
over there, President, founder ofthe Central Pennsylvania Music Hall of Fame.
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That's right, Mary, Almost Christmasto everybody, right he We are just
shy of a week away, aweek from tomorrow. If you're listening live,
I mean, if you're on thepodcast, it may have already come
and gone. Odel, We arein the Christmas spirit here also the Local
Show brought to you by renewal byAnderson of Central Pa. Brandon. Last
Sunday we had the annual Joy tothe Berg concert at the Inglewood, and
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man, it was an insanely goodtime, man and raised a bunch of
money for the homeless here in CentralPA. It was sold out show there
at the Anglewood. Lots of greatbands and ultimately, you know, a
lot of bodies for that benefit concert, because really it's all about raising funds
to help the pheless, for sure, sure, and the Central PA music
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community always comes together for this.Everybody wants to be a part of this
project. This is our second Joyto the Burg special, if you will,
and this is also our last episodeof season one. So we're gonna
end the year with our Joy tothe Burg Part two special and we're gonna
feature some more of the artists thatare on this year's album, which you
can still download a Joy Tothburg dotcom or get it at Carns. Who
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we kick it off with. Let'skick it off with No Last Call the
Street Band featuring Doug Wilbourn, TedReese and the Gang. It's All I
Want for Christmas is My Two FrontTeeth on the Local Show on the River
ninety seven to three. That's NoLast Called Street Band with their version of
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All I Want for Christmas is theTwo Front Teeth on our Joy to the
Berg special on the Local Show.And that video is so great. GK
Visual did the video for that?And where did they shoot that? Do
you remember? Yeah, it's atToys on the Square in Humbles Town featuring
Deborah Pinkerton from ABC twenty seven,So if you haven't seen it, check
it out for sure. That's right. And by the way, they have
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a live performance coming up tomorrow atnoon at Strawberry Square. Oh really okay,
that's right Monday, December eighteenth atnoon at Strawberry Square. So if
you want to get into Christmas cheer, go see him live. And if
you're listening on the podcast, italready happens, so you're miss Day if
you keep your eyes out for nolast call. They are so much fun
and always huge supporters of Joy tothe Burg. Who do we have up
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next, Brandon? Up next,we have Chrissy with a marshmallow world.
Oh, it is a marshmallow worldhere in the River studio. It's our
Joy to the Burg Special, Parttwo on the local show on the River
ninety seven three. It's a mushmallowworld in the winter when the snow comes
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to cover the blugground in s timeplay. It's so with cream Day,
where those marshmallow clowns being friendly inthe arms of the evergreen trees, and
the sun is red like a pumpkinhead. It's shining. Sill your nose,
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moll read. Oh, the worldis a snowball. See how it
boats. That's how it goes.Never but snow with Thulling, there's just
snowballs, just my sun get androlling. It's a yumy yummy world.
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Lad sweetheart, take off with yourlameirl. It's a sugar day. What
it free? It's laid in winter. It's a marshma world, marsh word.
When the sun clost to color,it's a time for It's the whipped
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cream day, away for the wholeround. Smash now in the arts of
the trees, and the shine isa red like a pumpkin head. It's
shining. So your nose boats greasthe world. There's your snowball. See
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how it boats. That's how itgoes. Never been snails gone. There's
your snow long just for a songand rolling. It's a yumy yummy world
made for sweeteart. Take along withyour favorable girl. It's a sugar day.
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What if spring is the lake?Did winner at so much? Smallow?
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Marry christs it's the local show onthe river ninety seven three? Have
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you ever needed some Onechester, someNchester to sit and hold your hand?
And Greece? Was that some inharbor life took the time to stop and
understand. Very young and widowed bytwenty no children of her own fore company.
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We loved that grace for the gifts. She's always brought us. The
gifts of grace were loving family.They were gifts of grace, gives that
left to trace across our hearts inour lives. With a smile on her
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face. She found that tender placewhere the gifts of grace would abide,
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simple life of love and satisfaction.She always had enough forardy. Help her
pick to matos into the garden,Sit on the porch, quiet and the
breeze. She passed Christmas Day ineighty seven. We sat aside her,
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holding her hands. Gives grace willnever be forgot. And if we take
the time to stop and understand,theyver gives of grace, gives that leapt
to trace across our hearts in ourlives. Lives with a smile on her
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face. She found that tender placewhere the gifts of grace would buy.
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They were gives of grace, Givesaid, left to trace across our hearts
in our lives. We did asmile on her face. She found that
tender place where the gifts of gracewoo bye. They were gifts of grace,
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Give said, left to trace acrossour hearts in our lives. High.
We had a smile on her face. She found that tender place where
the gifts of grace wood to bide. With a smile on her face,
she found that tender place where thegifts of grace woo to bide. From
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this here's Joy to the Burg compilationalbum that's Canaan's Land and Gifts of Grace.
This is the Local Show on theRiver ninety seven three, our Joy
to the Berg Special Part two.And right before that we did Chrissy Marshmallow
World and started with No Last CallStreet Band All I Want for Christmas?
And you kinta love the mix here, right, Like on the local show,
we try to highlight a lot ofdifferent genres and that's kind of what
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the Joy of the Burg Christmas albumdoes as well. You know, a
little bit of pop there with Chrissyfinishing up with Canaan's Land, traditional bluegrass
and gospel from Dave, Tim andSteve. You know, we like to
mix it up here, and that'swhat it's about ultimately, right, It's
featuring our talent across Central Pennsylvania inevery genre that exists. Coming up,
we have a great local keyboard player, just all around great guy, Joe
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Trojack is coming up some punk withthe Super High tech jet fighters and also
the starving musicians. Just a samplingof this year's Joy to the Burg album,
which you can still download at joyTootheburg dot com for a suggested twenty
dollars donation, and you can ofcourse give more. Right, that's right.
You can download the album or youcan buy the CD. The CD
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is back again this year, soyou can buy the CD. It can
ship to you, or you canfind a Carnes grocery store location near you
and find the album right there onthe shelf near the checkout. More from
this year's Joy to the Berg albumcoming up next on the local show on
the River ninety seven three, broughtto you by renewal by Anderson of Central
PA. Walter Thomas High School guidancecounselor remembers Glenn Hamilton. Our conversation started
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out normal enough, and he saidhe wanted to be a rock star,
just like Aussie. I told himthat was a little of realistic. That's
when he reached into his backpack andlaid the corpse of a headless bat on
my dad, doing the job hewas destined to do. I could still
see its heir stuck in his teeth. Glenn Hamilton Mornings five to ten on
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the River ninety seventh to ee.Yeah, he was different. And we're
back with part two of our Joyto the Berg special on the Local Show
on the River ninety seven to three. I'm Glenn Hamilton. Brandon Valentine is
right over there. Who are westarting this set off with Brandon? We're
kicking it off with Joe Trojak.If you were at the concert there,
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you saw Joe performed this song live. He's an LVC graduate. And I'll
tell you what out of you knowa lot of the musicians that were there,
I think the room just got quietwhen Joe started playing this and a
nobody question about it, captivated bythe ability hanging on every note. This
is Joe's arrangement of O Come,Oh, Come Emmanuel. This is the
Local Show on the River ninety sevento three, Like Lave My No.
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That is track thirteen on this year'sJoy to the Berg album, The Epic
Oh com emmanuelas performed by our friendJoe Trojack, who also has a recording
studio around here. All the musiciansaround Central PA know and love Joe,
as do we. And he wasthe stage manager extraordinaire at Joy to the
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Burg. It would not have runnearly as smoothly without Joe. I guess
you could say a Joe trojack ofall trades. Hah, you just did.
I see what you did there?All right? Now let's get into
the super high Tech jet Fighters.These are some good friends of mine.
It's punk influence, power pop.They just rocked the angle Wood with Timmy's
creep Show. And congrats to Weson his nuptials this month. Oh nice,
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Yeah, Wes, Griffith, LoganBetts, Tommy Persiitts and Dave Brooks.
This is the super high Tech jetFighters with Christmas and eyes. It's
the local show on the River ninetyseven to three. I'm on a mission,
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babe, classified all the way,and I'm the only one to fly
on Christmas Day. I may notmakeet home. Don't wait all night for
me, my captain says. It'sdangerous to see my last goodbyes. I'm
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told to light the sky above fivefast, don't cacitate or die, and
if gorgeous, glad, I maysee you in time for Christmas. Nime,
It's time to fly and fly.I'm hitting the altitude above the class
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below and I can hear the radiogive my last command, protect your country.
Sun Rad Barrens on the run,the lad and Dad, the baths
of you make this is fine.Run. I'm told to light the sky
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above five fast, don't hesitate ortime and the funk gorg is glad.
I may see you and time forChristmas die. Time to fly fight this
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Christmas send on your return from Christmasdisc they wrote that that's the super high
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tech jet fighters with Christmas in theSkies Our Joy to the Burgh Special Part
two on the local Show on theRiver ninety seven three. So it's a
great song man, no doubt.You gotta love the addition of the original
music, especially on the Christmas album. A nice mix of originals and covers
and traditional classic Christmas songs. It'sa great soundtrack. You can put this
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on Christmas Morning and our Christmas Eve. Leave it on and know that every
song that you're hearing was recorded bymusicians right here in Central Pa. That's
right. And don't forget this isthe fifth album. So there's over one
hundred songs in the Joy of theBurg history of five albums. Wow,
if you actually go to Carnesley,actually sell a bundle of previous years as
well, so you can not onlypick up this year, but you can
also get the previous ones. Sweetsand who do we have up next,
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Brandon, Let's talk about this fora second. Right. Closing out the
show there at the angle Wood,they played over an hour of straight Christmas
music with their unique rock takes onclassics. It's the starving musicians with a
little fast beat on Oh Holy Night. It's the local show on the River
ninety seven to three, Joy tothe bird Park, two O O the
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stars, a broad shine in PeterOvertesse, whoa in the world? It's
seeing pone really? And Sol whowe saw your says for Yon nerve race
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a new love moll all, Ohhe the boll says an who not many
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who Dranpa? Who knows? Whoworn? All not divide, raised by
the line fads really be in blowhis heart by strat stain, sold my
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life boast a sweet le cleaan inbecame the wise man from your play Looking
of Kings, be Lord and Maderbeen all our child, mon be your
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friend, be no nons and meyou are we this no stranger. Behold
your king, the Lord thing,behold your King Yu King before in day
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I think you called there. Ohholy night, starther Radley shine in it
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is night about these say better allloud in the world he is seen,
and Nerbor pointing to the peace andthe soul felt its wall. Look long
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looming alone, Richol says for Yonnever raised Ann no small hop long need
she need says An the starving musicians. Oh holy nights. Haven't heard it
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like that? Have you? It'sthe local show on the River ninety seven
three Our Joy to the Berg Special. We did a Joy the Burg Special
Part one a couple of weeks ago, which you can hear on the podcast,
and then this this is our secondone. Just don't forget. You
can go still to Joydtheburg dot comand download all twenty songs for a twenty
dollars donation. You can order theCD online or any of the past CDs,
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and where can you pick up ahard copy of the CDs? Brandon
several events Jordan the Berg related.I believe they might actually be tomorrow there
for that No Last Call show withStrawberry Square there. But don't forget.
You walk into any Carnes location andthey should have the physical CD and the
previous CDs there for sale for youto grab at the register. Helping our
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unhoused neighbors during the holidays, thatis the true spirit of the season.
So, Brandon, this is ourlast show of season one. It's bittersweet,
huh. It really is. Atwenty three episodes. You can hear
them all on the iHeartRadio app justlook under podcast under the River Local Show
and be sure to share it aroundand follow us too. We'll be back
after the new year with a brandnew season two of the Local Show.
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And when are nominations coming out forthe Central Pennsylvania Music Awards, Brandon,
that's right, we're closing up seasonone here because we start the new cycle
here. Come the turn of thenew year, right so January, right
after the first of the year,nominations are announced for the Central Pennsylvania Music
Awards. Are unfamiliar with it.It is our local Grammy ceremony at the
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Hershey Theater. It is scheduled forThursday, March twenty eighth, twenty twenty
four, and as we mentioned,the official nominees get announced there in January.
So we look forward to the startof season two and featuring a lot
of the nominees for the upcoming ceremony. Don't forget. Tickets are currently on
sale via Ticketmaster to the Central PennsylvaniaMusic Awards and Hall of Fame Induction ceremony
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where we look to acknowledge Fuel Futsteinet, Vince Dacola and others. So feel
free to check out those tickets onlineand season two here we come. It
really is Central PA's Grammys at theHershey Theater. Don't miss it and we'll
see you next year for a brandnew season of the local show brought to
you by renewaled by Anderson of CentralPa. For Brandon Valentine, I'm Glenn
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Hamilton. Have a safe and happyholiday season, and while you're on break,
try to get out and see alocal show