December 16, 2025 • 32 mins
This week, we have a special guest in studio, Nick Mucci of Joy to the Burg! We discuss all things JTTB and feature the following tracks from the 2025 compilation album.
1. Perfect Harmony - “O Holy Night”
2. Bob Geiger - “Merry Christmas Baby”
3. Just Us Too (members of OTL) - “Christmas Valentine”
4. Canaan's Land Bluegrass - “Bluegrass Christmas”
5. The Starving Musicians - “You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch”
6. Steve Schwartz - “A Cart Full of Games”
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Hosts: Glenn Hamilton & Brandon Valentine
1. Perfect Harmony - “O Holy Night”
2. Bob Geiger - “Merry Christmas Baby”
3. Just Us Too (members of OTL) - “Christmas Valentine”
4. Canaan's Land Bluegrass - “Bluegrass Christmas”
5. The Starving Musicians - “You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch”
6. Steve Schwartz - “A Cart Full of Games”
Listen on 97.3 FM or FROM ANYWHERE:
TheRiver973.com/Listen
To submit your music for consideration for a future episode go to:
www.cpmhof.com/radio
Hosts: Glenn Hamilton & Brandon Valentine
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Episode Transcript
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Proudly Pa.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
This is the local show with a Central Pennsylvania Music
Hall of Fame on the River ninety seven.
Speaker 3 (00:09):
All right, welcome to this week's episode of the Local Show.
I'm Glenn Hamilton from the River. Brandon Valentine, founder of
the Central Pennsylvania Music Hall of Fame, my co host.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
Hello, Hello, good to be back. Happy December.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
Yeah, Happy December, and it's Joy to the Burg season.
This is episode two of our Joy to the Burg
what we call it special Trilogy. Yes, and this in
fact is Jordaan the Burg day.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
That's right.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
We just finished up the concert there at the Abbey Bar,
just wrapped up the Abbey Bar concert, the seventh concert
that they've had over the years. Nick Mucci from Christian
Churches United is our special in studio guest, and Nick,
I know this is like like unfathomably the busiest time
of your year with everything that you've got in.
Speaker 4 (00:57):
It is, man, it is probable us right, Christmas is
sure busy time, but it's so wonderful to be a
part of the soundtrack of Christmas here at Harrisburg with
Jordan Berg.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
I like to claim that whether that's true.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Or not, and it's not just about the music. I mean,
of course that's the main thing for Joy to the Burg,
but it's what the money does that people spend to
buy the albums every year and to go to the concerts.
You've got some real stories with skin on them.
Speaker 4 (01:28):
Absolutely, I can't wait to share a little bit about
my guy Lester. His story is a great one, and
where he's at right now it's pretty incredible, so I
can't wait to share about it.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
We'll find out about Lester here coming up in just
a few minutes, but first let's get to some of
the music that's on this year's double Joy to the
Berg disc.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
Yes, that's right.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
We have a green disc and a red disc two
disc set, and this one here is off of the
red disc. It's track number five. This is one of
my favorites. I always like to see someone who we
haven't heard in previous years. Know what to expect from
some of the annual favorites, but this two disc twenty
five song set actually features ten new artists this year,
(02:08):
and this is one of them. It's perfect harmony with
their rendition of Oh Holy Night on the local show
The River ninety seventeen night.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
The stars are brightly shine the night of the de
same news.
Speaker 5 (02:29):
Boo longly.
Speaker 6 (02:37):
Insane and by to arm and the soul wldest.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Ear three.
Speaker 5 (02:57):
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Speaker 7 (03:36):
No no.
Speaker 8 (03:40):
S wessperps for oh ninety table.
Speaker 5 (04:03):
My ny.
Speaker 9 (04:10):
Okay, says oh no, no, no, my guys, oh my.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
De you're listening to the local show with a Central
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Pennsylvania Music Hall of Fame on the River ninety seventy three.
Speaker 10 (05:27):
Here we go, Nah, I just came here tonight to
say I came here to say something to my baby.
Speaker 11 (05:39):
Merry Christmas, Baby.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
Thank you for always been so good to me.
Speaker 8 (05:52):
I just want to say one Christmas behaving.
Speaker 12 (06:02):
You're sure to treat me now.
Speaker 13 (06:08):
Sir, Merry Christmas behaver, you surely treat me now.
Speaker 14 (06:19):
Me.
Speaker 8 (06:19):
I I'm living. I'm living in very.
Speaker 11 (06:27):
You see.
Speaker 8 (06:29):
I feel real good tonight.
Speaker 13 (06:31):
I got music called the radio, and.
Speaker 15 (06:38):
I'm real good tonight. I got music called the radio,
not not go. I wanna kiss your wonder make my
miss true.
Speaker 13 (06:57):
Now listen, sir, I came garnege Chimney half past three
with what's a nice little presence former baby and me.
Speaker 8 (07:08):
Merry Christmas behaving. Yeah, you're sure. The three men and.
Speaker 11 (07:17):
Lovely come liver there living in Beirda, bringing up.
Speaker 8 (07:31):
Steve had some saxophones, schooma, Steve, all right.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
All right?
Speaker 10 (07:56):
Not gow bass guitar.
Speaker 8 (08:03):
We have Jean Bucker.
Speaker 13 (08:09):
And on the drums we have mister Ray right, and
on the keyboards Marty Mellos, well, yeah, the.
Speaker 8 (08:31):
One, the only great Monser one guitar. Welcome son.
Speaker 11 (08:57):
I came down and shouldn't that half past street with
a what's a.
Speaker 8 (09:03):
Nice little present?
Speaker 9 (09:04):
School my baby and me?
Speaker 8 (09:07):
Merry Christmas baby.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
You're showing a treatment night if you like.
Speaker 11 (09:18):
I'm living over, living in prevent.
Speaker 8 (09:25):
All right now.
Speaker 11 (09:27):
I just came here to say Merry Christmas baby.
Speaker 15 (09:32):
I just want to say Merry Christmas baby.
Speaker 13 (09:37):
Just want to say Merry Christmas baby.
Speaker 8 (09:41):
And everyone is such a prison mayor Merry Christmas.
Speaker 3 (09:51):
Happy her here too, the river even three. It's the
local show. This is our Joy to the Berg special
episode number two of our trilogy. And that is Nick
Muccie's co chair there for Joy to the Burg once
again this year. Bob Geiger with his version of Merry
(10:14):
Christmas baby.
Speaker 1 (10:14):
He's so good man, he is, He's great.
Speaker 3 (10:16):
He's a Good Dude and Perfect Harmony started off this
week's episode with Oh holy night, We're gonna get to
some more stories with Nick Mucci coming up here in
just a couple of minutes. So who's up next musically, Brandon, Yes,
coming up next? We have This is a duo who
branded themselves particularly for the Joy to the Burg project.
(10:37):
It's a ban in Beverly and they branded themselves as
just us two.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
Oh, just us two.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
And this is Christmas Vallentine. The local should River ninety seven.
Speaker 14 (10:49):
Outside my window, snow is coming town. The Brooklyn Bridge
is blankettheod it's quiet hung around Simmy lights up Lincoln
Brike just like a Christmas tree that I remember old December.
Speaker 1 (11:06):
I got my favorite jacket on. There's snowflakes in the air.
We made a reservation, but we won't make it there.
And there's two inviting.
Speaker 8 (11:16):
There's no where I'd rather be.
Speaker 16 (11:20):
Something about you that I'm getting used to, Babe.
Speaker 8 (11:25):
Just be mine, a kind of sort.
Speaker 17 (11:28):
Of Greasstmas valient time you're making every.
Speaker 18 (11:32):
Day with you, and I feel like a very very fauary.
Just be mine to say, you'll be my graceous valiant time.
Speaker 8 (11:48):
I want to make it every day.
Speaker 9 (11:51):
The Halliday with you, just you.
Speaker 2 (11:57):
It doesn't matter, render shy, it's someone more windfall all
the blows or.
Speaker 19 (12:03):
Blue Cosmo Calender's always ever green drinking other reason and
love to see.
Speaker 8 (12:15):
Say just be mine a kind of sort.
Speaker 17 (12:19):
Of grista time you're making every day with you, and
feel like that a very very verary same mind to
say you be my grave savage time.
Speaker 20 (12:39):
I want to make it every day a day with you,
every day, every day, every day, every day, every day.
Speaker 18 (12:58):
Day be just fine.
Speaker 1 (13:01):
You're trying to sort of mine valentime.
Speaker 9 (13:05):
You make every day.
Speaker 8 (13:07):
With you, and I feel.
Speaker 5 (13:10):
Like a very very feu very day.
Speaker 8 (13:16):
Just be mine, Just say you'll be my.
Speaker 18 (13:19):
Christ's valent Time.
Speaker 16 (13:22):
I want to make every day hot day, my every
day hollow, every day a ham.
Speaker 3 (13:35):
Day with you. The River ninety seven three, It's our
Joy to the Berg Trilogy. This is episode two, so
thank you for tuning in as we feature lots of
the music from this year's double disc set, which is
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chock full of twenty five Christmas songs from local artists, bands, musicians.
And that is just us two too. With Christmas Valentine,
we had Bob Geiger back there in perfect.
Speaker 1 (14:10):
Harmony started us off.
Speaker 3 (14:11):
I'm Glenn Hamilton, Brandon Valentine from the Central Pennsylvanian Mission Qualifier.
That's right, your names in that song, and our special
in studio guest Nick Mucci, who is a co chair
once again this year for Joy to the Burg with
Christian Churches United.
Speaker 1 (14:26):
And it's not just about the music.
Speaker 3 (14:28):
The music is the method, but it's all about what
your money does, what your dollars do to really truly
help our unhoused.
Speaker 1 (14:36):
Neighbors in Central Pennsylvania.
Speaker 4 (14:38):
Yeah, So the funds raised from these albums, from the concerts,
from all of the different things, it goes to support
outreach to those who are currently homeless here in Harrisburg.
And so for us at Christian Churches United, there's three
different programs. It's our street outreach program that is connecting
with folks while they are on the street, as well
as our two overnight shelters. Our our Women's shelter which
is now a year round shelter it's actually opened thanks
(15:00):
to Jordan the Berg back in twenty nineteen. It is
now a year round shelter. But then also our men's
winter overnight shelter, and that's December one through March thirty first,
and it was at that shelter where we first encountered
Lester when he came in to visit back in February
of twenty three and so Lester's story is a pretty
great one as he came and found safety there at
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the shelter. Lester came to the shelter in February and
as he spent some time there, thankfully we had some
space open up at our men's facility at safe Haven,
so Lester, who was resting there at the men's overnight shelter,
ended up moving into safe Haven and going through the
process there. Safe Haven is our home for men who
are chronically homeless and have a mental health diagnosis. And
(15:44):
from there Lester kind of he got what he needed.
He got the support he needed, the encouragement that he needed,
and he ended up moving upstairs to where he had
his own space, He had his own room. And the
goal is always for our guys, we want them to
move out into their own apartment. Well, Lester, who came
to the shelter that is funded partly through Joy to
the Burg, ended up moving out on April first of
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twenty twenty five and one week later, Lester started as
an employee over at Susquehanna Harbor Safe Haven, where his
story is now lived out in front of the men
who are coming to our shelter receiving the support from
jordath Burg, and Lester is there each and every day
a witness to the power of transformation that this project
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is helping create.
Speaker 1 (16:29):
That's the thing.
Speaker 3 (16:31):
Your dollars really do go somewhere, and it's right here
in the greater Harrisburg area. So Joydotheburg dot com can
get you all the information to buy this year's double CD,
download the album, find out the carns locations you can
buy it, or just make a donation free and clear
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over and above. But you can also see other stories
at Joydtheburg dot com of how Joydeberg.
Speaker 1 (16:57):
Helps people right here. We're going to take a quick break.
Speaker 3 (17:00):
Come back with more music from this year's double CD,
and then hear some more stories from Nick Mucci how
Joy to the Berg impacts our neighbors here in Harrisburg.
Speaker 1 (17:08):
Who's kicking off the next set?
Speaker 3 (17:10):
Brandon kicking off the next sets perennial favorite Canaan's Land
with some bluegrass music. All right, that's coming up next
right here on Joy to the Burg on the local
show The River ninety seven three and the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 1 (17:21):
From small towns.
Speaker 2 (17:27):
To big cities, to Paradise cities and Paul cities in between.
Take the River ninety seven three with you whatever city
you're in, with a new and improved II Heart Radio
app Homer Away, the music will still play.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
Make us your number one pre set in your car
and on the app. Sorry, that flight's and counciled Wait
to see sand is two hours. Take a break.
Speaker 3 (17:56):
We've already had the Joy to the Burg concerts and
the Good Day Pape, but that doesn't mean that you
can't still enjoy all this wonderful music throughout the season,
right Brandon, That's right. And even here on the local
show in the River ninety seven three, we like to
showcase some different genres, get some variety, and you know what,
the same thing actually happens with Jordan the Berg. Every
year we get submissions from all different genres, be it
(18:19):
R and B or rock or jazz, instrumental country, and
heck even some bluegrass. And that's the next one we
got here. It is Canaan's Land with Bluegrass Christmas on
the local show the River ninety seven three.
Speaker 21 (18:38):
Well, you gotta have boo grass to make it Christmas
a band job picking melody.
Speaker 1 (18:47):
To get hit tars week.
Speaker 8 (18:48):
He's driving in and I'm right just if I'm grass.
Speaker 21 (18:52):
Christmas melody, macarat ur tree, make it Christmas some color
lights blinking in the yall yourself from chocolate.
Speaker 8 (19:04):
For the misses your mailboxes.
Speaker 1 (19:07):
Plumps a full of cars.
Speaker 21 (19:10):
But you gotta have booth pressed and make it Christmas
a banjo picking mellody. Look, it's our sweetly strumbling with
about righteous defumptin the move grass Christmas man, mope, put
yourself from egg don if you have to put the
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fruit cake outver all can see.
Speaker 8 (19:34):
Get your projector your slices of Uncle.
Speaker 21 (19:36):
Hector, Wendy BAEd on the grand old opper Bee.
Speaker 1 (19:42):
But you gotta have booth grassed.
Speaker 21 (19:44):
And make it Christmas a banjo picking melody. Look, it's
our sweetly strumbling man am out righteous depumping grass Christmas Man.
Marie Sand's on the rooftop, Rudolph's.
Speaker 1 (20:16):
Noses flashing red. Frosty's half the man he was. We
made snowballs out of him.
Speaker 21 (20:26):
But you gotta have the grass and make it Christmas
The Banjo Picking Melodies.
Speaker 20 (20:34):
Again.
Speaker 21 (20:35):
Tars Meak, be stronger man, righteous thumping grass Christmas Man,
but you gotta have bood grassed and make it Christmas.
Speaker 1 (20:46):
The banjo pick and mell movie again, Tarak croudly Pa.
Speaker 2 (20:53):
This is the local show with a Central Pennsylvania Music
Hall of Fame on the River seven three.
Speaker 12 (21:03):
Ban You're a mean one, mister Grinch. You really are
heel yours cuddy as a.
Speaker 1 (21:15):
Cactus, as charming.
Speaker 8 (21:16):
As an heels.
Speaker 1 (21:17):
The Bridge, You're a bad banana with.
Speaker 8 (21:23):
A greasy black bee. You're a monster, mister Grinch. Your
heart's an empty.
Speaker 12 (21:34):
Hole, brain as boll as wight as you're the garlicting
is old mister Bridge.
Speaker 1 (21:41):
I wouldn't touch you with.
Speaker 8 (21:43):
A thirty nine and a half football.
Speaker 9 (22:22):
Hi.
Speaker 1 (22:23):
They're happy people.
Speaker 22 (22:24):
Well by now, I guess you've already heard that the
mean o mister Grinch did try to steal Christmas from
the wonderful.
Speaker 1 (22:31):
People of Whuiville.
Speaker 7 (22:32):
That eagles fully, what.
Speaker 22 (22:35):
He didn't know was the people of Whoville or what
he had a spirit, and they had a special.
Speaker 20 (22:41):
Name for him.
Speaker 1 (22:43):
They called him who whoo who.
Speaker 8 (22:49):
You're a bile one, mister Brinch.
Speaker 1 (22:52):
You have your too.
Speaker 12 (22:54):
You're smile you all the readers obvious reason rockadile, mister.
Speaker 1 (22:58):
Brig Given the choice between the two of you, I take.
Speaker 8 (23:04):
The season Crocodt You know me, mister Brinch, You're the nauseous.
Speaker 17 (23:17):
Truck.
Speaker 8 (23:18):
You're talking and you're trying to cooking us.
Speaker 23 (23:19):
Mister Brine, your soul was an appalling dump heap display
of the most disgraceful assortment of rubbish imaginable mangled up
in Tangled.
Speaker 1 (23:44):
Mary Christmas the.
Speaker 3 (23:46):
Local Show on the River ninety seven three. Joy to
the Berg Special Part two. That's the Starving Musicians version
of your A mean one, mister Grinch and Canaan's Land
with some bluegrass back their Bluegrass Christmas, all from this
year's double album, which you can buy a Joy Totheburg
dot com. Enjoy throughout the season and all seasons to come,
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and your money goes directly to help our homeless population
right here in Harrisburg with Christian Churches United. Nick Mucie
as our special guest, Do you have another story for
us you can tell us in a little bit.
Speaker 1 (24:17):
Yeah, who are you going to tell us about? I
would love to be able to talk about Robert. Okay, Robert,
we'll talk about Robert.
Speaker 3 (24:22):
Robert's wonderful story coming up here after our final song
for this week's episode by one of the co founders
of Joy to the Burg. Yes, Steve Schwartz, formerly of
Christian Churches United, has taken a liking to the project
as not only managing in the past, but now being
a participant in the We talked about varying genres in
(24:46):
the genre of parody, so it'll be an interesting parody
of a well known classic rock song, Don Christmas Style
with Steve's creative flip. This is a cart full of games.
Steve Schwartz on the local show The River in ninety
seven through third.
Speaker 1 (25:00):
Week of December.
Speaker 7 (25:03):
I was looking at all the likes. There was red
and green, and white and blue way, and it struck
me all that I had to do. The first thing
I did was I got out of pen and the
list I started to write. The next thing I did
(25:25):
was I got in my car and hit it out
into the silent night.
Speaker 1 (25:31):
I went to the Walmart for to pick up some games.
Speaker 7 (25:34):
It so good to get Kenny Kane at the Walmart.
They don't give you no shame because the last minute
chopping is they're playing good thing lie. After two hours
(26:03):
of my shop being right, my mood began to where's them?
After three hours on my rough up come I was
looking for a little boys drum.
Speaker 1 (26:16):
My list it a long Where did.
Speaker 9 (26:19):
I go wrong?
Speaker 7 (26:20):
I got a lengthy night ahead. You see, I'm riding
through the Walmart on of course, for some games, and
I also grab some key slow ring because at the
Walmart they don't give.
Speaker 1 (26:34):
You no shame unless many shopping is.
Speaker 7 (26:38):
They're named the thing.
Speaker 1 (26:56):
Where's my credit card is warm?
Speaker 7 (27:10):
After nine hours, at the end of my robe was
gone to give a ball on my hope, But then
came some tidings of comfort and joy I finally found,
but my friends enjoyed.
Speaker 1 (27:25):
I got candy Land for.
Speaker 7 (27:26):
Buddy and some lights four Clark that surely lead to
his neighbors glare. For Hans, I got Jenga and for
Ralphie of course some industrial safety I wear. You see,
I'm riding through the Walmart in a carbolo games. You
know you'll never ever hear me complain because at the
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Walmart they don't get you no shame. The least minute
chopping is there for you think.
Speaker 24 (28:00):
Shout the yeah, yeah, yeah, LeMay, come on, everybody, lay,
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let's stack those hogs, hingle those spells.
Speaker 1 (28:55):
Oh man, how are we believing? Open Christmas?
Speaker 3 (29:07):
Steve Schwartz KRT full of games on the local show
The River ninety seven three, it's our Jody the Burg special.
You can find all of the songs that you've heard
tonight and more.
Speaker 1 (29:18):
What would that be?
Speaker 3 (29:19):
Nineteen more twenty five songs total for the double disc
set at joy Toothburg dot com.
Speaker 1 (29:26):
How much is this year's album suggested donation of twenty dollars?
Speaker 3 (29:30):
That's less than a dollar a song if you're doing
the math in your head, and that's that's incredible for
all this incredible music. Details of Joytotheburg dot com. Nick
muchI from Christian Churches United, the co chair of Jodidburg
again this year, has some great stories because he knows
exactly how your money goes to help our homeless population.
Speaker 4 (29:50):
Nick, Yeah, I wanted to talk about Robert real quick. Yeah,
we'll talked about. The funds raised through this project support
three different parts of our ministry, one of them being
street out, So we have individuals who work for us
who are out on the street connecting with people who
are currently homeless, offering support and case management. And Robert
was a guy who had spent over three years on
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the street. He had been finding different places to rest,
had some connection with Downtown Daily Bread, connection with us,
and he would work with our case manager John, and
one of the things that he always would do in
the midst of his own struggle.
Speaker 1 (30:24):
Robert was a consummate encourager of others.
Speaker 4 (30:27):
Our case manager John kept saying, you know, Robert, for
his situation, he had all the reasons to just be
self focused.
Speaker 1 (30:32):
He wasn't.
Speaker 4 (30:33):
He was constantly encouraging the other people out there to
do what needed done.
Speaker 1 (30:37):
Well.
Speaker 4 (30:37):
This past November, I got to sit in Robert's apartment
where he has been living for the past seven months. Wow,
and get to hear about just his own story, his
own challenges, and he still has that same spirit. While
we were there, John talked about some of the other
guys that Robert knew on the street and how they
were finding housing. And Robert would just sit there and
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I could see the joy wash over him at somebody
else's story, at somebody else's success while he was still
in the midst of living his own success.
Speaker 1 (31:07):
Amazing.
Speaker 4 (31:07):
It's a wonderful story. Robert's an incredible guy. It was
beautiful to sit there and watch him and hear him
as he would look at his apartment say sometimes i
just sit and look at the walls and I'm just
so grateful for where I'm at now.
Speaker 3 (31:20):
Gratitude goes such a long way, and you guys, I'm
sure helped him quite a bit to get back on
his feet. Thanks to the donations of people that have
supported Joy to the Burg over the years. At Christian
Churches United had to Joy to Theeburg dot com for
everything you need to know to support this year's cause,
and once again Nick Mucci from Christian Churches United our
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special in studio guests.
Speaker 1 (31:42):
We'll be back with us next week as busy as
you are. Yeah, I can't wait.
Speaker 3 (31:47):
It's our really gee, it's our Joy to the Burg trilogy.
So our final installment will be next Sunday, guess, leading
right up to the big Christmas Day. Brandon Valentine are
always my co host a Brandon, how can people get
their music submitted for next year's local show episodes?
Speaker 1 (32:05):
Because we've kind of got the rest of these time.
Speaker 3 (32:07):
That'sor right, we'll pick it up in twenty twenty six,
after next week's Joined the Berg special. But if you'd
like to hear your track right here on the local
show in the River ninety seven to three, go to
the website CPMHOF dot com.
Speaker 1 (32:17):
That's the acronym for Central Pennsylvania Music Hall of.
Speaker 3 (32:20):
Fame CPMHOF dot com slash radio and you can click
the link to submit your track for consideration for airplay.
All right, buy your tickets now with the Central Pennsylvania
Music Awards and Hall of Fame Induction ceremony at American
Music Theater next March.
Speaker 1 (32:34):
Don't wait, it's gonna fill up quickly, and I'll.
Speaker 3 (32:37):
Have the podcast up so you can listen to this
episode and share it with all your friends and neighbors
and loved ones. Lunchtime tomorrow for Nick Mucci, Randon Valentine.
I'm glad Hamilton get out there and go see a
local show
Proudly Pa.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
This is the local show with a Central Pennsylvania Music
Hall of Fame on the River ninety seven.
Speaker 3 (00:09):
All right, welcome to this week's episode of the Local Show.
I'm Glenn Hamilton from the River. Brandon Valentine, founder of
the Central Pennsylvania Music Hall of Fame, my co host.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
Hello, Hello, good to be back. Happy December.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
Yeah, Happy December, and it's Joy to the Burg season.
This is episode two of our Joy to the Burg
what we call it special Trilogy. Yes, and this in
fact is Jordaan the Burg day.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
That's right.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
We just finished up the concert there at the Abbey Bar,
just wrapped up the Abbey Bar concert, the seventh concert
that they've had over the years. Nick Mucci from Christian
Churches United is our special in studio guest, and Nick,
I know this is like like unfathomably the busiest time
of your year with everything that you've got in.
Speaker 4 (00:57):
It is, man, it is probable us right, Christmas is
sure busy time, but it's so wonderful to be a
part of the soundtrack of Christmas here at Harrisburg with
Jordan Berg.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
I like to claim that whether that's true.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Or not, and it's not just about the music. I mean,
of course that's the main thing for Joy to the Burg,
but it's what the money does that people spend to
buy the albums every year and to go to the concerts.
You've got some real stories with skin on them.
Speaker 4 (01:28):
Absolutely, I can't wait to share a little bit about
my guy Lester. His story is a great one, and
where he's at right now it's pretty incredible, so I
can't wait to share about it.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
We'll find out about Lester here coming up in just
a few minutes, but first let's get to some of
the music that's on this year's double Joy to the
Berg disc.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
Yes, that's right.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
We have a green disc and a red disc two
disc set, and this one here is off of the
red disc. It's track number five. This is one of
my favorites. I always like to see someone who we
haven't heard in previous years. Know what to expect from
some of the annual favorites, but this two disc twenty
five song set actually features ten new artists this year,
(02:08):
and this is one of them. It's perfect harmony with
their rendition of Oh Holy Night on the local show
The River ninety seventeen night.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
The stars are brightly shine the night of the de
same news.
Speaker 5 (02:29):
Boo longly.
Speaker 6 (02:37):
Insane and by to arm and the soul wldest.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Ear three.
Speaker 5 (02:57):
Loiy World is a SA new and US news cob.
Speaker 7 (03:36):
No no.
Speaker 8 (03:40):
S wessperps for oh ninety table.
Speaker 5 (04:03):
My ny.
Speaker 9 (04:10):
Okay, says oh no, no, no, my guys, oh my.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
De you're listening to the local show with a Central
(05:06):
Pennsylvania Music Hall of Fame on the River ninety seventy three.
Speaker 10 (05:27):
Here we go, Nah, I just came here tonight to
say I came here to say something to my baby.
Speaker 11 (05:39):
Merry Christmas, Baby.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
Thank you for always been so good to me.
Speaker 8 (05:52):
I just want to say one Christmas behaving.
Speaker 12 (06:02):
You're sure to treat me now.
Speaker 13 (06:08):
Sir, Merry Christmas behaver, you surely treat me now.
Speaker 14 (06:19):
Me.
Speaker 8 (06:19):
I I'm living. I'm living in very.
Speaker 11 (06:27):
You see.
Speaker 8 (06:29):
I feel real good tonight.
Speaker 13 (06:31):
I got music called the radio, and.
Speaker 15 (06:38):
I'm real good tonight. I got music called the radio,
not not go. I wanna kiss your wonder make my
miss true.
Speaker 13 (06:57):
Now listen, sir, I came garnege Chimney half past three
with what's a nice little presence former baby and me.
Speaker 8 (07:08):
Merry Christmas behaving. Yeah, you're sure. The three men and.
Speaker 11 (07:17):
Lovely come liver there living in Beirda, bringing up.
Speaker 8 (07:31):
Steve had some saxophones, schooma, Steve, all right.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
All right?
Speaker 10 (07:56):
Not gow bass guitar.
Speaker 8 (08:03):
We have Jean Bucker.
Speaker 13 (08:09):
And on the drums we have mister Ray right, and
on the keyboards Marty Mellos, well, yeah, the.
Speaker 8 (08:31):
One, the only great Monser one guitar. Welcome son.
Speaker 11 (08:57):
I came down and shouldn't that half past street with
a what's a.
Speaker 8 (09:03):
Nice little present?
Speaker 9 (09:04):
School my baby and me?
Speaker 8 (09:07):
Merry Christmas baby.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
You're showing a treatment night if you like.
Speaker 11 (09:18):
I'm living over, living in prevent.
Speaker 8 (09:25):
All right now.
Speaker 11 (09:27):
I just came here to say Merry Christmas baby.
Speaker 15 (09:32):
I just want to say Merry Christmas baby.
Speaker 13 (09:37):
Just want to say Merry Christmas baby.
Speaker 8 (09:41):
And everyone is such a prison mayor Merry Christmas.
Speaker 3 (09:51):
Happy her here too, the river even three. It's the
local show. This is our Joy to the Berg special
episode number two of our trilogy. And that is Nick
Muccie's co chair there for Joy to the Burg once
again this year. Bob Geiger with his version of Merry
(10:14):
Christmas baby.
Speaker 1 (10:14):
He's so good man, he is, He's great.
Speaker 3 (10:16):
He's a Good Dude and Perfect Harmony started off this
week's episode with Oh holy night, We're gonna get to
some more stories with Nick Mucci coming up here in
just a couple of minutes. So who's up next musically, Brandon, Yes,
coming up next? We have This is a duo who
branded themselves particularly for the Joy to the Burg project.
(10:37):
It's a ban in Beverly and they branded themselves as
just us two.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
Oh, just us two.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
And this is Christmas Vallentine. The local should River ninety seven.
Speaker 14 (10:49):
Outside my window, snow is coming town. The Brooklyn Bridge
is blankettheod it's quiet hung around Simmy lights up Lincoln
Brike just like a Christmas tree that I remember old December.
Speaker 1 (11:06):
I got my favorite jacket on. There's snowflakes in the air.
We made a reservation, but we won't make it there.
And there's two inviting.
Speaker 8 (11:16):
There's no where I'd rather be.
Speaker 16 (11:20):
Something about you that I'm getting used to, Babe.
Speaker 8 (11:25):
Just be mine, a kind of sort.
Speaker 17 (11:28):
Of Greasstmas valient time you're making every.
Speaker 18 (11:32):
Day with you, and I feel like a very very fauary.
Just be mine to say, you'll be my graceous valiant time.
Speaker 8 (11:48):
I want to make it every day.
Speaker 9 (11:51):
The Halliday with you, just you.
Speaker 2 (11:57):
It doesn't matter, render shy, it's someone more windfall all
the blows or.
Speaker 19 (12:03):
Blue Cosmo Calender's always ever green drinking other reason and
love to see.
Speaker 8 (12:15):
Say just be mine a kind of sort.
Speaker 17 (12:19):
Of grista time you're making every day with you, and
feel like that a very very verary same mind to
say you be my grave savage time.
Speaker 20 (12:39):
I want to make it every day a day with you,
every day, every day, every day, every day, every day.
Speaker 18 (12:58):
Day be just fine.
Speaker 1 (13:01):
You're trying to sort of mine valentime.
Speaker 9 (13:05):
You make every day.
Speaker 8 (13:07):
With you, and I feel.
Speaker 5 (13:10):
Like a very very feu very day.
Speaker 8 (13:16):
Just be mine, Just say you'll be my.
Speaker 18 (13:19):
Christ's valent Time.
Speaker 16 (13:22):
I want to make every day hot day, my every
day hollow, every day a ham.
Speaker 3 (13:35):
Day with you. The River ninety seven three, It's our
Joy to the Berg Trilogy. This is episode two, so
thank you for tuning in as we feature lots of
the music from this year's double disc set, which is
(13:57):
chock full of twenty five Christmas songs from local artists, bands, musicians.
And that is just us two too. With Christmas Valentine,
we had Bob Geiger back there in perfect.
Speaker 1 (14:10):
Harmony started us off.
Speaker 3 (14:11):
I'm Glenn Hamilton, Brandon Valentine from the Central Pennsylvanian Mission Qualifier.
That's right, your names in that song, and our special
in studio guest Nick Mucci, who is a co chair
once again this year for Joy to the Burg with
Christian Churches United.
Speaker 1 (14:26):
And it's not just about the music.
Speaker 3 (14:28):
The music is the method, but it's all about what
your money does, what your dollars do to really truly
help our unhoused.
Speaker 1 (14:36):
Neighbors in Central Pennsylvania.
Speaker 4 (14:38):
Yeah, So the funds raised from these albums, from the concerts,
from all of the different things, it goes to support
outreach to those who are currently homeless here in Harrisburg.
And so for us at Christian Churches United, there's three
different programs. It's our street outreach program that is connecting
with folks while they are on the street, as well
as our two overnight shelters. Our our Women's shelter which
is now a year round shelter it's actually opened thanks
(15:00):
to Jordan the Berg back in twenty nineteen. It is
now a year round shelter. But then also our men's
winter overnight shelter, and that's December one through March thirty first,
and it was at that shelter where we first encountered
Lester when he came in to visit back in February
of twenty three and so Lester's story is a pretty
great one as he came and found safety there at
(15:22):
the shelter. Lester came to the shelter in February and
as he spent some time there, thankfully we had some
space open up at our men's facility at safe Haven,
so Lester, who was resting there at the men's overnight shelter,
ended up moving into safe Haven and going through the
process there. Safe Haven is our home for men who
are chronically homeless and have a mental health diagnosis. And
(15:44):
from there Lester kind of he got what he needed.
He got the support he needed, the encouragement that he needed,
and he ended up moving upstairs to where he had
his own space, He had his own room. And the
goal is always for our guys, we want them to
move out into their own apartment. Well, Lester, who came
to the shelter that is funded partly through Joy to
the Burg, ended up moving out on April first of
(16:07):
twenty twenty five and one week later, Lester started as
an employee over at Susquehanna Harbor Safe Haven, where his
story is now lived out in front of the men
who are coming to our shelter receiving the support from
jordath Burg, and Lester is there each and every day
a witness to the power of transformation that this project
(16:28):
is helping create.
Speaker 1 (16:29):
That's the thing.
Speaker 3 (16:31):
Your dollars really do go somewhere, and it's right here
in the greater Harrisburg area. So Joydotheburg dot com can
get you all the information to buy this year's double CD,
download the album, find out the carns locations you can
buy it, or just make a donation free and clear
(16:51):
over and above. But you can also see other stories
at Joydtheburg dot com of how Joydeberg.
Speaker 1 (16:57):
Helps people right here. We're going to take a quick break.
Speaker 3 (17:00):
Come back with more music from this year's double CD,
and then hear some more stories from Nick Mucci how
Joy to the Berg impacts our neighbors here in Harrisburg.
Speaker 1 (17:08):
Who's kicking off the next set?
Speaker 3 (17:10):
Brandon kicking off the next sets perennial favorite Canaan's Land
with some bluegrass music. All right, that's coming up next
right here on Joy to the Burg on the local
show The River ninety seven three and the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 1 (17:21):
From small towns.
Speaker 2 (17:27):
To big cities, to Paradise cities and Paul cities in between.
Take the River ninety seven three with you whatever city
you're in, with a new and improved II Heart Radio
app Homer Away, the music will still play.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
Make us your number one pre set in your car
and on the app. Sorry, that flight's and counciled Wait
to see sand is two hours. Take a break.
Speaker 3 (17:56):
We've already had the Joy to the Burg concerts and
the Good Day Pape, but that doesn't mean that you
can't still enjoy all this wonderful music throughout the season,
right Brandon, That's right. And even here on the local
show in the River ninety seven three, we like to
showcase some different genres, get some variety, and you know what,
the same thing actually happens with Jordan the Berg. Every
year we get submissions from all different genres, be it
(18:19):
R and B or rock or jazz, instrumental country, and
heck even some bluegrass. And that's the next one we
got here. It is Canaan's Land with Bluegrass Christmas on
the local show the River ninety seven three.
Speaker 21 (18:38):
Well, you gotta have boo grass to make it Christmas
a band job picking melody.
Speaker 1 (18:47):
To get hit tars week.
Speaker 8 (18:48):
He's driving in and I'm right just if I'm grass.
Speaker 21 (18:52):
Christmas melody, macarat ur tree, make it Christmas some color
lights blinking in the yall yourself from chocolate.
Speaker 8 (19:04):
For the misses your mailboxes.
Speaker 1 (19:07):
Plumps a full of cars.
Speaker 21 (19:10):
But you gotta have booth pressed and make it Christmas
a banjo picking mellody. Look, it's our sweetly strumbling with
about righteous defumptin the move grass Christmas man, mope, put
yourself from egg don if you have to put the
(19:30):
fruit cake outver all can see.
Speaker 8 (19:34):
Get your projector your slices of Uncle.
Speaker 21 (19:36):
Hector, Wendy BAEd on the grand old opper Bee.
Speaker 1 (19:42):
But you gotta have booth grassed.
Speaker 21 (19:44):
And make it Christmas a banjo picking melody. Look, it's
our sweetly strumbling man am out righteous depumping grass Christmas Man.
Marie Sand's on the rooftop, Rudolph's.
Speaker 1 (20:16):
Noses flashing red. Frosty's half the man he was. We
made snowballs out of him.
Speaker 21 (20:26):
But you gotta have the grass and make it Christmas
The Banjo Picking Melodies.
Speaker 20 (20:34):
Again.
Speaker 21 (20:35):
Tars Meak, be stronger man, righteous thumping grass Christmas Man,
but you gotta have bood grassed and make it Christmas.
Speaker 1 (20:46):
The banjo pick and mell movie again, Tarak croudly Pa.
Speaker 2 (20:53):
This is the local show with a Central Pennsylvania Music
Hall of Fame on the River seven three.
Speaker 12 (21:03):
Ban You're a mean one, mister Grinch. You really are
heel yours cuddy as a.
Speaker 1 (21:15):
Cactus, as charming.
Speaker 8 (21:16):
As an heels.
Speaker 1 (21:17):
The Bridge, You're a bad banana with.
Speaker 8 (21:23):
A greasy black bee. You're a monster, mister Grinch. Your
heart's an empty.
Speaker 12 (21:34):
Hole, brain as boll as wight as you're the garlicting
is old mister Bridge.
Speaker 1 (21:41):
I wouldn't touch you with.
Speaker 8 (21:43):
A thirty nine and a half football.
Speaker 9 (22:22):
Hi.
Speaker 1 (22:23):
They're happy people.
Speaker 22 (22:24):
Well by now, I guess you've already heard that the
mean o mister Grinch did try to steal Christmas from
the wonderful.
Speaker 1 (22:31):
People of Whuiville.
Speaker 7 (22:32):
That eagles fully, what.
Speaker 22 (22:35):
He didn't know was the people of Whoville or what
he had a spirit, and they had a special.
Speaker 20 (22:41):
Name for him.
Speaker 1 (22:43):
They called him who whoo who.
Speaker 8 (22:49):
You're a bile one, mister Brinch.
Speaker 1 (22:52):
You have your too.
Speaker 12 (22:54):
You're smile you all the readers obvious reason rockadile, mister.
Speaker 1 (22:58):
Brig Given the choice between the two of you, I take.
Speaker 8 (23:04):
The season Crocodt You know me, mister Brinch, You're the nauseous.
Speaker 17 (23:17):
Truck.
Speaker 8 (23:18):
You're talking and you're trying to cooking us.
Speaker 23 (23:19):
Mister Brine, your soul was an appalling dump heap display
of the most disgraceful assortment of rubbish imaginable mangled up
in Tangled.
Speaker 1 (23:44):
Mary Christmas the.
Speaker 3 (23:46):
Local Show on the River ninety seven three. Joy to
the Berg Special Part two. That's the Starving Musicians version
of your A mean one, mister Grinch and Canaan's Land
with some bluegrass back their Bluegrass Christmas, all from this
year's double album, which you can buy a Joy Totheburg
dot com. Enjoy throughout the season and all seasons to come,
(24:06):
and your money goes directly to help our homeless population
right here in Harrisburg with Christian Churches United. Nick Mucie
as our special guest, Do you have another story for
us you can tell us in a little bit.
Speaker 1 (24:17):
Yeah, who are you going to tell us about? I
would love to be able to talk about Robert. Okay, Robert,
we'll talk about Robert.
Speaker 3 (24:22):
Robert's wonderful story coming up here after our final song
for this week's episode by one of the co founders
of Joy to the Burg. Yes, Steve Schwartz, formerly of
Christian Churches United, has taken a liking to the project
as not only managing in the past, but now being
a participant in the We talked about varying genres in
(24:46):
the genre of parody, so it'll be an interesting parody
of a well known classic rock song, Don Christmas Style
with Steve's creative flip. This is a cart full of games.
Steve Schwartz on the local show The River in ninety
seven through third.
Speaker 1 (25:00):
Week of December.
Speaker 7 (25:03):
I was looking at all the likes. There was red
and green, and white and blue way, and it struck
me all that I had to do. The first thing
I did was I got out of pen and the
list I started to write. The next thing I did
(25:25):
was I got in my car and hit it out
into the silent night.
Speaker 1 (25:31):
I went to the Walmart for to pick up some games.
Speaker 7 (25:34):
It so good to get Kenny Kane at the Walmart.
They don't give you no shame because the last minute
chopping is they're playing good thing lie. After two hours
(26:03):
of my shop being right, my mood began to where's them?
After three hours on my rough up come I was
looking for a little boys drum.
Speaker 1 (26:16):
My list it a long Where did.
Speaker 9 (26:19):
I go wrong?
Speaker 7 (26:20):
I got a lengthy night ahead. You see, I'm riding
through the Walmart on of course, for some games, and
I also grab some key slow ring because at the
Walmart they don't give.
Speaker 1 (26:34):
You no shame unless many shopping is.
Speaker 7 (26:38):
They're named the thing.
Speaker 1 (26:56):
Where's my credit card is warm?
Speaker 7 (27:10):
After nine hours, at the end of my robe was
gone to give a ball on my hope, But then
came some tidings of comfort and joy I finally found,
but my friends enjoyed.
Speaker 1 (27:25):
I got candy Land for.
Speaker 7 (27:26):
Buddy and some lights four Clark that surely lead to
his neighbors glare. For Hans, I got Jenga and for
Ralphie of course some industrial safety I wear. You see,
I'm riding through the Walmart in a carbolo games. You
know you'll never ever hear me complain because at the
(27:48):
Walmart they don't get you no shame. The least minute
chopping is there for you think.
Speaker 24 (28:00):
Shout the yeah, yeah, yeah, LeMay, come on, everybody, lay,
(28:32):
let's stack those hogs, hingle those spells.
Speaker 1 (28:55):
Oh man, how are we believing? Open Christmas?
Speaker 3 (29:07):
Steve Schwartz KRT full of games on the local show
The River ninety seven three, it's our Jody the Burg special.
You can find all of the songs that you've heard
tonight and more.
Speaker 1 (29:18):
What would that be?
Speaker 3 (29:19):
Nineteen more twenty five songs total for the double disc
set at joy Toothburg dot com.
Speaker 1 (29:26):
How much is this year's album suggested donation of twenty dollars?
Speaker 3 (29:30):
That's less than a dollar a song if you're doing
the math in your head, and that's that's incredible for
all this incredible music. Details of Joytotheburg dot com. Nick
muchI from Christian Churches United, the co chair of Jodidburg
again this year, has some great stories because he knows
exactly how your money goes to help our homeless population.
Speaker 4 (29:50):
Nick, Yeah, I wanted to talk about Robert real quick. Yeah,
we'll talked about. The funds raised through this project support
three different parts of our ministry, one of them being
street out, So we have individuals who work for us
who are out on the street connecting with people who
are currently homeless, offering support and case management. And Robert
was a guy who had spent over three years on
(30:10):
the street. He had been finding different places to rest,
had some connection with Downtown Daily Bread, connection with us,
and he would work with our case manager John, and
one of the things that he always would do in
the midst of his own struggle.
Speaker 1 (30:24):
Robert was a consummate encourager of others.
Speaker 4 (30:27):
Our case manager John kept saying, you know, Robert, for
his situation, he had all the reasons to just be
self focused.
Speaker 1 (30:32):
He wasn't.
Speaker 4 (30:33):
He was constantly encouraging the other people out there to
do what needed done.
Speaker 1 (30:37):
Well.
Speaker 4 (30:37):
This past November, I got to sit in Robert's apartment
where he has been living for the past seven months. Wow,
and get to hear about just his own story, his
own challenges, and he still has that same spirit. While
we were there, John talked about some of the other
guys that Robert knew on the street and how they
were finding housing. And Robert would just sit there and
(30:57):
I could see the joy wash over him at somebody
else's story, at somebody else's success while he was still
in the midst of living his own success.
Speaker 1 (31:07):
Amazing.
Speaker 4 (31:07):
It's a wonderful story. Robert's an incredible guy. It was
beautiful to sit there and watch him and hear him
as he would look at his apartment say sometimes i
just sit and look at the walls and I'm just
so grateful for where I'm at now.
Speaker 3 (31:20):
Gratitude goes such a long way, and you guys, I'm
sure helped him quite a bit to get back on
his feet. Thanks to the donations of people that have
supported Joy to the Burg over the years. At Christian
Churches United had to Joy to Theeburg dot com for
everything you need to know to support this year's cause,
and once again Nick Mucci from Christian Churches United our
(31:40):
special in studio guests.
Speaker 1 (31:42):
We'll be back with us next week as busy as
you are. Yeah, I can't wait.
Speaker 3 (31:47):
It's our really gee, it's our Joy to the Burg trilogy.
So our final installment will be next Sunday, guess, leading
right up to the big Christmas Day. Brandon Valentine are
always my co host a Brandon, how can people get
their music submitted for next year's local show episodes?
Speaker 1 (32:05):
Because we've kind of got the rest of these time.
Speaker 3 (32:07):
That'sor right, we'll pick it up in twenty twenty six,
after next week's Joined the Berg special. But if you'd
like to hear your track right here on the local
show in the River ninety seven to three, go to
the website CPMHOF dot com.
Speaker 1 (32:17):
That's the acronym for Central Pennsylvania Music Hall of.
Speaker 3 (32:20):
Fame CPMHOF dot com slash radio and you can click
the link to submit your track for consideration for airplay.
All right, buy your tickets now with the Central Pennsylvania
Music Awards and Hall of Fame Induction ceremony at American
Music Theater next March.
Speaker 1 (32:34):
Don't wait, it's gonna fill up quickly, and I'll.
Speaker 3 (32:37):
Have the podcast up so you can listen to this
episode and share it with all your friends and neighbors
and loved ones. Lunchtime tomorrow for Nick Mucci, Randon Valentine.
I'm glad Hamilton get out there and go see a
local show
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