The Chuck Wagon Gang will present a concert at Mount Joy Mennonite Church, 320 Musser Road, on Friday, Oct. 28, at 6:30 p.m. There is a set admission fee.

The group formed in 1935, featuring farmer D.P. Carter along with his son, Ernest, and daughters, Lola and Effie. It began as a way to spread the Word while also raising money for medicine for Effie, who had pneumonia. The group began singing on local radio in Lubbock, Texas, that year. As it grew in popularity, the Chuck Wagon Gang started recording for the American Record Corporation in 1936 before the group's contract and master recordings were purchased by Columbia Records.

Over the years, the band has sold millions of records and songbooks and has experienced numerous personnel changes while retaining ties to the original quartet. Current owner, manager, and alto singer Shaye Smith is the granddaughter of original alto Anna "Effie" Carter and of Howard Gordon, who played electric and acoustic guitar for the Chuck Wagon Gang in the 1950s and '60s. The quartet still performs with accompaniment from only one guitar, now played by Darrell Morris.

In addition to Smith and Morris, the current lineup includes Melissa Kemper, Josh Garner, and Scotty Owenby.