Bands
Turnip The Beet, with Christie Burns​
Turnip the Beet is a dance band duo from Nashville, Tennessee. Rooted in the traditions of Southern Appalachia and local contra dances, Kelsey Wells and Jeremy Lekich combine fiddle, guitar, percussion, and the occasional banjo in an innovative and jubilant musical harvest. Expect to hear an organic mix of eclectic tunes from the American South, Ireland, Cape Breton, Quebec, and Scandinavia, as well as a half-bushel of grooving, homegrown originals. Joining Kelsey and Jeremy is Christie Burns, our wonderfully talented hometown musician, playing piano and hammered dulcimer.
You might remember we had this trio play for us last year at Chattaboogie, and they did such a nice job we had to have them back one more time! Christie takes Turnip The Beet to a whole new level. She doesn't play with Turnip The Beet nearly enough, but we are very happy to have them all together again. Don't miss this entrancing musical and dancing experience.
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Evan Snoey and Alex Wilder
An artist and creative at heart, Evan Snoey has explored and dived into many mediums of music and art. His background in traditional styles combined with a contemporary music education allow him to not only thrive in jazz, bluegrass, old-time, rock, indie folk, chamber and improvisatory music but to push and blend them together.
Evan has been playing music since he was five, first learning the fiddle. He grew up playing dance music, and has pursued many traditional styles since then. He sought out new instruments to learn, and new music to play. He has studied old-time, bluegrass, Scandinavian, Scottish, swing & jazz, and contemporary improvisational music.
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​Alex Wilder is an audio engineer, producer, and songwriter devoted to helping artists communicate through recorded music. A graduate of Oberlin College and the Blackbird Academy, Alex's past work ranges from producing singer-songwriter recordings in Maine to audio engineering on the original songs for Disney's Encanto to writing songs based on spoken stories with Documentary Songwriters. He is from Rockport, ME, and currently lives in Nashville, TN.
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Evan and Alex hit it off and enjoy making music together. You will love them too.
Callers
Terry Doyle
Terry is an delightful and experienced caller from Morganton, North Carolina. She has a deep reportoire of contradance and square dances, from the easy beginner level to mind bending contras. Come see why Terry is in demand as a caller, and be transported into dance nirvana.
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Elijah Jaime
Elijah is a new face on the caller scene, but in a short time he has made himself known throughout the Southeast, and has become a masterful caller. Elijah is from Huntsville, AL. Make him welcome.
Sound Engineering
The Sound of Perfection
Ed Howe is a consummate musician and professional sound engineer from Atlanta, GA. We are lucky to have Ed running sound for us once again. No one does it better!
Event Location
Old Bailey Station
Our dance venue is a large industrial building that has been repurposed as an event venue, hosting concerts, weddings, and dances. It has a nice wood floor for dancing, and is only 5 miles from downtown Chattanooga, TN.
Old Bailey Station
100 Bailey Ave
Rossville, GA