![]() She was a featured dancer and a choreographer in the production “Solemates”, collaborating with Step Afrika! as well as a collaboration with Tim O’Brien in “The Crossing.” Heidi has toured the world as a guest dancer with professional and Grammy-winning recording artists including Nickel Creek, Lunasa, Balsam Range, Uncle Earl (starring in their music video “Streak O’ Lean, Streak O’ Fat”) and Eileen Ivers, just to name a few. She received a Michigan Dance Heritage Fellowship moving her to Maryland to join the international touring company, FOOTWORKS Percussive Dance Ensemble as a principal dancer and co-choreographer. She has achieved national recognition competing, performing, touring, judging, and teaching clogging, Irish step dance (popularized by “Riverdance”), rhythm tap, traditional as well contemporary forms of percussive dance including South African Gumboot and Body Percussion. ![]() Grew up dancing with 3 generations of her family from Greenville, Michigan. Kelly has 2 wonderful grown kids and currently lives in Black Mountain with his wife Debi. Currently he plays shows with Jesse Barry and the Jam, Love Is A Rose Linda Ronstadt Tribute, Blake Ellege and the Country Resonators, Rewind House Band, Emerald Empire and other local artists, as well as writing/recording at home and continuing to offer private lessons and enjoying the mountains here. He also was the go to 'pit' guitarist for many stage musicals like Jesus Christ Superstar, Godspell, Pippin, Footloose, Man of La Mancha, Little Shop of Horrors etc. In the Wheeling/Tri State area he played extensively with the rock band Airborne and alterna/country Joe Zelek Band and enjoyed opening shows for Brad Paisley, Keith Urban, Taylor Swift, Luke Bryan, Toby Keith and many others. There he continued to gig full-time, produce projects in his home studio and offer private guitar instruction. ![]() After his studies at Berklee College of Music in Boston he pursued the ‘original band’ scene in NYC gigging at venues like CBGB’s, The Bitter End, and the Beacon Theater until starting his family and moving back to Wheeling WV in ’89. Is a West Virginia native who moved to the Asheville area 7 years ago.
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