THE CHICKADEES PRACTICE WITH THE BABAHATCHIE BAND

Ferrell Winfree and Sandra Copeland Hicks, minus Linda Whitson Jones, the third member of “The Chickadees”, met and rehearsed with the “Babahatchie Community Band” Monday evening in the Harriman High School band room to practice for their upcoming combined performances for the “Appalachian Dreams” show at the Roane State Theater on May 16^th.

The show, to be emceed by Bill Landry, with a special appearance by screen and television actor Muse Watson, will be performed twice that Saturday, with a matinee at 2 PM and another showing at 7 PM. Tickets are on sale now at the Rocky Top General Store and the Harriman Jewelry Exchange in Harriman.

For 20 years or so, the “Babahatchie Community Band” has performed for area residents with popular classics, marches, brass band music and show tunes. The group, usually about 30 members strong, was formed when Dr. Joseph (Joe) Williams back in 1989. The band holds weekly rehearsals, which are open to the public. You can find them enjoying themselves down in the Harriman High School band room most any Monday evening around 8 PM.

Williams also organizes, and plays the tuba for Harriman's TubaChristmas each year.

Babahatchie is a unique Native American name for the Emory River, which means “babbling waters.”

Recognize any of your neighbors? You never know who might be in the Babahatchie Community Band!