biography
Three green-eyed teens and sensational singers, Kelsey, Jeanna, and Whitney have been serenading audiences for the last eight years as a trio, and their jade colored eyes inspired their chic name, SweetWater Jade. Kelsey, Jeanna, and Whitney’s trendy musical flair for modern country music is perfected by their unique voices and unique harmonies coupled with their spunky personalities.
The humble beginnings for SweetWater Jade began in Magnolia State, Mississippi. These three southern teens shared a love for performing and entertaining, a drive for dedication to long and hard work, and belief that all things are possible through faith.
Honing their musical skills, Kelsey, Jeanna, and Whitney all sought private voice lessons. Interestingly enough, these three girls had never been acquainted and solely shared their love for music and the same voice teacher. From the suggestion of their voice teacher, all three teens decided to take their solo skills and unite as a harmonizing group to perform in a State Fair competition. “Our goal was to perform in the group category at the fair. After the competition we had so much fun singing as a group we decided to continue,” Kelsey says. Looking back on their first competition, this talented trio has now been blessed to be singing together for eight years. “We started as a group wanting to do competitions and then we started getting more opportunities to sing places,” Kelsey says.
SweetWater Jade has showcased their talents from venues adorned with boots and spurs to bright lights and crowds with thousands of fans. SweetWater Jade has been the opening act for the Beach Boys, Craig Morgan, Keith Anderson, Joe Nichols, David Alan Coe, Dierks Bentley, Josh Turner, Aaron Tippin, and many others. Kelsey, Jeanna, and Whitney have performed with Jerry Lee Lewis, Marty Stuart, The Williams Brothers, Carola, an international Swedish pop star, and alongside James Burton. They have performed at the Peavy Awards, where they were presented as Mississippi’s Future Grammy Contenders, the Liberty Bowl, Dixie National Rodeo, Statue of Liberty 4th of July Celebration and the 2007 and 2008 CMA Music Fest Nashville, Tennessee.
Jeanna- 19 years old, Fun loving and full of spunk. she is definitely the ball of fire in this group. she is the one who can always make the others laugh on long trips and during tedious practicing.
Kelsey- 17 years old, Kels is the mellow member of the band. She is the one who can bring the other 2 back to reality and keep them sane. Although she is the youngest, the others would say she is probably still more mature at heart.
Whitney- 18 years old, Whitney is your typical redhead. She is very determined and the creative mind of the group. She loves to laugh and have fun but knows when to stand up for herself.