Jump 2 3 brings the craic with rousing Irish dance music and traditional tunes! So what’s with the name? Simple, really. Chris and Bill both have children who grew up dancing with the Driscoll School of Irish Dance where Annie is a current teacher. Jump 2-3 began as a dance school family project born of the need to provide traditional music for dancers from the Kansas City Irish dance community. After a couple performances together, picking Rae up along the way to round out the band, we kept getting booked and needed a name! “Jump 2 3” was tossed out and it stuck; appropriate, since it’s one of the first moves taught to Irish dancers.
Jump 2 3 features Chris Carr on the whistles and bodhrán, Bill on guitar, bouzouki, and vocals, Rae Bowerman on percussion and vocals, and Annie Stark on fiddle and dance.