Backstage Country

LISTEN LIVE

Kelsea Ballerini Danced and Partied At Her High School Reunion

Kelsea Ballerini posted several images and videos of her returning to Central High School in Knoxville, Tennessee, where she attended a reunion. Kelsea, who won the “World Traveler” honor at…

Kelsea Ballerini Danced and Partied At Her High School Reunion
Amy Sussman/Getty Images

Kelsea Ballerini posted several images and videos of her returning to Central High School in Knoxville, Tennessee, where she attended a reunion.

Kelsea, who won the "World Traveler" honor at the reunion, wrote along with the post on Instagram, "technically, i didn't graduate from this high school. i only spent my freshman and sophomore year there before moving to Nashville. but so much life happened here. crushes. music. friendship. heartbreak. insecurity. drive. the first time I played a song I wrote for anyone was in this auditorium. there was tragedy, and there was magic…and it made leaving this community to go chase down this naive knowingness the truest meaning of bittersweet."

She added, "so after 13 years of being in Nashville, i decided to go to my reunion to be nostalgic with the people that made me love my hometown like i do. go bobcats for effing ever."

Kelsea Ballerini

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.