At the age of 13, Kayla Kroh began taking voice and guitar lessons from Heather Sneeringer of Copper Sky and Tropical Soul in August 2010. Kayla enjoys songwriting and has written five original songs. She is currently in the recording studio working on her first CD, which will be released in 2012. Kayla enjoys performing weekly at Open Mics each Tuesday at Maewyn's and Wednesday at Ski Roundtop.

Kayla is in eighth grade at Central York Middle School. In 2011, she was a featured performer at Jam on the Hanna in Wrightsville, PA, Summer in Paradise at Naylor Winery and First Fridays at Bair's Chicken at Central Market in York. Kayla was also very honored to perform the National Anthem at the York Revolutions during their regular season and playoffs.

B-Tropical will put a smile on your face! They are a blend of Western,Caribbean and African rhythms that will lift your spirits and move your feet!

After trying mutiple times, a Madagascar born, Yvon N Tatafasa finally got his project on the road, "B-Tropical". Yvon spent most of his childhood on the East coast of Madagascar, Farafangana and Vangaindrano. He moved to the south, Fort-Dauphin, at age 21 to find himself. He took an English class at an American School which led him to get a job as receptionist of a Big Hotel in town and later became a tour guide at the "Natural Reserve Kaleta and then Berenty”.

In the beginning of 2002, Yvon moved to the USA where he met David Rajaonary at Malagasy at a party in Washington. DC. They been played shows at the Kennedy Center, Bronx Zoo for the opening of Madagascar Museum and Voice of America.

In 2009, Yvon started his new project, “B-Tropical”. In 2010, David Rajaonary of Madagascar, Mamoudou Konate of Burkina Faso, Monvelyno Alexis from Haiti and Dodd Gross from York, PA joined Yvon Tatafasa. Since 2010, they've been playing throughout the northeast.

Michael “Crawdaddy” Crawley was born in Detroit, Michigan, aka the Motor City. His musical influences stem from his family, especially his father, Frank, and his grandmother, “Hohner’s Little Lady”. Frank introduced Crawdaddy to the music of Nat King Cole, The Mills Brothers and The Ink Spots, as well as show tunes like “South Pacific,” “My Fair Lady” and “The Music Man.” Then one fateful day in 1964, he and millions of Americans saw the Beatles perform on the “Ed Sullivan Show” for the first time, which changed his musical life forever. Soon after he and his brother Brian began collecting all of the Beatles’ records they could find.

Crawdaddy’s first introduction to the world of Trop Rock was at Knoxville’s Tropic Festival in 1997, where he appeared with St. Somewhere, A1A and Greg Bridgewater. The next year he travelled to Key West with St. Somewhere for Meeting of the Minds, the official Convention for Parrot Heads in Paradise. Here he discovered Parrot Heads and their love of Trop Rock music. From 1998 to 2001 he joined St. Somewhere on the road, traveling all over the United States.

Over the years he has appeared in countless Trop Rock festivals and Parrot Head events, many of which are with “his brother from another mother”, a singer/songwriter named Paul Bobal aka “Tall Paul”. In addition, Crawdaddy is often seen onstage jamming with a wide variety of performers. Some notable Trop Rock musicians he has collaborated with include Will Kimbrough, Tropical Soul, James “Sunny Jim” White and John Frinzi. Crawdaddy was just listed on Beach Front Radio's Top in the Trops 2011 as one of the Top Trop Musicians in 2011 for his talents with the harmonica.

These days Crawdaddy performs in a wide range of musical outfits, spanning many musical genres: a blues duo called the Detroit Daddies; the Trop Rock duo with Tall Paul (affectionately known as “TallDaddy”); a seven-piece blues band called “Jenna and Her Cool Friends” (who will be competing in the 2012 International Blues Challenge in Memphis); a local Jug band called Y’uns; and a rock outfit called Crawdaddy the Band.

Originating from Baltimore, Maryland, John Patti has performed for crowds across the nation and the world! At age 3, he began banging on chairs, couches, tables and whatever made the most noise until he found his father’s old drum set which he used to teach himself to play drums throughout elementary and middle school.

He released his first solo album in July of 2006 titled ABOVE THE FOLD which blends the warm sounds of the islands with the cool sound of jazz to find a great “island jazz” sound.

Soon after his CD release, John joined Holland America Line and their fleet of luxurious cruise ships to travel and perform around the world. He’s performed in ports from Alaska, Hawaii and the Caribbean islands, into Brazil and South America, down to the Great Barrier Reef of Australia, the fjords and mountains of New Zealand to the ancient buildings of China and Japan.

While touring on ships fills most of the winter months, the summer is spent touring the U.S. John has been hired to perform with many “Trop Rock” bands across the nation. Some of the bands include:

• Jim Morris and the Big Bamboo Band – Florida,
• John Frinzi – Florida,
• Kelly McGuire – Houston,
• A1A – Gerogia,
• Jimmy and the Parrots- New Jersey
• Key West Band- Roanoake, VA
• Tropical Soul- York, PA

John has shared stages with various recording artists over the years, including Grammy nominated Nadirah Shakoor, CMA finalist for “instrumentalist of the year” Doyle Grisham, Nashville based Michael Utley and world renowned pannist Robert Greenidge. As well as musical legend and inventor Les Paul in New York City. John Patti was most recently listed on Beach Front Radio's Top of the Trops 2011 as one of the Top Trop Rock Musicians on the Steel Drums.

Some of Johnís influences include: Robert Greenidge, Andy Narrell, Larry Carlton, Diana Krall, Chicago, Santana and Jimmy Buffett.

Dennis McCaughey and Tropical Soul performs 150 plus shows per year, and Dennis McCaughey, singer/songwriter for Tropical Soul, performs another 40 or 50 as a solo artist. These appearances include openings for national artists such as Jimmy Buffett, Scott Kirby, Peter Mayer, Mac McAnally, Club Trini, and Bill "The Sauce Boss" Wharton, St. Somewhere. Dennis has also performed with John Frinzi, Doyle Grisham, James "Sunny Jim" White, Tall Paul and Crawdaddy, the Calypso Nuts and Jimmy and the Parrots, John Patti among many other Trop Rock artists. Musical collaborations include R. Scott Bryan, who spent five years with the Sheryl Crow Band and who played percussion and produced the Tropical Soul, No Plans At All and We're All Here CDs, and Tina Gullickson, of Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band. In addition, both Peter Mayer and Doyle Grisham of the Coral Reefer band played on the No Plans At All CD.

Dennis McCaughey and Tropical Soul most recently released their fifth CD, "Little Summertime". The CD includes performances by Dennis, Heather Sneeringer, Dave Huxta, Jere Groft, John Patti and Bobby Gentilo with special guest performances by R Scott Bryan, Michael "Crawdaddy" Crawley and Coral Reefer Band Member, Doyle Grisham. All of the songs on the album were written by Dennis McCaughey except “Light and Magic” which was written by Holly Gumke and Heather Sneeringer; “Back to the Boardwalk” by Bobby Gentilo, Heather Sneeringer and Dennis McCaughey and "Big Fish and Ice Cold Beer" by Alex Leist and Dennis McCaughey. "Little Summertime" received several awards this year on BeachFront Radio's Top in the Trops 2011 including the number three album of the year! Their single, "Little Summertime", was listed number five on the Top 40 singles along with "Sweet Love" which topped the charts at number 31.

Other recent awards from BeachFront Radio include Dennis McCaughey and Tropical Soul as the number five pick for the 2011 Trop Rock Band of the Year.  Heather Sneeringer was also picked as the number one Female Trop Rocker of the year along with the number four spot on the Top 2011 New Trop Rock Artists. Dennis McCaughey was listed as the eleventh Male Trop Rocker of the Year.

Dennis McCaughey and Tropical Soul has entertained the Summer in Paradise crowd for the last three shows, and never disappoints! This year, they will be accompanied by Mark James, John Patti and Michael "Crawdaddy" Crawley! It is sure to be a show you will not forget!