In this episode of Tybee Remembers When, host Kelsey Chandler interviews Renee DeRossett about her first visits to Tybee, her move to the island, and how Tybee’s nature and community drew her back—especially Little Tybee.

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Theme Music: "Tybee Where the Georgia Peaches Go"

This rendition of the 1926 song by Samuel B. Miller, originally sung by Dewey Holm and His Savannahians on Tybrisa Pavilion, was rerecorded by Turner Horton, TV and Film Composer for the “Tybee Remembers When” podcast in 2024.

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All recordings in this podcast are the thoughts and opinions of the speakers and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of the Tybee Island Historical Society. Oral histories are, by nature, subjective accounts and should not be taken as unbiased fact without further verification.

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00:00 Podcast Intro

00:40 Meet Renee

01:14 First Tybee Visit

02:04 Tybee Whee Memories

03:43 Little Tybee Love

04:07 Fannys On The Beach

06:25 Theater Roots

08:59 Dreaming Post Theater

10:59 Arts Association Begins

12:31 Building Black Box

13:19 Early Players Legacy

14:36 Challenges Without Venue

15:31 Big Gym Productions

17:28 Tech Talent Nick Correa

19:13 Kim Trammell Partnership

24:43 Favorite Roles Directors

26:40 Why Tybee Theater Works

27:27 Tour de Art and Listening Rooms

29:12 Artist Colony Roots

30:35 Losing the Art Center

33:24 Why Black Box Matters

35:07 Youth Camps and Confidence

38:36 Building the Post Theater

40:55 Tybee Got Talent Legacy

44:21 Tybee Loves Tybee

45:41 Tourism and Community Loss

49:17 Keeping Arts Alive

51:13 Future and Getting Involved

54:15 Closing Thanks and Lighthouse