ROB ROGERS, co-owner, studied ballet with James Jamieson, then at the North Carolina School of the Arts, and with Melissa Hayden in New York. He danced professionally with La Compagnie de Danse Entre-Six (Montreal), the New York City Opera, and The Atlanta Ballet.

He holds a B.A. in Communications from the University of Delaware and for twenty-five years post-dance has been involved in business-to-business information publishing as a writer, editor and publisher. He and Eleanor met in a production of Brigadoon. They have three children – Emma (Jackson), a graduate of Webster Conservatory, headed with husband Mathias for Peace Corps duty in central/western Asia; Marshall, in his third year at the U.S.M.A., West Point; and Gracie, a freshman in the honors program at the University of Georgia.

Rob is also a highland bagpiper. www.northgeorgiapiper.com