Dixie Longate returns to Bass Hall with ‘Happy Hour’ Tammye Nash | Managing Editornash@dallasvoice.com “Thank the Lord and the Baby Jesus and all the ships at sea!” Dixie Longate declared when she heard that my household was not among the thousands here in Texas to lose power for days on end or having to deal with massive water line breaks or unsafe drinking water during deadly Winter Storm Uri in mid-February. “Oh my stars and garters!,” Dixie added. “It has just been crazy!” Safe to say, I guess, that Dixie is, um, rather expressive, which, when you stop to think about it, isn’t surprising when you are talking about a transplanted Southern belle navigating her way came through a pandemic and killer weather and more.