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Lexie Drennan - Owner and Instructor
Lexie has been dancing since she was 4 yrs old in ballet, tap, jazz, clogging, hip hop, Pointe, and currently modern. Lexie attended Lufkin High School where she was a member of the Panther Pride Drill Team. Lexie attended Kilgore College where she was a Rangerette Lieutenant and Swingster.
After Kilgore, she attended Texas Woman’s University where she received a B.A. in Dance. While she attended TWU, she studied under Sarah Gamblin who was a member of the Bebe Miller Dance Company and Mary Williford-Shade who performed under Mark Dendy.
Lexie currently assists in jazz class with the assistant director/choreographer of the Kilgore College Rangerettes, Mrs. Shelley Wayne. She has also been a choreographer in Rangerette Revels multiple times.
Lexie has been a studio instructor since 2008 and is currently on staff for Encore Creative Productions where she instructs drill team camps all over the state of Texas. Lexie has danced in LA at the Millennium Dance Complex Summer Intensive learning from today's top choreographers.
Lexie also performed with a modern company called Out on a Limb Dance Company. She is passionate about the art of dance and enjoys introducing her students to different ways to perform, create, and learn.
After Kilgore, she attended Texas Woman’s University where she received a B.A. in Dance. While she attended TWU, she studied under Sarah Gamblin who was a member of the Bebe Miller Dance Company and Mary Williford-Shade who performed under Mark Dendy.
Lexie currently assists in jazz class with the assistant director/choreographer of the Kilgore College Rangerettes, Mrs. Shelley Wayne. She has also been a choreographer in Rangerette Revels multiple times.
Lexie has been a studio instructor since 2008 and is currently on staff for Encore Creative Productions where she instructs drill team camps all over the state of Texas. Lexie has danced in LA at the Millennium Dance Complex Summer Intensive learning from today's top choreographers.
Lexie also performed with a modern company called Out on a Limb Dance Company. She is passionate about the art of dance and enjoys introducing her students to different ways to perform, create, and learn.
Katie Quinn - Owner and Instructor
Katie holds a B.A. in Dance and a minor in education from Texas Woman’s University. She was a Kilgore College Rangerette, Swingster, and Captain, and was the director of the Fossil Ridge High School Sun Dancers for two years.
Katie has done extensive performance work at the Dallas Bath House, Dance for the Planet, MAM and SCHLECTE dance, and various other performances, residencies and lecture demonstrations around DFW and the country. She studied with a graduate of the Alvin Ailey School, Melissa Young, in the Horton Technique. She has also served as a college assistant and guest instructor for the TDEA convention in Houston.
Katie currently assists in jazz class with the assistant director/choreographer of the Kilgore College Rangerettes, Mrs. Shelley Wayne. She has also been a choreographer in Rangerette Revels multiple times.
Katie is currently on staff with Encore Creative Productions where she instructs many drill team camps across Texas. Katie also performed with a modern company called Out on a Limb Dance Company, and she involves herself with dance communities who are passionate about the modern dance world. These communities accelerate her passion in her own experience as a dancer and performer, but also inspire her to share these experiences with others.
Megan Holder - Instructor
Megan Holder is originally from Garland, where she began her dance studies at the age of 5, and started dancing competitively with her dance company at 9. Former Rangerette Lisa Dalton continued to inspire Megan’s love for dance and drill team during her three years as a South Garland Southern Belle where she served as Captain.
After high school, Megan was honored to become a member of the Kilgore College Rangerettes, where she was selected as a member of the specialty Swingster jazz group and served as a Lieutenant her sophomore year.
Past performances include the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Cotton Bowl, the Marshall Field’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, and the Indianapolis 500.
At the end of her sophomore year at Kilgore, Megan auditioned and was selected for the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. She was a member of the squad and the elite DCC Show-Group for four years, and was honored by the DCC Staff when she was chosen to be a group leader for two years.
Megan has performed with many A-list celebrities including Destiny’s Child; Big and Rich; Neil McCoy; Sheryl Crow; Jason Aldean; Carrie Underwood; and Kelly Clarkson. She has performed in Northern Europe, South Korea, Guantanamo Bay, Puerto Rico, Kuwait, Iraq and Japan.
Megan was selected as the DCC representative for the 2007 Pro Bowl in Hawaii where she performed and appeared on behalf of the Dallas Cowboys Organization.
Megan’s television appearances include Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders – Making the Team (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009); Queer Eye for the Straight Guy; FOX News with Sheppard Smith; NFL Thanksgiving Day Halftime National Performance 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and Inside Edition, Good Morning Texas, and House Hunters in addition to various commercials. Megan’s most recent television appearances include Dancing with the Stars and Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader? and Fox & Friends morning news broadcast.
Megan is currently teaching at Pine Tree High School and continues to work with drill teams throughout the metroplex and now in East Texas. Megan and her husband, Jacob, have two wonderful children, Hannah and Jude.
After high school, Megan was honored to become a member of the Kilgore College Rangerettes, where she was selected as a member of the specialty Swingster jazz group and served as a Lieutenant her sophomore year.
Past performances include the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Cotton Bowl, the Marshall Field’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, and the Indianapolis 500.
At the end of her sophomore year at Kilgore, Megan auditioned and was selected for the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. She was a member of the squad and the elite DCC Show-Group for four years, and was honored by the DCC Staff when she was chosen to be a group leader for two years.
Megan has performed with many A-list celebrities including Destiny’s Child; Big and Rich; Neil McCoy; Sheryl Crow; Jason Aldean; Carrie Underwood; and Kelly Clarkson. She has performed in Northern Europe, South Korea, Guantanamo Bay, Puerto Rico, Kuwait, Iraq and Japan.
Megan was selected as the DCC representative for the 2007 Pro Bowl in Hawaii where she performed and appeared on behalf of the Dallas Cowboys Organization.
Megan’s television appearances include Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders – Making the Team (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009); Queer Eye for the Straight Guy; FOX News with Sheppard Smith; NFL Thanksgiving Day Halftime National Performance 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and Inside Edition, Good Morning Texas, and House Hunters in addition to various commercials. Megan’s most recent television appearances include Dancing with the Stars and Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader? and Fox & Friends morning news broadcast.
Megan is currently teaching at Pine Tree High School and continues to work with drill teams throughout the metroplex and now in East Texas. Megan and her husband, Jacob, have two wonderful children, Hannah and Jude.
Ashley Ludwig - Instructor
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Ashley grew up in Deer Park, Texas. She took her first dance class at 2 years old and has been dancing ever since.
Ashley was trained in ballet, tap, contemporary and jazz. She danced competitively from kindergarten through her freshman year of high school. She attended Deer Park High School where she became a member of the drill team, the Deer Escorts. She served as an officer her junior year and then as Captain her senior year. After high school, Ashley auditioned for the Kilgore College Rangerettes. She became a member of the 78th line (2017-2019). She held the honor of Swingster for both her freshman and sophomore year of Rangerettes. In her free time, Ashley enjoys reading, going to coffee shops, and hanging out with her husband, Luke. Ashley’s performances include: the Black Tie and Boots Inaugural Ball, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, ESPN Contest of Champions, the Basal Tattoo in Switzerland, and more. |
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