She has studied and trained extensively in various types of dance since 1983. Sarabeth danced competitively in the Dallas/ Ft. Worth metroplex, where she began as a student and advanced to an instructor at Kendyl's Dance Academy (now called Dance Rage) in Bedford, TX. Here she studied under Kari Anderson and Kendyl Babcock. Prior to Kendyl's Dance Academy, she was a member of Doubletake Dance Studio under the direction of Paula Stevens. Throughout high school she was very involved in dance. She was a member of the L.D. Bell High School Raiderettes Drill Team from 1998-2000, serving as a lieutenant her final year.

In college she became the captain of the University of Texas Pom Squad, a prestigious and elite dance team. As captain of the team she was in charge of the logistics and planning of the practices and performances. Her ultimate goal was to establish a vision of the future for the team and set the necessary steps along the way to pave the path to that goal. During her reign as team captain, she achieved this goal as the Texas Pom Squad became a supportive team with a professional community appearance. During the last five years she has contracted as a choreographer for dance and drill teams across Texas.

Most recently, during the summer 2004 she began acting as the assistant coach to the Texas Pom Squad for the University of Texas at Austin. She continues to dance competitively and will be an excellent leader in making Lonestar Dance a successful venture.

In high school Kristin became a member of the L.D. Bell High School Raiderette Drill Team where she actively participated from 1998-2000 under the direction of Joe Guttery.

She recently graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Science in Applied Learning and Development with an Elementary School Teacher certification. It has always been a dream of Kristin’s to combine her love for dance with her love for teaching children. She sees Lonestar dance as a perfect opportunity for such an endeavor. Kristin specializes in pre-school and elementary dance programs.

Nadal of Europe, Toni Bravo residing in Austin, & Vlad and Melissa Glouchokova of Russia and America respectively.

As Laurel tapped into the drill team world through James Bowie High School Silver Stars under the direction of Mary Beth Kepper and Lara Miller she was also thrown into Marching Auxiliary performance where she worked with Visual Designers Mykail Costner and Michael Raiford of UT. As First Lieutenant of the Silver Stars she was given the opportunities to perform in the 2001 Cotton Bowl Half-Time, Disney World, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, and NBC The Today Show with Mike Miller & Associates selective Dance Team.

As a member of Aiesha Ashby’s Image Dance Explosion staff Laurel has worked with choreographers from L.A. to New York as well as taught dancers all around Texas. She was recently a member of the UT Pom Squad 03-04 where she not only danced, but was also in Tommy Lee Jones’ latest film, Cheer Up. Now that her freshman year at the University of Texas is complete she will continue her education progressing toward a degree in the Bachelor of Fine Arts and Business Foundations.

Laurel will specialize in Lonestar Dance’s ballet program.

in many on-stage performances throughout the years.  She has presented traditional Middle-Eastern dances in fundraiser events held for the Arlington Arabic Academy and has choreographed and performed dances for the annual International Festival held at the University of Texas at Arlington.

Christy has worked extensively with children in the Pediatric unit at the hospital and was involved in an infant cognition research lab at UT-Arlington.  She hopes to combine her love for dance, children and learning at Lonestar Dance.  Christy will specialize in the pre-school dance program.

At age 6, Brittany began studying dance at Dance by Colleen under the instruction of Colleen McCoy. She continued her studies at Tinka’s, learning and tweaking her skills in jazz, tap, and ballet. During middle school, she briefly hung up her dance shoes to become a part of the award winning Parkcrest Middle School Cheerleaders under the direction of Dana Stone. Her freshman year, she continued cheerleading at Pflugerville High school. Brittany has worked with children coaching NZA cheerleaders and helping to organize and run the HHS Soaring Silver Dance team’s biannual children’s clinic.

She currently is a student and instructor at Lonestar Dance. Her goal as a teacher is to share her love for dance and to help teach her students the discipline and drive this beautiful art takes. Upon graduation Brittany hopes to attend the University of Texas at Austin where she wants to pursue a degree in Business Management.