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Callahan Dance
Academy has been family owned for 55 years
and has been in Callahan for
28 years.

Owner and
Director:
Terri Vaughn
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At
three years old, Terri began her dance training in Jacksonville,
Florida at her father's dance studio, Buddy Sherwood School of
Dance. Terri trained with her Dad and his staff. She was a
student teacher, assistant teacher and taught classes of her own while
in high school. She demonstrated at national dance seminars and
traveled for National Dance and affiliated artists of Los Angeles for
many summers. She experienced additional dance training from many
national dancing teachers. Locally she has judged and
choreographed high school musicals, school pageants, and children's
beauty pageants. Terri has performed locally and nationally but
her love of dance led her to teaching children. Since opening her
own studio in Callahan in 1980, she has enjoyed teaching the children
and adults of this community. She participates in Callahan
parades, school functions and civic programs.
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Studio Manager:
Janet Carter |
Janet
began working for Callahan Dance Academy in 1997 as a secretary for
Terri and eventually became the studio manager. She manages the
business for the studio and coordinates activities for which the
students perform during the year along with the grand finale
recital. Janet became involved when her daughter, Mallory, began
dancing at the age of six. She hopes to continue working for the
studio for many years to come.
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Teachers

Mallory Carter
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With
more than 15 years of dance experience, Mallory has trained in tap,
jazz, ballet, hip hop, clogging, and gymnastics. She has been a
member of Callahan Dance Academy for 16 years and continues her dance
career as an instructor and student at the studio. Mallory was
also a member of Buddy Sherwood School of Dance in Jacksonville,
Florida where she trained in tap, jazz, and clogging. She has
participated in the Junior Roar half time program with the ROAR of the
Jaguars for two years. Mallory has attended several dance
conventions throughout Florida, including two of which were strictly
hip hop. At Callahan Dance Academy, she began student teaching at
a young age and from there continued on to be an assistant
teacher. At the age of 16, she became an instructor teaching tap,
jazz and hip hop. Mallory looks forward to continuing her dance
career and has high hopes of owning her own studio in the future.
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Ashley Lankford
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Ashley
has been dancing with Callahan Dance Academy since the age of
three. She began her training in tap, ballet, and gymnastics
following with jazz, clogging and hip hop. At 11, she became a
student helper and continued on to be a student teacher, an
assistant teacher and is currently an instructor in tap, ballet,
jazz and clogging. Ashley is also a student at Buddy Sherwood
School of Dance and is a member of their competitive dance team,
"Rhythm Express". She has competed in numerous national dance
competitions all over Florida and Georgia along with attending several
dance conventions through out the state. She is currently a full
time student at the University of North Florida majoring in Elementary
Education. Ashley looks forward to continuing on at Callahan
Dance Academy for many more years to come.
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Tara Libby
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Tara
Libby has been dancing at Callahan Dance Academy since the age of
four. She began with tap and ballet then added jazz and
clogging. At 12, Tara became a student teacher. Later, she became
a
teacher of tap and ballet for young ages.
She expanded to become a teacher of advanced ballet and clogging.
During high school, she danced and performed with Buddy Sherwood School
of Dance. She trained in tap, jazz, ballet and clogging. She
traveled and competed with their competition team. She had the
opportunity to compete in several clogging competitions with The
Jacksonville City Stompers, a clogging group. After high school
she earned her Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education and is serving
as a 5th grade teacher at Hilliard Elementary. Tara retired from
performing at the end of 2007 and became a full time teacher at the
studio. She is expecting her first child in the summer of 2008
which will require her to take some time off at the beginning of the
2008-09 dance year. She will be returning to teaching for
Callahan Dance Academy shortly there after.
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Cammie Orme
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Cammie
started taking ballet and tap at Francesca's School of the Arts in
California when she was two years old. She continued lessons in
jazz, tap and ballet at Karen Christianson's Company and Dance Concepts
Company in Utah. When she was 13, she moved to Florida where she
began attending Callahan Dance Academy and started helping with younger
ballet and tap classes. Last year was her first year teaching the
Preteen's jazz and tap class. She continues to teach them along
with advanced ballet while taking advanced tap, jazz, ballet, hip-hop,
and clogging. While in high school, she choreographed the Drama
class' production of "Footloose" her junior year and her self written
play "Broadway Bound" her senior year. She was awarded a
scholarship from the Junior Miss Pageant during her senior year for a
dance she performed for the talent competition. She has also
participated in hip-hop conventions in Jacksonville and a community
production of "Grease" in Fernandina. Along with her classes at
Callahan Dance Academy, she is currently taking ballet and jazz classes
at FCCJ. After obtaining her AA, she plans to transfer to New
York University to acquire her Bachelor's Degree with majors in Dance
and Theatre.
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Tammy Stone
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