The Callahan Dance Academy is an institution which offers dance training in Tap, Jazz, Hip Hop, Clogging, Ballet, Lyrical and Recreational Gymnastics. We are located in Callahan, Florida and are open to students from Hilliard and Yulee, Florida as well as Folkston and St. George, Georgia.
Callahan Dance Academy has been family
owned for 55 years
and has been in Callahan for 28 years.
Callahan Dance Academy
Instructors
and has been in Callahan for 28 years.
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 Owner and Director: Terri Vaughn |
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. |
 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. |
 Mallory Carter |
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. |
 Ashley Lankford |
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. |
 Cammie Orme |
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. |
 Tammy Stone |
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