Blaire Singleton, Assistant Dance Coach
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Coach Blaire Singleton has been dancing since she was two years old. She grew up taking studio dance lessons at Rosanne Dance Academy and later became a member of Ebony Dance Theatre and Calvert Brodie in Columbia, SC. In 2004, as a student at South Carolina State University, she joined the Champagne Dance line and the Marching 101 band. While there she also performed as a member of the university basketball dance line Charisma. She served as Freshman Section Leader of Champagne Danceline and Assistant Choreographer of Charisma. During her matriculation at SCSU, she was a member of the Concert Choir (2002-2006), 2004 initiate of the Xi Pi chapter of Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society, and a 2005 initiate of the Alpha Xi chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. She graduated in 2006 Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Elementary Education.
Post graduation, she relocated to Atlanta, Ga. She is a proud elementary teacher at Renaissance Elementary School. Here she starts many children on their artistic journey, volunteering as a dance and step team coach. She began coaching at Morrow High School in Morrow, GA in 2007. While there, she organized and coached the Clayton County Mass band auxiliary. She was the Coach of the Morrow High School Ladies of Jade for 4 years. During that time she completed her Master's in Adult Education and her Educational Specialist in Curriculum and Instruction. Blaire later became the coach of the Sophistikatz of Langston Hughes High School in Fairburn,Georgia. She was the coach there for 8 years where the team made several appearances at shows and competitions throughout the state and were recognized among many great teams. Blaire now serves as the Assistant Coach of the Dynamic Sensation Auxiliary of the Mighty Marching Jaguar Band. She has had several dancers live on their dreams to become collegiate dancers, professional dancers, dance coaches, and dance teachers. Some of my former students are current or former members of the following collegiate auxiliary lines: Miles Golden Starrs (2), SCSU Champagne (2), AAMU Divas (2), ASU Passionates (2), BCU Sophistikatz (1), and JCSU Loveabulls (1). She will continue to train and inspire young ladies to use their talents and innate abilities to entertain, through structured training and honing their skills. |
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