Maureen Fraser - Step, Tap, Hip-Hop

Maureen has been teaching dance for over 20 years. She began taking lessons in early childhood and continues to the present day attending seminars and workshops. She has taken lessons from various instructors throughout the Maritimes. She has stepdanced in various concerts throughout Nova Scotia (Breakfast Television on the ASN television network) and has adjudicated step festivals in PEI. Most recently, stepdancing in Celtic Colors 2008 with Mary Janet MacDonald, Minnie MacMaster and Jean MacNeil in a concert called 'Mary Janet's Bunch'. Maureen has earned her teaching diploma in step (Members) and stage/tap (Associates) from BATD. Currently, Maureen teaches step, tap musical theatre and performance group.

Rebecca Paruch - Ballet and Jazz

Rebecca began dancing with Cape Breton School of the Arts when she was two years old, taking ballet, tap, and jazz. At the age of six Rebecca began highland dancing with the Forrester School of Celtic Dance and when she was thirteen, joined Northside Dance as well for ballet, jazz, and lyrical. In 2007 Rebecca began dancing with Kelly MacArthur, and became a member of her dance troupe, the Cape Land Dance Company. Over the past sixteen years she has taken exams from the ADAPT syllabus for ballet, tap, and jazz, and completed many of the SDTA exams for highland. Rebecca has taken part in numerous highland dance competitions, winning many medals and several high aggregate trophies, as well as competing in the Millennium Dance Festival. Rebecca has taken workshops with well known choreographers, such as Ryan Foley, Cicely and Olisa, Kameron Bink, and Sabra Johnson. She continues to take advantage of these opportunities and will be competing at Dance Quest in Saint John in the fall 2009.