Beverly Skipper - Lange
Mrs. Beverly Skipper - Lange is the owner and CEO of ShowTime International. She was a Kilgore Rangerette and a Southwest Texas State University Strutter (aka: Texas State Strutters). In high school she was a member of the Victoria High School Victoriadores were she served as an officer for three years, including being named Major (Captain) her senior year. After college, she went on to become the director for 13 years, at John Marshall High School in San Antonio and Trinty High School in Euless. Mrs. Skipper-Lange is a charter member of DTDA (Dance/Drill Team Directors of America) and was awared the Lifetime Achievement Award from Texas Dance Educators.
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Click here for a transcript of the interview with Mrs. Beverly Skipper-Lange
Meredith Oden
Miss Meredith Oden is a third year veteran for the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders and performed for two years with the Kilgore Rangerettes. She followed in the footsteps of her mother, Kim Chapman Oden, who was also a Kilgore Rangerette and a Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader. She has been featured on the CMT show "Making the Team" which is a show that follows Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader hopefuls on their journey to become a member of the team. Some other highlights of her dance career have been: performing at the Black Tie N' Boots ball for President George W. Bush in 2004, cheering with the Cowboy Cheerleaders in playoff games in 2007 & 2009, appearing in a special segment of Oprah in 2009, and performing for our American Heros "downrange" while in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Jenna Zmolik
Miss Jenna Zmolik was a Dallas Mavericks Dancer for three years, 2007 - 2009. As a Mavs Dancer she performed at all the home Dallas Maverick Basketball games and was able to meet all the players and coaches, as well as the Jonas Brothers and Lil Wayne. When Miss Zmolik was younger she danced at two different dance studios - DancinOvations Dance Studio in Forney, Texas from 1999 to 2003, and XD2 in Mesquite, Texas from 2003 to 2007. While in high school Jenna was also a member of the Forney High School Highsteppers Drill Team. She auditioned and became a member of the Dallas Maverick Dancers her first year out of high school. She is currently attending college to become a nurse.
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Charlie Hanes
Mr. Charlie Hanes is considered by many as the Kilgore Rangerettes superfan. He has followed the Rangerettes from the beginning to the present. Mr. Hanes graduated from Hillcrest High School in Dallas. He then went on to earn his Associate of Arts degree and was the Head Cheerleader, a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Fraternity, and was on the Dean's list at Henderson County Junior College (aka Trinity Valley Community College) in Athens, TX. Mr. Hanes then continued his education at North Texas State University where he earned his Bachelor of Science in Education, was the Varsity Head Cheerleader, and a member of Lambda Chi Alpha. After college Mr. Hanes became a flight attendent for American Airlines as well held many management positisons with the company. Mr. Hanes has also appeared on the television show "Dallas", was a model for the Kim Dawson Modeling Agency, has done voice-over work, and appeared in four print ads for American Airlines. Mr. Hanes has also served on the board of directors and the board of trustees for the Miss Texas Scholarship Pagent.
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Amy Tarpley- Wade and Judy Tarpley
Mrs Judy Tarpley, her daughter, Mrs. Amy Tarpley - Wade, and her mother were all members of the Greenville High School Flaming Flashes. They are one of the only families in Texas that have three generations of drill team girls from the same school. Mrs. Tarpley's mother was a Flash under Miss Gussie Nell Davis while it iwas still considered a pep squad. Mrs. Tarpley continued the tradition by becoming a Flash her junior and senior year in high school. Mrs. Amy Tarpley-Wade, then also continued the tradition, by becoming a Flash her junior year and an officer her senior year. There are hopes that Mrs. Taprley- Wade's daugher will also follow the legacy and want to become a Flaming Flash. Both Mrs. Tarpley and Mrs. Tarpley-Wade both still live in Greenville, and are very active in the Greenville community.
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Leslie Finley
Miss Leslie Finley is currently in her second year working on her Doctorate at Texas Chiropractic College in Pasadena, Texas. She grew up in Friendswood, Texas where she started dance at the age of 3. She danced in private studios up to the age of 16, studying ballet, tap, jazz, modern, and musical theatre. In high school she was chosen as a Friendswood Wranglerette and performed both as a line member and in the Dream ensemble. She was choosen as a dance officer her senior year. After high school, Leslie was not ready to give up on dancing. For two years, Leslie performed as a KilgoreRangerette and Swingster. She then went on to continue her education at the University of Texas where she earned a Bachelor of Art in Dance along with a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology while at the same time performing in STEEL Dance Compamy and teaching at the 620 Dance Center in Austin, Texas. In 2006, she became a staff member for Showtime International, where she is a judge and instructor. Currently, Miss Finley teaches both jazz and ballet at Dancescape by Joyce in Pearland, Texas.
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Ginger Collier
Ms. Ginger Collier was a Kilgore Rangerette from 1988 - 1990, during the Rangrette 50th year celebration. In her interview, she said that "I was the shortest one on the team and my roommate was the next shortest. We were both kick off girls in which we lead the team out onto the field." Ms. Collier took studio dance from age three, and then continued to dance with her high school drill team, in Allen, Texas. She served as the Captian of her team her senior year at Allen, and was the first member of her team to make the Kilgore Rangerettes. Ms. Collier is a former drill team director and is currently a senior staff member for Showtime International. Today, her time is spent as the pround mom of three boys.
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Trudie Williams
Mrs. Trudie Williams is the drill team director at Creekview High School in the Carollton - Farmers Branch School Dristrct. In high school Mrs. Williams was a member of the Sam Houston Tex-Annes in Arlington, Texas. She then went on to become a Trinity Valley Community College Cardette. After two years at TVCC, she then went on to become a member of the Stephen F. Austin Pom Squad. In her interview, Mrs. Williams said, "I learned that hard work and dedication will not only help you to achieve your goals, it will also help you to be a better person."
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Melinda Buckner Lovelace
Mrs. Melinda Buckner Lovelace was a Southwest Texas State University (now know as Texas State University) Strutter from 1986 -1987. Before Strutters, she was also a member of the Uvalde High School Highsteppers drill team. While a member of the Strutters Drill team, Mrs. Lovelace traveled to Hong Kong and Seoul Korea to perform for Wansong Air force Bease and on the Kim Lee show. Mrs. Lovelace said in her interview, "I made every pose as a little girl (in photos) standing like a Strutter and I even had a Halloween costume made just like the Strutters uniform. I idolized them! and then became one."
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Click here for a transcript of the interview with Melinda Buckner Lovelace