Gina Terrell- Head Coach
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Ginger Weber- Assistant Coach
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Chelsea Hansen (Girls Captain, Senior, 2nd Year Member)
Chelsea has loved both years on BBT and is so grateful for all the opportunities she has gotten here. She started dancing jazz, ballet, contemporary, and other styles before starting ballroom her sophomore year! She’s so thankful for getting the opportunity to be girls captain this year and work with the other officers. She’s so appreciative of the patience they show her as well as her parents for always supporting her even when she isn’t home till 10pm. While at Bingham she also was involved with theater all three years, including brushing up her tap skills in 42nd Street where she played Peggy Sawyer. She also loved being a madrigal this year and performing year round. She is thrilled to continue her education at UVU where she will join the musical theater program and continue dancing! She loves these team members so much and as it will be a hard goodbye, she is so excited for these final concert days and to share her senior year with these amazing people Nixon Pond (Boys Captain, Senior, 3rd Year Member)
Nixon has had the privilege to be on the Bingham ballroom team for all three years, and he has loved it, it has changed his life, he has built confidence and made so many friends on his ballroom journey, his first dance class was his 7th grade year but he really fell in love with it after he tried out with his older brother Boston, Boston has influenced Nixon in so many ways, he has pushed Nixon to his limits to be the best he can be and because of this Nixon was also able to dance on the BYU youth ballroom team this year which is a whole nother story of amazing times for him and of course he can’t forget to thank his mother and all she does for him, because of her Nixon can put his best foot forward in ballroom and anything else he desires to do. After Nixon graduates he is going to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Then after two years of not dancing he will be attending UVU and dance for them there are many reasons he chose UVU but the main one was because he wanted to compete against Boston who will be attending BYU and before he forgets he wants to thank his teammates and coaches on all the teams he has been on they have all impacted his life in the best way possible and he is so very thankful for all of them. Grace Holmgren (Officer, Senior, 3rd Year Member)
This is Grace’s third year doing ballroom and she has loved every minute of it. Grace has danced for about 11 years, 7 of those were competitively at a studio in West Jordan called Hip Dance Company until she joined the ballroom team sophomore year. She danced competitively in jazz, contemporary, and hip hop. Doing ballroom has given Grace another way to dance that she isn’t used to but loves learning more about. Grace enjoys swimming, singing, doing art, and hanging out with friends. She also loves to travel to fun destinations with her family. After high school Grace will be attending Utah State University in the fall to study Elementary Education. She’s super excited but sad to be leaving ballroom. There are some people that Grace would like to thank, her mom and dad. If they weren’t willing to help her out with everything, she wouldn’t be who she is today. Her parents are her biggest supporters. She’s also thankful for her amazing officers she got to work with. She’s loved being an officer and able to work with such amazing people throughout the year. Finally grace would like to thank the ballroom team. She has made so many friends and couldn’t have done any of the competitions, early mornings, and extra practices without them. They really are her second family. Ballroom for Grace was the best part of high school. She is so glad she got to be a part of it all three years. She will never forget all the memories she made. Love bbt forever! Olivia Kartchner (Officer, Senior, 2nd Year Member)
Liv is beyond thankful to have the opportunity to dance with BBT for one last time. Liv has been dancing since she was 3 years old and has been training in many different styles. Liv has worked alongside many well loved professionals that have inspired her to always be creating and dance to the fullest. She danced competitively at Empower Dance Company for 8 years before joining this family here at Bingham. Liv also has the privilege to dance on the Bingham Dance Company as a 3rd year member and serve as the president! Liv is honored to be named this years Bingham “Dance” Sterling Scholar. She is also excited to showcase one of her own pieces (with Nixon alongside) at this concert! When Liv is not within the walls of the dance room she will be found at a concert, spending time with friends, or with her nose in a book. Liv plans to attend Brigham Young University in the fall and hopes to always keep dancing! Liv would like to thank all the people involved with her experiences she’s had on Ballroom. Her parents, for being her biggest cheerleaders and very best friends. Her outstanding coaches Gina and Ginger for standing by her side for the last 2 years not only as her teachers but also as her bonus moms. Her amazing officers, for the ups, the downs, and everything in between. And finally, her best friends and team members for making her years on BBT such a memorable experience. Liv is so excited to share this years concert with all of you and showcase this awesome team! Tyler Atkinson (Officer, Senior, 2nd Year Member)
Tyler has loved every second of being on the team. He loves the environment and all of the people. He is so grateful that he was able to be an officer this year for BBT, as it has helped him learn and grow so much. Aside from ballroom, Tyler has done musical theatre for years. Tyler is a full time singer, dancer, and actor. A triple threat! His favorite roles he has been in are Billy Lawlor in 42nd Street, Sonny Malone in Xanadu, and Juror 10 in 12 Angry Jurors. Tyler is also a Bingham High Madrigal, and a member of the Bingham Improv team and Bingham Theatre Cabinet. Tyler’s favorite styles to perform in ballroom are Lindy Hop, Cha Cha, and Jive, and of course he loves performing his piece, Us Again, which he choreographed with Chelsea and Sofia. He would like to thank his parents for supporting him and putting up with his crazy schedule, along with his teammates, his buddy, his open partner, Chelsea Hansen, his coaches, and his cats. Tyler hopes you’re thrilled for this radical concert put on by his totally amazing family! Dillan Orr (Spirit Officer, Senior, 2nd Year Member)Dillan was first introduced into the world of performing arts in 4th grade through a community arts program, and he has loved performing ever since. His overall love of music is rooted in his lifetime passion of piano, which he’s been doing since he was six, but has since branched out into theatre, choir, dance, and so much more! He’s especially excited to play Jack in Into the Woods here at Bingham May 2-4. He joined the Ballroom team last year, and it was one of the best choices of his life! He loves having something to expand how he thinks about life and his body and how to interact with the world and those around him. His first dip into Ballroom was a class he took in 8th grade, but otherwise his only dance training has been musicals. His plan is to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Quito Ecuador West Mission for two years, and then attend BYU starting fall semester of 2026. Some of Dillan’s hobbies include improv, video games, reading, hiking, and hanging out with friends. His nicknames include Dilly Boy, Dill, and Brodberg (thanks to Ivory and Clemmy). He would like to thank his entire family for being so supportive, and especially his mom and dad, who came to the competitions and helped him fund the tours. He wants to thank the seniors last year for being the best examples, specifically the officers and especially his predecessor Cade Poulter, who inspired him to do what he’s doing this year. Finally, he would like to thank his fellow officers for being some of his closest friends, and especially Grace Holmgren for being his ballroom bestie throughout the year. He hopes you enjoy the show!
Miriam Ward (Senior, 1st Year Member) This is Miriam’s first year on the Bingham Ballroom team and she has loved every minute of it! Miriam started dancing at Rocky Mountain Dance at age 3 and hasn’t stopped since. She has trained in different styles including Ballet, Pointe, Contemporary, Lyrical, Jazz, Hiphop and Ballroom. She competed with her studio for 7 years and has also been on Bingham Dance Company for the past 3 years. She’s loved getting to do what she enjoys the most with the people she loves. The memories she’s made here are ones she will never forget. She feels so thankful to have had her ballroom family. Miriam will be attending Brigham Young University in the fall and plans to serve a mission. When Miriam isn’t dancing she loves boating, being outside, hanging out with friends, and swimming. Miriam would like to thank all those who have continued to love and support her. She would like to thank her parents especially for waking up with her on B days and being her very best friends.
Kaden Taufer (Senior, 1st Year Member)
Kaden has absolutely loved being on the ballroom team. Even though it took a ton of time and effort, it was all 100% worth it! Kaden is a senior, and has been spending all day every day at the school. Whether he’s at a musical rehearsal, ballroom practice, ASL filming, or working in the ceramics room. Even though he’s very busy, he didn’t want to look back and regret not being involved. Going back to ballroom, it’s a new style of dance for him. He’s been dancing in musicals for 6 years now, but ballroom was new for him, And it ended up being the perfect fit! After all of this is done and over, Kaden is going to go on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and eventually pursue a career in the film industry! Kaden thanks all his friends for being a part of his journey through life. Every single one has made an impact on him. He also gives his thanks to his family for all the love they continue to show. Enjoy the show! Mary Stepan (Senior, 1st Year Member)
Mary loves everything about being on the ballroom team. Summer practices, Chicago, and Gem State are some of her favorite memories. She loves the bond the team shares and enjoys learning new styles and dances with them. Mary took her first ballet and tap classes in England at age 4. She fell in love with dance and since then has trained in many different styles including ballet, pointe, jazz, modern, and hip hop. Some of her hobbies outside of dance include hiking, paddle boarding, and traveling. Mary would like to thank her parents for everything they have done for her and for being at every competition and performance since she was little. She also wants to thank her brothers and sister for always being there for her no matter what. After high school Mary plans to attend BYU for a semester and then serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Cali Mae Aldridge (Senior, 1st Year Member)
Cali is very excited to be a part of the Bingham Ballroom Team this year. She fell in love with ballroom when she attended her first performance as a spectator at the age of 10. She decided then and there that ballroom was for h x so er. She has danced 6 years with Quickstep Dance Studio. She enjoys all forms of ballroom, but Latin is her favorite. Cali fills her cfree time with running both sprints and distan runs runs runs ce, singing, baking, and spending time with her friends and family. After she graduates, she wants to pursue massage therapy and geriatric care. Cali has a special place in her heart for her elderly friends. She has been so blessed to be taught and mentored by Annie Topham and the Quickstep team. She would like to thank her Mom and Dad for the many years of tuition, rides, and countless hours put into supporting her as she pursues her dreams. She is also grateful for her silly brothers,loving grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, youth leaders, friends, and teachers who have cheered her on in her various ventures. Looking forward to the best year ever! Grace Huaman (Senior, 2nd Year Member)
This is Grace’s second year on ballroom and she is extremely grateful for the opportunity. Grace began dancing at the age of 4 and her love for dance continues to grow. She trained in various dance styles, including ballet, modern, and Hispanic folklore. When Grace joined the Ballroom Team she was overcome with joy. She loved every moment with her team, the long bus rides to and from comps or just lying down in the dance room. Chicago and Gemstate were definitely some of her favorite memories of the year, especially beating Levi in Uno. In her freetime she would paint, cook, binge tv shows, and hang out with her teammates. Some of Grace’s nicknames are Gracie and Gary-Gregory. She would like to thank all of her coaches who helped her develop her skills and pushed her to be her best, especially Gina and Ginger. Special thanks to her mom for the unwavering support and encouragement her entire life. While she is excited to graduate and leave high school, she is so grateful she gets to do what she loves one last time with her second family. Zoey Powell (Senior, 3rd Year Member)
This is Zoey’s third year on the ballroom team and her favorite memory was the New Years Eve party and laughing for four hours with the team. GemState created a lot of memories like late night UNO with Grace and Levi, or watching a finale with Taya and Grace on the way to nationals. At Nationals she and her partner, Ty May, won 2nd place in Paso, and 7th place in gold quickstep. All year she competed in Open Smooth with her partner, Daniel, and loved every second! Zoey’s early years included hip hop, jazz, and elementary ballroom. She is quite the bookworm and is a 3rd degree black belt in karate. Her 13 years of martial arts inspired her and Caleb’s concert piece this year. Zoey’s plans on going to SLCC for a year of generals and then to UVU for her bachelor of Humanities. Once graduated she plans on opening her own animal shelter. Lastly, Zoey thanks her teachers, family, and friends who have been a major motivation to push herself to be the best she can be. Daniel Hall (Senior, 1 ⅓ Year Member)
This is Daniel’s 1st official year on the ballroom team and has loved every minute. He was a sub for last year’s concert, hence the 1 ⅓ year member and he has taken the social ballroom classes and is currently in those classes again helping teach the new students. Prior to ballroom Daniel has played football, basketball, cross country, and track and field, competing in pole vault, sprints, distance and jumps, but ballroom has been his favorite by far. Daniel also participated in this year's musical as a featured tap dancer, learning tap was really fun and hurt his knees. The Chicago tour and Gem State are definitely the highlights of the year. Daniel has loved competing with the team and has enjoyed the classes and the shows from Chicago and has loved the late nights with the team. Daniel loves how close the team has become and values all of his relationships he has developed with everyone. Daniel plans to serve an LDS mission after the school year and will attend college after his mission. Daniel would like to thank his parents, family, and friends for supporting him through all his adventures. He loves his team and will miss them all. #Tyler&Mitch Sage Chaffin (Senior, 1st Year Member)
This is Sage’s first year on ballroom and she absolutely adores everything about it! She has loved being a part of this family and getting to make so many memories with her favorite people. Sage started dancing at the age of 4 and trained competitively at Local Motion Dance studio before joining ballroom. She has been trained in various styles including jazz, ballet, pointe, and contemporary. Sage has had the best experience on ballroom! Some of her favorite memories this year were going to Chicago, competing at Gem State, Watching Dancing With The Stars, and having the best conversations on the bus rides. Outside of dance, Sage loves to be outside, read, travel, and be with her family. She also enjoys being a part of the Dental Assistant program at JATC. After graduating, Sage will attend Brigham Young University in the fall and then plans on serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Sage would like to thank all of her coaches, teachers, friends, and family who love and support her from the sidelines. She specifically wants to thank her parents for being her best friend and biggest cheerleaders. She would not be the person she is today without them. She loves her team and will miss them all so much! Tyler Denison (Senior, 1st Year Member)
This is Tyler’s first year on ballroom and every second of it has been super rad!! Whether they are competing or just messing around doing dances, he’s having the best time. Tyler and his partner Savannah got 1st in cha-cha at nationals this year which is tubular because it is his favorite style!! He also enjoys quickstep and samba. Besides ballroom Tyler is also on madrigals for his 2nd year and is the prince in binghams into the woods (which is next week btw). He enjoys acting and singing and has been the lead in many other past musicals and plays. Tyler is also serving an LDS mission in Nashville Tennessee this summer!! Tyler would like to thank his mom for always helping him with . whatever he’s doing at the moment and his dad for always supporting him. He also wants to thank his sister for being his best friend in the whole world and thank his brothers for being… his other best friends in the whole world!!! He hopes yall have a wicked cool concert experience and enjoy the show!! Stay Rad! #daniel&Mitch Ashton Stevens (Senior, 1st Year Member)
Ashton has only been on the team for a year but he has loved his time with BBT. He started dancing junior year in social ballroom and fell in love with it. He was excited to make the team for his senior year! Ashton loved the time he spent making memories with his team at earlier morning practice, concerts, competitions, and our tour in Chicago! Ashton enjoys spending time with his family, weightlifting, riding dirt bikes, and going country swing dancing with his friends. Ashton plans on serving a mission for The Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Once he returns he plans on going into Law Enforcement, following in the footsteps of his brother. Ashton what’s to thank Gina and Ginger, the captains and officers, his awesome teammates, and especially his mom and dad for always pushing him to be at his best. Hyrum Turner (Senior, 1st Year Member)
Hyrum is a first year ballroom dancer and absolutely loves this team. Hyrum is a senior planning to serve an LDS mission. Aside from ballroom, Hyrum loves going to the gym, going on outdoor adventures, singing with the madrigals, and riding his bike. He is always down to try new things and loves going on wild adventures. Hyrum is this year's Choir President and was a Mountain Bike Team Captain this year also. Hyrum competed in Cha-cha, Waltz, Foxtrot, and Lindy this year and did absolutely phenomenal. Although it’s his first year dancing, Hyrum has grown so much and has become an amazing dancer. He wants to thank his mom for supporting him in everything he does and for encouraging him to try something new and give ballroom a go. As sad as he is that the year is coming to an end, he can’t wait for the adventures that lie ahead. Hyrum will always be grateful for his ballroom experience here at Bingham High. He is so grateful for this amazing team full of incredible people who he loves and who he gets to dance with, talk with, laugh with, cry with, and be with everyday. Caleb Scott (Senior, 1st Year Member)
Caleb took the Social Ballroom class last year and was hooked. He was thrilled to make the ballroom team and his love for dance has continually grown as his skills have improved. Caleb has enjoyed everything about being a part of the team, even the early-morning practices (ok, maybe not those as much). His favorite memories from this year are the trip to Chicago and the Gem State competition in Idaho. Caleb has always loved music. He plays the piano, the violin, and the guitar. Additionally, he serves as the concertmaster for both the Bingham Symphonic Orchestra and the Bingham Symphony. When he is not dancing to it, he can usually be found doing something else with music, whether listening to or playing it. Caleb was also part of the dual-language immersion program, earned the seal of biliteracy in Chinese and is in the EMT course at JATC with plans to study medicine and become a doctor . After graduation he plans to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Caleb would like to thank his parents for constantly supporting him, Gina Terrell for helping him discover his passion for dance, and the ballroom team for giving him constant friendship and motivation. Mitchell Sadowski (Junior, 2nd Year Member)
Mitchell loves being on the ballroom team again and has loved this year with ballroom. He has progressed and has improved his wicked moonwalk as well as learning new dancing skills like tap dancing and contemporary. Mitchell continues to do musicals and did the production of 42nd Street where he tapped his heart out. Mitchell still stands today as the ballroom team's favorite robot. Some of the things Mitchell likes to do are dance, reading, drawing, painting, hanging with friends, and Improv. This year Mitchell has gotten to know all of Dance Co and he loves to hang with them. There is a saying that if you find Dance Co you will find Mitch. Mitchell would like to congratulate Dance Co for their fantastically amazing performance! He would also like to thank them for being a great friend to him. Mitchell would also like to thank his parents for all that they do for him and continue to push him to improve. He would also like to thank all the ballroom team for being great friends and how much love they had shown him. He would also like to thank Gina and Ginger for helping him to go to Gem State. He can’t wait for next year! #Tyler&Daniel Eliza Williams (Junior, 2nd Year Member)
Eliza loves the performing arts and is trained in voice and ballet and has danced since she was a little girl. She performed in "Cinderella" and had lead roles in "Matilda" and "The Music Man." She was a member of Dance Company at Elk Ridge Middle School and sings with Bingham High's A Cappella choir. Eliza loves dance, music, baseball and traveling with her family. She is the sixth of seven children and her entire family, including her parents, are all proud Bingham High alums. Eliza has a great sense of humor and a contagious smile and is a positive influence for good. She is in her second year as a member of the Bingham Ballroom Team. She loves every minute and took second place in Cabaret with Tyler May at Gem State. Levi Keller (Junior, 2nd Year Member)
Levi has enjoyed every minute on the Bingham ballroom team. He has thrived on the stage since he was the tiny 7th grader in sthe school musical, and he lives to expand his knowledge of dance. He had the opportunity to compete in open styles Standard and Latin with his partner, Sofia Wright, and the two of them placed 4th at gem state nationals in Latin. One of his favorite things about being on the team is that he had the opportunity to choreograph with a His favorite styles of ballroom include the samba and tango, but he also has a love for tap, playing the lead choreographer, Andy, in this year’s school musical, “42nd Street”. Aside from dance, Levi enjoys baking, playing with his dog, and hanging out with his friends and family. He also has an interest in the medical field, as he is enrolled in the JATC medical assistant program next year. Levi would like to thank his parents, coaches, and family for their endless support and for always believing in him and pushing him to work hard and do his best. #BBT4L |
