Directors and Assistant Directors

Director Jen Morrow

Jen Morrow was raised in Friendswood, TX, where she started dancing at the age of 5 and focused strictly on ballet for 8 years. Jen attended Clear Brook High School and there is where she realized her passion for drill team. She was a Jr. Lieutenant her junior year and became Captain her senior year. After graduating from high school Jen auditioned for and became a World Famous Kilgore College Rangerette. She was a Swingster (an elite performance group) and then had the honor of serving as Lieutenant her sophomore year. After Kilgore, Jen attended University of North Texas where she earned her BS in Kinesiology. While living in Dallas, she had opportunity to work at Mike Miller and Associates where she helped coordinate and assist with choreography for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade dance routines, along with the Cotton Bowl pre-game/half-time show. Jen’s directing began in 2006 which include: Plano ISD, Lewisville ISD and Lovejoy ISD. While directing, she also teaches summer dance/drill team camps for Encore Creative Productions (co-owned by Lisa Fortenberry & Shelley Wayne). Jen has her Masters of Arts degree in Dance from Texas Woman’s University. While in graduate school, her focus was to maintain to explore and develop strategies to enrich the education of drill teams. It is Jen’s students who give her the perseverance and inspiration of what drill team is and can become. Jen is married to Stefan who teaches history in DPISD and they have two girls, Ava and Mia.

 Assistant Director Bethany Phelps

Bethany Phelps has been studying dance just about all her life.  She received her Associate’s at Kilgore College where she was a World Famous Kilgore College Rangerette and graduated with honors.  There she had the opportunity to perform at Pearl Harbor, in Washington DC at the Inaugural Ball, Cotton Bowl, and with the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders.  She went on to achieve her Bachelors of Science in Sociology from the University of Houston- Clear Lake.  Bethany served as director of the Revelution Competition Team at RPAC in Deer Park.  She has taught the ninth grade dance program at Deer Park High School North Campus for three years while still continuing to teach studio dance.  Her choreography has won her several Choreography Awards at the competitive level and her favorite styles to teach are lyrical and musical theatre!  She has also choreographed musicals for local area high schools and community theaters.  Bethany loves the beach, reading, and spending time with her family.  She lives in Seabrook with her husband Kegan, their daughter Livvy, and their two dogs, Traeger and Stella.