Cedar Ridge
Dance Department
Welcome to the Cedar Ridge Dance Department!
Stevie McCall
Fine Arts Department Chair
Royalty Head Director
Dance 1 | Drill Prep | Minis
512-704-0294
Stevie McCall ( Baldwin-Sutton / Button ) was born and raised in Round Rock, Texas. She signed up for a dance class at Cedar Valley Middle School and found her passion in life. She took classes at many different studios in the area with her home studio being Dance eMotions. During her high school career, Stevie was a two year member of the McNeil Majestics.
Stevie continued her education at Kilgore College where she was a member of the World Famous Kilgore College Rangerettes. She was a member of the elite team within Rangerettes, Swingsters, for two consecutive years. While on the Rangerettes, Stevie performed around the nation at the Stamford Connecticut parade, the Cotton Bowl, Santa Barbara’s Tremblay Bowl, and at the Black Tie and Boots Ball in Washington D.C. for the first inauguration of President Barack Obama. After graduating from Kilgore with an Associate in Dance, Stevie finished her education at Texas Woman’s University with a Bachelor’s in Dance Education.
Mrs. McCall is a senior staff member and administrative assistant for Crowd Pleasers Dance Company. Her opportunity with the company has allowed her to teach dance/drill teams and facilitate several summer camps and contests all over Texas.
Mrs. McCall is proud of her former students who have gone on to perform as members of Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, Texas Tech Pom, Texas A&M Arts Dance Society, Aggie Dance Team, Texas State University Strutters, Tyler Junior College Apache Belles , Kilgore College Rangerettes, and Texas Woman's University Pioneer Pride Dance Team. Several students have majored in dance and dance education at Texas Tech University, Texas State University, Sam Houston State University, Blinn College, and Kilgore College. Stevie is a National and State Awarded Choreographer for Middle School Dance Teams, High School Dance Teams and Collegiate Dance Teams. Her choreography has won numerous awards, including artistry awards, at Studio and Dance Team competitions.
Stevie began her teaching career at Clark High School in Plano, TX and was the Assistant Director of the Cougarettes for a one year and Director for two years. While in Plano, Stevie also taught at Amotion Dance Studio and was the Assistant Artistic Director and Performer of the DefiANCE Dance Company. Feeling the need to go back home to Round Rock, Mrs. McCall became the Director of the Cedar Ridge Royalty Dance Team in 2015, Dance Department Chair in 2020, and the Fine Arts Department Chair for Cedar Ridge in 2021. Mrs. McCall is honored to continue the excellence of the dance programs at Cedar Ridge High school.
Lisa Herrin
Nobility Head Director
Modern/Contemporary 1-4 | Jazz 1 & 2 | Dance 1
512-704-0294
Lisa Herrin was born and raised in Austin, Texas and graduated from Westwood High School where she served as a three-year member and two-year line officer of the SunDancers Drill Team. On SunDancers, Lisa was part of the elite Jazz Company and Hip Hop company, as well as Chaplain of the student-led group, En Croix.
Lisa continued her education at Texas Woman’s University where she received her Bachelor of Arts in Dance. It was here where she grew her passion for dance as an expressive art form and had the opportunity to perform in multiple collegiate and professional performances, working with undergraduate, graduate, and faculty choreographers. During her time in college, Lisa also spent 2 years in Denton and Decatur teaching tap, jazz, lyrical, modern, and drill prep at Silhouette Dance Company. Growing an excitement for teaching dance, Lisa moved back home to join Cedar Ridge in 2020.
Lisa currently dances and teaches with Austin Movement Collaborative and in her free time enjoys yoga, reading, crafting, and playing with her cat, Ada. Lisa is thrilled to continue her 4th year at Cedar Ridge inspiring students through dance and directing Nobility!
Amanda Lowin
Royalty & Nobility Assistant Director
Dance 2-4 | Jazz 1 & 3-4 | Drill Prep
512-704-0294
Mrs. Lowin is from Round Rock, Texas where she began dancing at three years old. Her dance career has consisted of training at the studio level as a member of Rise Dance Company, here at Cedar Ridge High School where she was involved in the dance department and in Royalty Leadership, and at the collegiate level where she has developed her knowledge and skill in dance. A major component of Mrs. Lowin’s dance and teaching experience has been working for Crowd Pleasers Dance, where she has grown a passion for leadership development, innovation in choreography, and making the learning experience FUN!
Mrs. Lowin obtained a B.A. Dance degree and minor in Education from Texas Tech University. During her time at Tech, she has taken on numerous leadership opportunities, studied under the Texas Tech Pom coach, Erin Alvarado, and had her choreography selected for adjudication at American College Dance Association. As part of her degree, she taught at multiple public schools in Lubbock, where her passion for education bloomed. Every time Amanda teaches, she hopes that all of her students feel empowered to achieve big goals, grow in confidence and skill, and leave feeling fired up to do it all over again. She is honored to join the Cedar Ridge family again!