Braswell Royals Drill Team

Kristina Rankin has been the Director of the Braswell High School Royals Drill Team for eight years since established in 2016.  Before directing the Royals she was the Denton High School Fillies Assistant Director for four years. She has 27 years of dance experience in Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Hip-Hop, Modern, Lyrical, Pointe, Musical Theater, and Precision Drill Team.  Starting at the age of 3, she began dancing at Bingham Dance Studio for 17 years under Joy Swift and Jill Clements. In High School she was a member of the Starz Dance & Drill Team at Midland High School, under the direction of Misti Ray. As a Starz Dancer she held a Lieutenant Officer position both her junior and senior years.  She continued her dance education in college as she attended Midland College, obtaining her Associates Degree of Fine Arts. In December 2011 she received her Bachelor of Arts in Dance Education and a Minor in Business from Texas Woman’s University. She then continued her education earning an Executive Masters of Business Administration from Texas Woman’s University, December 2014. 

Miss Shelburne’s teaching career began at Bingham Dance Center as a primary dance teacher and choreographer, for two years.  Throughout college she performed and choreographed in many shows such as Dance 208, Up-Close, Dance Makers, and Arts Triangle at TWU. She was an active member for Midland Community Theater for 5 years and has performed in their annual Summer Mummers, and Producers the musical. In 2011 she completed her student teaching assignment at Denton High School, teaching all levels of dance, assisting with the Fillies, and choreographing for the Fillies Follies spring show.  After student teaching, she accepted a position at Denton High School as a dance teacher and an Assistant Director to the Fillies, with Director, Kerri Burgess. When she is not teaching or dancing she is an active member, performer, and fitness instructor at Twisted Bodies Studio.  She teaches Pound, Pilates, Stretch, Aerial Silks, Lyra Hoop, and Total Body Barre classes. In 2016 she joined an Aerial Company, Hypella through Twisted Bodies as a performer and soloist. In 2015 she choreographed for the McKinney Boyd Theater Department’s production of Rock of Ages: High School Addition.  In 2016 she was named the Director for the Royals Drill Team and dance department at Braswell High School.  She had the honor of choreographing High School Musical in 2018 and Seussical in 2019 for the Braswell High School Theater Department.  

Her honors and awards include graduating Summa Cum Laude at TWU, Deans and Presidents List, Continuing Education Philanthropy and Community scholarships, Vice President of Student Government Association at Midland College locally and regionally, Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, National Honors Society, and Who’s Who among American Students.  This year she was nominated by the Royals and received the Director Recognition Award at the North Texas Regional Danceline competition.