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Mrs. Paige Harkins-Caldwell
Cowgirl Kickers Director
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Mrs. Caldwell graduated
from McNeese with a BS in Health and Human Performance. She is
currently employed by McNeese as a certified physical education,
health, and dance teacher. She and her husband, Kevin Caldwell, have
two sons.
As an undergraduate, Mrs. Caldwell served as captain of the Cowgirl
Kickers. While captain, her squad accepted an invitation to perform
for the French government in Nice, France, during their annual
Carnival celebration. She has been the director of the squad for
four years.
In this time, the Cowgirl Kickers were honored to be one of the
first civilian groups since 9-11 asked to entertain our troops at
Pearl Harbor Naval Base in Hawaii. Under her direction, the ladies
also performed at Disneyworld in 2003. Mrs. Caldwell performed for
several years as a professional cheerleader for the NFL’s Houston
Oilers, where she also served as a captain for the squad. Mrs.
Caldwell also taught physical education for eight years in Houston,
Texas where she directed several cheer and performance teams. |
Mrs. Smith is a graduate
of McNeese with a BS in Fashion Merchandising / Home
Economics. She also holds a Basic Spanish Linguistic
Certification from the Defense Language Institute in
Monterey, California. She and her husband, Major Jeffrey
D. Smith, have three children.
As a former Cowgirl Kicker, she was a Top Ten Performer
and Officer. Mary Ann performed locally for eight years
on jazz dance lines during high school and college. Mrs.
Smith served as a Camp Director/Lead Choreographer for a
national dance camp company called DANZ America and
produced, directed and choreographed several high school
dance camps in North Carolina. She has over 22 years
experience instructing ballet, tap, and jazz during
which she has earned many accolades in dance
performance, instruction, choreography, and recital
productions including multiple gold, silver and bronze
awards at the National Showstoppers Dance Competitions.
Mrs. Smith has formal training in the following
syllabuses: Royal Academy of Dance, Ballet and Pointe;
Cecetti Method of Ballet, and Russian Methodology. Most
recently, she studied in a Masters program on Cuban
Methodology of Ballet in Mexico City, Mexico where she
also taught jazz and ballet, performed pointe and was a
tap soloist. She has also studied Tremain Jazz, Al
Gilbert Tap, Salsa, Flamenco, and Hindu dance styles.
Invitations include the National Cuban Ballet School,
and professionally for Tap Dance Troop, California.
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Mary Ann Smith
Cowgirl Kickers Dance Coach
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