Instructors

Owner and Head Instructor

Lynn Deschner Wignall

Teaches:  Jazz - Tap - Ballet - Pointe - Hip Hop

Lynn has been involved in dance in the Okanagan for over twenty five years. She is presently the head instructor and owner of Deschner's Danceforce in Kelowna where she teaches jazz, tap, ballet and hip hop. 

She studied through the Canadian Dance Teacher's Association for twelve years and spent seven summers in Los Angeles where she continued her training.  She formed a dance group in Kelowna called the Class Act Dancers who performed throughout the Okanagan and as far away as Expo in Australia.

She has performed in a number of musicals and has also choreographed productions such as Guys and Dolls, Westside Story, Grease, Carol King Tapestry, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

Lynn enjoys her career and says it has been a great experience working with so many talented and devoted people.  She now continues to train the next generation of dancers at her school in Kelowna.

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Sandi D.

Teaches:  Vocal Coaching

Sandi has been a professional singer since the age of twelve.  Her career has spanned the mediums of television, recording, radio and live theatre.

At age eighteen she studied voice at the University of Central Washington.  At age 22 she moved to Los Angeles, and worked there as a studio singer and live performer.  She appeared on the Arsenio Hall Show and Entertainment Tonight, and performed at movie premieres and many other celebrity functions.  While in Los Angeles, she studied the "Seth Riggs" method of vocal training.

Since returning to Kelowna, Sandi has performed as Mary Magdalene in a theatre production of Jesus Christ Superstar, and continues to work on various musical projects throughout the valley. 

She has worked as a vocal coach with St. Charlie's Angels for the past 5 years.  She also works with the Kelowna Fire Department as a coach for their vocal group.

She has developed a style of vocal training that teaches people of all ages the enjoyment of singing, while providing solid knowledge in vocal training theory.

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