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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Angie Heppner
Teaches: Tap - Jazz
Angie has studied Jazz and Tap since
1981. She has been teaching since 1988 and has choreographed major
Tap and Jazz routines for over 10 years.
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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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