About Coach Erin


Erin is a 17 year veteran dance team coach in Minnesota. A 3 time MADT coach of the year (2009, 2010, 2014) and winner of 2 state championships in high kick with the Cannon Falls Bomber Dance Team. In high school Erin danced for Winona and Apple Valley high schools. Erin is a nationally known blogger, writing for the Radio City Rockettes and a Hollywood movie among other projects. Erin also teaches on a freelance contractor basis for many MN high school teams and can be contacted for date/time availability at mnhsdanceteam@gmail.com

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Scoring Review

November 16, 2016 Coach Erin Coaches, Dancers, MADT, Parents Comments

MADT (and Kelsey Schnackenberg specifically) has provided the dance team community with a great set of informational slides on how scoring works, what those judges are looking for, and a bit on the upcoming live scoring trials we’ll see this year.  Tomorrow, the KickCast will be discussing live scoring – so take a look at this great ....

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The End of the Perfect 10

August 10, 2016 Coach Erin Coaches, Product Reviews and Gear Comments

Ahhh….Summer Olympics.  There is nothing better than a binge watch of 12 hours of gymnastics coverage in the last week.  Team USA captures another impressive gold medal. We’ve cheered (and teared up), held our breath, and wanted to hold baby Boomer Phelps more than a few times already and we still have rhythmic and synchro ....

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New Parents 101: Scoresheet Basics Part 1

November 01, 2012 Coach Erin Parents Comments

We’re continuing our series on the basics of dance team and today we’re digging in to the mysteries and intricacies of the most important tool in dance team – the scoresheet.  This time we’re looking at the general layout, purpose, and functions of the all important document.   Keep in mind that this is how I, ....

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