Amanda McConaghey, a Chehalem Valley Dance Academy alum, is our featured instructor this month. It is so special when our former dancers transition into gifted teachers, and share their time and talents, mentoring other dancers at our studio. We are grateful to have...
Let’s get to know Casey Hostetler, the first feature for our Instructor Spotlight posts of 2016. Casey is an energetic, ambitious college grad who is and has been very involved in the McMinnville and Newberg communities. She also has some big dreams and plans for her...
This month we’re happy to feature Courtney Joel for our instructor spotlight. Courtney graduated from McMinnville High School in June, where she was very involved in choir, acting, and volunteer projects in addition to dance. She’s worn the hats of dance student and...
We are thrilled to feature Holly Derville-Teer for our Instructor Spotlight this month. CVDA’s story as we know it begins with Holly. After performing full time post college for several years, Holly moved back to Oregon and sent resumes to every dance studio she could...
Karley Styles is a home-grown CVDA dancer and instructor. Her first class at CVDA was jazz at the age of 10. One year later the studio launched their Elite Performing Company (for middle level dancers between junior and senior teams) and Karley was one of their...
