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Tonya Davis Gray
While in Macon, she studied ballet and Pointe with the Macon Ballet and performed in the Macon Ballet Company's production of the "Nutcracker". After college, she returned to the Newnan School of Dance. While in graduate school, Tonya continued her dance studies and began to teach at the Newnan School of Dance.
Mary Frances Honea It all began at Bettina Carroll's Newnan School of Dance in 1966; Tap, Ballet, then Pointe and International Jazz, and even a little belly dancing. Dance is my self-expression. I began teaching ballet in college, substituting for the University's instructor. Then I "graduated" to instructing community kids. I came back to Miss Bettina as a student (in my mid 20's), got married and moved to Maryland. I focused on modern and jazz there (both as student and instructor). Back to Newnan, back to my home studio; 35 years of dance; learning, dancing, teaching.
Erni Williams Morgan Erni began studying with Bettina at age three and continued dancing through her senior year in high school. During her senior year she danced the role of "Annie" in the 1992-93 production of Annie. Erni danced in the Southern Union State Community College chorus/dance program her first two years of college, and then received her degree in Early Childhood Education from the State University of West Georgia. Erni is currently employed as a teacher with the Coweta County School System and has been teaching at the Newnan School of Dance for the past six years.
Pam Ansel
After getting married, Pam returned to Georgia and took classes with the Atlanta Ballet. She began studying ballet at the Newnan School of Dance in 1999. Pam has worked as an Occupational Therapist for the Coweta County School System, but is currently staying home with her three little boys.
Lory Pendergrast Dance has been apart of Loy's life since she was four. She is trained in ballet, jazz, tap, modern & musical theater. Lory has performed with the Tampa Dance Jazz Company and Vassar Repertory Dance Theater where she was resident choreographer. She was certified with Dance Masters of America & has trained with David Howard, Luigi and members of Alvin Ailey. She has taught dance since she was 16 and has enjoyed teaching students of all ages both in dance studios and as an artist in residence in elementary schools in Oxford, England and New York. She can be spotted in a Billy Joel music video filmed in New York City. After being away from a studio and stage for 10 years, she is thrilled to be both a student and teacher at Newnan School of Dance.
Annette Tomasi Annette attained her teaching certificate from the Hartford Ballet in the Vaganova Ballet syllabus and the Limon and Cunningham Modern Techniques. She has instructed in many styles and all levels of dance for more than twenty years. She has had the opportunity to teach in New Jersey, New York, and Germany. She is an artist engaged the creation, performance and teaching of dance.
Kathleen O'Toole Morgan (Katy)
Katy has performed professionally with Ruth Mitchell Ballet Theatre, Ballet Magnificat, and Griffin Ballet Theatre. She danced the lead role in Swan Lake, Cinderella and Coppelia as well as performing Dew Drop, Snow Queen, Spanish and Arabian in The Nutcracker. Katy had roles in many contemporary pieces choreographed by Martha Goodman, Sal Aiello, Andrew Kuharsky, Ruth Mitchell and Winthrop Corey. Katy has choreographed original works for Studio D in Griffin and Dance Contempra in Peachtree City. For the past five years, she has been the Ballet Mistress at Studio D in Griffin. Katy has also taught classes at Dance Contempra in addition to teaching various programs including an inner city program in Griffin that won the Georgia Recreation & Parks Association State cultural Affairs section Dorthy Mullins Arts & Humanities Award.
Kimberly Hallman
Kim is in her 27th year of teaching various
styles of dance and has had the opportunity to study in Europe, New York, Texas,
California and Miami. She was a Lieutenant and Swingster for the Kilgore College
Rangerettes in Texas. She was the assistant to the Choreographer for the
Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996. Kim was also an Atlanta Falcons
Cheerleader for 3 seasons. She was the director for the Junior Atlanta Falcon’s
Cheerleaders for 5 seasons, was the interim director for the Seattle Seahawks
Junior Cheerleaders and helped organize the junior program for the Miami
Dolphins. Kim’s passion is teaching and she enjoys her time working with her
students at Newnan School of Dance. Kim now resides in Coweta County with her 2
sweet girls.
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Tonya began studying ballet and tap with
Bettina at age of three. Tonya performed in the Atlanta Ballet production
of the "Nutcracker" and
studied with the Atlanta Ballet for several years before leaving for Wesleyan
College where she studied both ballet and modern dance. She received her
degree in biology. 
Pam
began dancing at the age of three with the Nancy Robison School of Dance in
Thomaston, Georgia, and continued through tenth grade. While attending the
Medical College of Georgia for her degree in Occupational Therapy, she resumed
dancing and took classes with the Augusta Ballet. She then moved to
Greenville, South Carolina, where ballet studies continued with the Greenville
Ballet and the Professional Dance Studio. 
Katy began her dance training at
Hutchison's (now named Clayton Festival Ballet) and Ruth Mitchell's studio in
Atlanta. She also studied with Maggie Maury, Ballet Magnificat and the
Atlanta Ballet. She was accepted at Houston Ballet, Boston Ballet, and
Joffrey Ballet on scholarship and she lived in New York for two years studying
there. While there she assisted and taught classes, and was offered a
full-time teaching position. 