Meet the owners of 10-time consecutive National Champions and Best of the Pines “Best Dance Studio” winner in 2018 and 2019...Seven Lakes Dance!  Marcie Milbredt and Lauren Tierney are sisters and natives of Seven Lakes. Their Moore County roots run deep, as both are graduates of Pinecrest High School where their grandfather, JR Brendell, was the first principal!  They grew up dancing through high school and both continued dancing on into college at Appalachian State University. The girls and their parents all live within a few miles of one another and they love living in Moore County!

 

Realizing that the art of dance impacted their lives in so many positive ways, Marcie and Lauren decided to share their love of dance with others.  What started as a summer recreational program in 1997 has grown to a full studio with over 150 students and 5 competition teams! They even recently added 2 fully-licensed physical therapists to their staff to focus on injury prevention through strengthening and refining movement patterns.  The staff at Seven Lakes Dance strives to improve not only each student’s dance ability, but also their physical and emotional strength, sense of responsibility, and their self-confidence.

 

And now, let’s introduce you to their amazing staff.  Pictured in the group photo front row (left to right) are:

~ Ann Marie Telemeco - Physical Therapist with over 20 years of experience with many physical therapy settings, including pediatric care

~ Brooke and Ashley LaFell - Instructors who are alumni of Seven Lakes Dance

~ Kia Korsunskaya - Instructor specializing in ballet/pointe as well as being certified in Ballroom and Latin dance styles

 

In the back row (left to right) are:

~ Danielle Duncan - Office Manager who keeps the business running smoothly when she’s not at her full-time job as a teacher at Southern Pines Primary School

~ LeAnn Garrison - Instructor who trained at the same studio as Marcie and Lauren when they were growing up.

~ Owners Marice and Lauren

~ Todd Telemeco - Physical Therapist, who in addition to his role at the studio, is the founding Dean for the College of Healthy Sciences at UNC Pembroke

 

We are proud to have Seven Lakes Dance in the Moore Choices family and hope that you enjoyed getting to know them better as did we!