Welcome to JEDEC's "Fabulous Feats"!  We are so very proud to share JEDEC alumni and student accomplishments with you.  Dream ~ Dance ~ Achieve! (c)

JEDEC beams with pride for its teaching faculty and students who have received numerous local and national accolades and dance achievement scholarships. Miss JoAnn is equally proud of the JEDEC alumni who have gone onto accomplish not only professional employment and success in the dance and entertainment industry, but also to the JEDEC alumni who have achieved incredible success and achievement in their college studies and chosen careers. JoAnn feels honored and privileged to have been a part of these former students lives as they grew up studying dance and sharing memories and milestones at JEDEC. Your accomplishments bring pride to the community and the JEDEC family.

    

Lindsey Barrows shown here (center) with Jon Bon Jovi, Bob Kraft, Jonathan Kraft, Chip Bergh and hosts of CNBC's morning show.

 

Lindsey Barrows:  Currently employed as a dancer on the New England Patriots' Cheerleading Team(currently one of four captains). Miss Lindsey is also modeling and touring the world with the Patriots and Charitiable Events.  This past January Lindsey was selected as the only Patriots cheerleader-joining seven other NFL cheerleaders to represent the NFL in Japan. During that week long trip they performed on live Japanese television shows and made several appearances. The mission was to promote the Super Bowl and American football. Shortly, she will be embarking on a 10 day trip to Afghanistan to perform for our troops.

Miss Lindsey is a 10 year student of the JoAnn East Dance Education Centers where she was actively involved with the JoAnn East Dance Co., Competition and Touring Team, and three Disney Performances.  In addition, Miss Lindsey is an honors graduate of The Dance Teacher's Club of Boston's Dance Educator Training Course and has both student demonstrated and been an assistant to the JEDEC faculty and staff.  Lindsey is also a college student and is working towards her degree in Communications.  Probably best remembered at JEDEC for her role as "Wendy" in JEDEC's "Peter Pan", other fond memories of Lindsey include:  appearing as an "Ugly Step Sister" and "Princess Aurora" at the ball in JEDEC's "Cinderella". 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Ashley Wagner

Ashley Wagner: Currently employed as a dancer on the Boston Cannon's Dance Team (a major league Lacrosse team)(2008-2009)(captain) and on the NLL's Boston Blazers Sparks Dance Team (2008-2009) (which is professional indoor lacrosse) .

Miss Ashley is an accomplished JEDEC dancer having actively participated in JoAnn East Dance Co. and JEDEC's Competition Team.  Miss Ashley is also an honors graduate of The Dance Teacher's Club of Boston's Dance Educator Training Course and has also earned her BFA from Dean College.  Miss Ashley worked on the JEDEC teaching staff for five years, and also assisted JoAnn East with competition team pieces; one of which (the whimsical "Bug Ball") won the prestigious "Entertainment Award" for being the judges' 'favorite pick' of over 100 entries at the highly acclaimed: West Coast Dance Explosion. It seems to be a tie for what role she is best known for at JEDEC:  "Tinker Bell" in JEDEC's "Peter Pan" and "Nala" in JEDEC's the "Lion King".

Currently, she is Captain of the Boston Cannons Dance Team (Major League Lacrosse) for the second year in a row and a member of the Boston Blazers Sparks Dance Team (National League Lacrosse). She was selected for the MLN Major Attitude Dance Team 2010, which is made up of the Top 20 cheerleaders/dancers in Minor League and alternative sports throughout the Nation. She is a member of DanceEdge, a Boston based Dance Company. Ashley also uses her talents to coach the Bentley University Dance Team, which she’ll bring to the Nationals Dance Alliance Competition in April.              

 

 

Chantal Erasmus 

Chantal Erasmus: Currently employed on The Boston Celtic's DanceTeam. Miss Chantal studied Ballet, Pointe, Tap and all styles of Jazz including Hip-Hop at JEDEC after moving to MA from Africa. Chantal is probably best remembered at JEDEC for her role as "Charlotte" in JEDEC's Charlotte's Web". 

 

Are you a JEDEC alumni living your dance or professional dream? Please drop us an e-mail. We would love to continue adding to the great news!