Here at The Showstoppers Studio we pride ourselves on knowing that ALL of our wonderful instructors are highly qualified professionals in their specified instructional areas.

Currently we employ 10 amazing instructors in different fields of dance and baton.

There are 4 full time baton instructors, and 2 part time baton instructors.  On occasion we also bring in 2 traveling baton instructors, one from Cincinnati, Ohio and one from Tallahassee, Flordia.  

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Baton Instructors

Audrey Moore

Audrey has been the director of the Showstoppers Dance and Twirl Teams since their creation in 1980. 

Prior to establishing her own group she was a member of the Stars and Stripes and then its instructor.  She also was also the instructor of the Elite Twirling Academy in the late 1970's.

The Showstoppers Dance and Twirl Teams spent most of their time practicing in rented gyms and in the street in front of Audrey's home.  Then in 2004, the old Stanford-Foster building in Wickliffe, Ohio was established as The Showstoppers School of Baton and Dance.

It is here that children from all over Ohio come to learn and take classes in baton, ballet, tap, jazz, hip-hop, yoga, and cheerleading. 

Audrey has been involoved in baton twirling since the age of 13, first as a competitor, then as a teacher and judge.  As a competitor she won the title of WTA Senior World Most Beauriful Majorette 1969.  As a teacher she has watched as her students have taken home numerous nationals titles (see title holder page).  Audrey is a Gold Seal Judge for DMA, as well as a judge for, WTA, AAU, and TwirlMania.

She is a 1969 graduate of Wickliffe High School where she was head majorette and a softball player.  Audrey and her husband Tim have two daughters, Leigh-ann and Melissa, and have two grandchildren, Erienne and Ethan. 

Kristin Fitz-Smith

Kristin began twirling with Audrey at the age of nine and was a member of the Showstoppers from 1983 to 1989. 

During her competitive years she earned two WTA Intermediate Titles and the 1991 Miss College Majorette Title.

Outsite of competition, she was honored to be Wickliffe High School's first ever Featured Twirler.  She also twirled with the Ohio Northern University Marching Band from 1990 to 1994.

She began teaching baton at the age of 15.  Prior to her merge with the Showstoppers, she was the coach and director of the State and National Champion Baton Twirling Team, the Enchanters.

Kristin is certified to teach grades K through 8 and Reading K through 12.  She is employed by the Bedford City School District as a 5th Grade Teacher. She met her husband, Shawn, while teaching in Bedford Hights.  She is currently a stay at home Mom with her son, Landon and daughter Morgan.