Royalette Dance Team
Roster
Coaches
CHRISSY SALVADOR '95, Head Coach & Director of Spirit Teams
Coach Chrissy was born and raised in Northern Virginia, and a 1995 graduate of Bishop O'Connell High School. She was a 4-year member of the Royalette Dance Team, a 2-year officer and held the position of captain her senior year. Coach Chrissy came on as assistant coach in 1999 and was named head coach in December 2000. In 2009 and 2018, Universal Dance Association, presented her with the Exceptional Coaches Award while attending camp with the team. Also, Bishop O'Connell awarded Coach Chrissy the 2014-2015 Coach of the Year. In 2015, she was named the Director of Spirit Teams for O'Connell. In 2017, she was awarded the Knight Service Award, one of Bishop O'Connell's Alumni Achievement Awards for meritorious service to the school and community. Coach Chrissy is also the Assistant Coach for the reigning National Champions, the Catholic University Dance Team. She is a proud graduate of Virginia Tech with a degree in Hospitality and Tourism Management. Since 2022, she has worked for HR Policy Association as their Director Events & Networking.
KELSEY TIMMERBERG '04, Assistant Coach & Choreographer
Coach Kelsey was raised in Northern Virginia, and a 2004 graduate of Bishop O'Connell High School. She was a 4-year member of the Royalette Dance Team, a 3-year officer and held the position of captain her senior year. Coach Kelsey has been choreographing for the Royalettes since she was a freshman, and came on as assistant coach in 2006. She is a 3-time All-American and represented O'Connell in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade her senior year. Coach Kelsey has danced since the age of 2, with a focus in tap, lyrical/contemporary, jazz, hip hop and ballet. She graduated from George Mason University with a degree in Communications. Since 2012, Coach Kelsey has been a dance instructor for DeGrasse Dance Studio. She also teaches at Barton & Williams School of Dance. Coach Kelsey has been recognized with numerous awards for her choreography.
HALEY BREAUX '18, Skills Coach
Coach Haley was raised in Northern Virginia, and a 2018 graduate of Bishop O'Connell High School. She was a 4-year member of the Royalette Dance Team, a 2-year officer and held the position of co-captain her senior year. Coach Haley is a 3-time All-American and represented O'Connell in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade her senior year. She has danced since the age of 3 in all genres including tap, lyrical/contemporary, jazz, hip hop and ballet. Coach Haley joined the RDT staff in 2022 as their Skills Coach. She graduated from Spelman College with a degree in Psychology. Coach Haley has been a member of the Universal Dance Association staff since 2018 and is also a dance instructor at Tiny Dancers. She is current member of the Washington Wizards Dancers in the NBA.
ERIKA WILLIAMS '18, Skills Coach
Coach Erika was raised in Northern Virginia, and a 2018 graduate of Bishop O'Connell High School. She was a 4-year member of the Royalette Dance Team, a 3-year officer and held the position of co-captain bother her junior and senior years. Coach Erika is a 3-time All-American and represented O'Connell in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade her senior year. She has danced since the age of 3 in all genres including tap, lyrical/contemporary, jazz, hip hop and ballet. Coach Erika joined the RDT staff in 2022 as their Technique Coach. She graduated from University of Kentucky with a degree in Information Communication Technology with minors in Computer Science and Criminology. She also was a member of the University of Kentucky Dance Team, as well as the UK Dance Ensemble. Coach Erika is currently in law school at the University of Maryland.
WANDA BROWN WEIR, Strength & Conditioning Coach
Wanda Brown Weir is the former 3 year Director/Choreographer of the NBA Washington Wizards Dance Team. Prior to joining the Wizards Dance Team as a dancer in 2003, Coach Wanda was a member of the Washington Redskins Cheerleaders for two seasons. She worked as an instructor and head instructor for Universal Dance Association for seven years while also working as a territory manager for UDA and sales representative with Varsity Spirit Fashion. Coach Wanda is also the former captain/choreographer of the multi-championed Towson University Dance Team and former coach of the George Washington University “First Ladies” Dance Team. Since 1999, she has judged for many local, state and national competitions including The Dance Worlds UDA and NDA high school, all-star and collegiate championships & nationals. Currently, Coach Wanda is Owner/Creative Director for Premier Dance DC and Head Coach for Catholic University Dance Team. She is a sought after dance fitness consultant, speaker, motivational coach & commercial actress/model.
COACHES' CONTACT - dance@bishopoconnell.org