Jason Janas - originally hails from the northern New Jersey area, and more recently from Charlotte, NC. His dance education is highlighted by his tenure as a charter member of the New Jersey Tap Ensemble, where Jason began his rhythm tap career under the direction of Ms. Deborah Mitchell.

His interaction with other with tap dancers such as Mike Minery, Karen Calloway Williams, and Paris Mann of the NJTE, and with Ted Levy, influenced and ignited his career. He has performed with Mike Minery at the Supper Club in NYC, and more recently with Adrienne Canterna in Washington DC attended by Vice President Dick Cheney.

Besides personal performances, Jason teaches nationally, and has instructed at Rhythm Dance Studio in Charlotte NC for several years. His tap dance choreography won the nationally televised July 2001 Showstopper National Talent Competition, while his choreography received a Runner-Up award for July 2002.

He just finished Soul to Soul with Barbra Duffy and Diane Walker, and recently produced, choreographed, and directed his own show at the Zachary Scott Theater in Austin, Texas. He is going in Spain for a show with Tapestrys director Acia Grey.

Jason continues to teach and choreograph from coast-to-coast while he continues to grow as a rhythm tap dancer.

Venessa Fisher - From Watertown, Ontario, Canada, she was crowned Miss Universe Canada 2004 on January 25, 2004. She will represent Canada in the Miss Universe Pagent on June 1, 2004 in Quito, Ecuador.

Venessa is a Showstopper, having competed at our Grand Island show and is the daughter of a dance teacher, Linda Collins, of Burlington, Ontario.

Venessa is in her final year of high school, and plans on attending university next year. She is an award-winning dancer, having studied ballet, jazz, lyrical, modern and tap for over a decade, and has spent many years as a dance teacher, most recently with her mother's studio. Venessa's goals are to perform on Broadway and on screen, prior to receiving a degree in Broadcast Journalism.

BRIAN SHEPARD is currently playing the roles of Dance Captain/Vlad Vladikoff/U.S. Wickersham Brother, Yertle the Turtle in the touring production of Seussical the Musical starring Cathy Rigby.
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He recently served as dance captain in Broadway's Annie Get Your Gun and understudied/ performed as Tommy Keeler. He also appeared in both the Broadway production and national tour of Peter Pan. This former Showstopper winner from Deborah's Stage Door has proven his talent and skill as a world class performer.

Glen Meynardie competed in Showstopper events with Kellys Dance Academy of Bayou la Batre for almost ten years. During those ten years, he competed in approximately ten to twelve routines per competition and has been a part of the top small, large, and duet/trio groups in many different categories like acrobatic dance, jazz, and lyrical jazz. Glen has also taken top regional soloist three seperate times.

Since then, Glen has made many different achievements. He has performed for Celebrity Cruise Lines as a dancer and Walt Disney World Florida as a gymnast/stunt performer at Animal Kingdoms Journey into Junglebook. Glen also was a choreographer and instructor for American All Staff Dance Drill Team Camps with "Twitch" from the Wade Robson Project. In the summer of 2003, he performed his own choreography in the American Dance Festival Student Concert, and performed Donald Mckayle's "Ashe" and Shen Wei's "Near the Terrace" and "Folding" in the festival repertory class showings.
Glen is now living in Alabama teaching all areas of dance at Robin Adams Performing Arts Center and is the choreographer for the school's award winning Southern Exposure Dance Company.

Glen's mother recently passed away. Therefore, he is dedicating every performance he does to the memory of his mother. These are just a few of the accomplishments that Glen Meynardie has achieved. We anticipate even more great achievements from this talented person.

Jeanna Raney

Jeanna Raney is certainly no stranger to the stage and lights. As a former Showstopper, she performed tap dancing with the South Carolina Performing Art Center. You may recognize her from the movie Beautiful or as the 2001 Miss South Carolina.