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DIRECTORS

Stevie McCall

Royalty Director
2015-Present
stevie_mccall@roundrockisd.org

Stevie McCall (Baldwin-Sutton/Button) has been a Director for the past 11 years in the Dallas and Austin areas and is the current Head Director of the Cedar Ridge High School Royalty Dance Team. McCall’s main goal as a Dance Director is to cultivate individuality and model the practice of servant leadership to her students and the community Royalty serves. Prior to joining Cedar Ridge High School in Round Rock ISD, McCall directed at Clark High School in Plano ISD and served as the Dance PLC Lead and a curriculum writer for the district. Stevie McCall was name Director of the Year in 2023 from Texas Dance Educator’s Association. She is also the current Dance Department Lead and Fine Arts Department Lead at Cedar Ridge where she fosters interprofessional engagement and community support within the various fine arts disciplines. 

McCall earned a Master of Education with an emphasis in Educational Leadership from Texas A&M University and a Bachelor of Arts in Dance Education from Texas Woman’s University. She is also a former World Famous Kilgore College Rangerette and Swingster. During her time on Rangerettes, McCall had the honor of performing at the Black Tie and Boots Ball in Washington D.C. for the first inauguration of President Barack Obama. 

Many of McCall’s former students have continued on to pursue careers in dance with an emphasis in education and/or performance. Both her coworkers at Cedar Ridge are former Colonels of the Royalty Dance Team. Numerous former students are current or past members of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, Texas Tech Pom Squad, Texas Woman’s Pioneer Dance Team, Texas A&M Aggie Dance Team, Texas State University Strutters, Kilgore College Rangerettes, Tyler Junior College Apache Belles, Texas A&M Dance Arts Society, or Texas A&M Fade to Black Hip Hop Company.

McCall is a national and state-awarded choreographer for middle school, high school, and collegiate dance teams. She is a senior staff member and administrative assistant for Crowd Pleasers Dance Company and previously worked with ADTS teaching summer camps as well as adjudicating and facilitating contests. 

Stevie is a native of Round Rock, Texas where she resides with her husband, Brandon, and their children, Duncan and Mollie.

Ms. Noble is from Round Rock, Texas, where she began her dance journey at Lonestar Dance Center in Pflugerville. There, she trained in ballet, jazz, tap, modern, pointe, and contemporary dance. She later assisted dance classes at Lonestar Dance Center. Ms. Noble attended Cedar Ridge High School, participating in their dance department for all four years and was apart Royalty Drill Team for three years and leadership role for two! 

A significant part of Ms. Noble's dance career took place at Texas State University, where she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance Education. While at Texas State, she had numerous choreography opportunities within multiple districts around the Austin area, which sparked her interest in teaching. She was also a member of the Texas State Strutters, performing at venues like Walt Disney World and the Sunbelt Conference.

In 2024, Ms. Noble began teaching at Cedar Ridge High School as the Assistant Director of the Royalty and Nobility Dance Teams and as a teacher for Jazz 2-3, Dance 2-4, and Modern 1-4. Ms. Noble is excited to begin this new year, hoping her students will flourish with new opportunities and new beginnings. She is ecstatic to be back at the Ridge!​

Sophie Noble

Royalty Assistant Director
2024-Present

sophie_noble@roundrockisd.org
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Past Directors

Stephanie Miller 2010-2015 
Founding Director of the Royalty Dance Team

Stevie McCall (Baldwin-Sutton) 2015-2024 
Royalty Director

Laurie Synder

​2011-2012
Royalty Assistant Director

Paige Harvey
​2012-2016
Royalty Assistant Director

Taryn Gregory 
​2016-2018
Royalty Assistant Director

Christen Manning 
​2018-2019
Royalty Assistant Director

Melanie Phillips 
​2019-2020
Royalty Assistant Director

Lisa Herrin
​2020-2023
Royalty Assistant Director

Amanda Lowin
​2023-2024
Royalty Assistant Director

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