Gena Surratt

Gena has been teaching for the past 20 years and started her professional dance career at age 16 in Myrtle Beach, SC as a performer with "High Steppin' Country".  From there she went on to work for Paramount Carowinds as a dancer in numerous shows.  She was in the CBS New Years Eve Special "Live From Opryland", and has also worked for Norwegian Cruise Lines as a performer.  During a short relocation to Los Angeles, CA, Gena was an assistant teacher at Tremaine Dance Studios in Hollywood.  A former Miss Forsyth & Miss Guilford Counties, and a former "Miss Congeniality" in the Miss NC Pageant, Gena is currently the choreographer for the Miss Forsyth County/Miss Piedmont Triad Preliminary Pageant, and now coaches and choreographs pageant routines for girls of all ages.  Her competitive dance teams and choreography have won her many regional and national awards and honors, and she currently works on the judging circuit for one of the largest dance and talent competitions in the U.S. Gena lives in Advance with her husband Allen and one daughter, Hope.

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