Anne Marie started dancing at the age of two with the famous Gayle and Phyllis Tutterow.  She was asked to be a demonstrator by the age of 9 and the an assistant teacher.  In 1987, she was asked to become a member of the teaching faculty.    Anne Marie has taught and choreographed dance for the Clearwater High School Drama Department.  She enjoyed and learned so much being taught by Gayle Tutterow, the world famous “TAP MASTER”, Henry LaTang, Danny Hoctor, and Tommy Walsh.  She has performed with a dance troupe in Las Vegas, Disney World, Epcot, Sea World, Busch Gardens, Disneyland, Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, Denmark, Russia, The World’s Fair in Spain, as well as winning The National Grand Champion at Hoctor’s Dance Competition two years in a row.  Anne Marie is the Children’s Director at Faith United Methodist Church in downtown Largo, leading the children in singing and directing plays, teaching Sunday School, as well as choreographing and directing the Liturgical Dance group for the church.  She has a Bachelor of Science in Education from the University of South Florida.  She is employed by the Pinellas County School System as a teacher at Garrison Jones Elementary.  She loves working with the younger students and enjoys watching then mature into highly skilled performers.  One of her true passions is being able to take an idea or thought and make it come to life through her creative choreography.