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Give it a Twirl

Founder of Castle Rock Stars Baton and Dance Studio passes the baton forward

Castle Rock Stars Baton and Dance is Castle Rock area’s first and only baton and dance studio. Students are taught by world champion instructor Tina Foehlinger-Hansen in a positive and fun environment. Besides Tina being  Castle Rock’s only local celebrity twirler she has many accolades throughout her career including that of being named Miss Nebraska (top 20 in the Miss America pageant). Hansen also has won multiple national world championships with her team and individually. However, to date her favorite award was that of National duet champion with her identical twin sister Tami.

Tina comes from a family of women entrepreneurs. Her great grandmother owned a dress shop, her grandmother a costume shop, and her mother a baton and dance baton twirling studio in Omaha, NE with more than 400 students. “Twirling brought me so many opportunities throughout my life and I really wanted to bring those types of opportunities to young performers in the Castle Rock area. I truly do it because I love it and I am also thankful to give my two girls (ages 7 and 8) the opportunity to twirl and dance with friends!,” Tina stated.

Tina started Castle Rock Stars just a few months prior to COVID 19 and the business still managed to thrive and grow. Her team is one of the only twirling studios in Colorado and it continues to grow every day!  Tina said, “It was not easy to start a business during COViD-19 so I would say that that was my biggest challenge. I am also the Executive Director of the Castle Pines Chamber of Commerce and so balancing time between my professional job, my passion and my family has been a bit challenging, but I love to stay busy! “

When talking about her team, she truly radiates and smiles from ear to ear. “ I am immensely proud of my current team. They have been through SO much this past year and a half, as we all have and they have persevered and improved so much! From in-person learning to virtual instruction, they always came to class with smiles on their faces ready to learn.” 

Tina currently coaches around thirty students and they will be performing in their first parade during Douglas County Fair and Rodeo, which they are very excited to be part of. The Baton studio currently enrolls students between five and eleven years old. For any young performers who might be interested in joining the team, they have a few spots open! Classes are held on Tuesdays for ages 5-11+ at the Rock Church in Castle Rock. Any interested families can check out my website at: https://www.castlerocktwirlers.com/

When asked who else would she like to recognize she immediately said her mother. And husband. “ My mother deserves so much credit. She has shown me how to work hard to achieve success within the area of dance/baton studios. I would truly not be in this field without her!  My husband Christian also deserves a lot of recognition and credit for encouraging me every step of the way. He has always been proud of my past twirling accomplishments and he is excited to see me bring my talents to coach and support our area youth.”

Tina ultimate goal with this studio is to pay it forward and be a positive role model for her own children and those she teaches. Tina elaborated by saying,” I have two real reasons as to why I do this! The first is for my two girls. I want them to see their mother in a positive light and I hope to set an example for them.  The second reason is that I am incredibly thankful for the many opportunities I have received in my life solely because of baton twirling and I want to pay it forward to our area youth! I always tell my students that my greatest joy would be to see them performing on Collage Game Day for their college...preferably with a college scholarship! “

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