The Kfa staff
Burnadene Yarborough Kelley-Newman
Owner and director of Kelley’s Fine Arts, Burnadene began her dance education at the age of six. She quickly discovered her natural talent, and her passion for dance continued through high school and college. She received a BA in Dance as well as a BA in Elementary Education from Columbia College. Her special training includes not only dance but cheerleading, runway, print and commercial modeling, theatre, and music (both instrumental and vocal). She is the former director of the Phantom Dance Team, the Pee Dee Vipettes Dance Team and was the choreographer and director of the AIFA championship halftime shows for 2007 and 2008. She was the 2011 cheer coach for FMU. She has been a performer and director for the Cheraw DWTS, Kershaw DWTS, Clarendon DWTS, Lee County DWTS, and Florence DWTS.
Miss Burnadene is also a choreographer for the Florence Little Theatre.
She is a certified member of the USA Gymnastics Instructor Program, Acrobatic Arts, and Dance Masters of America Chapter #44. Since KFA’s beginning, some of her accomplishments and awards include: Business Woman of the Year, Who’s Who Among Business Professionals, served on the South Carolina Dance Colloquium, the I.V. League honor of distinction for Innerviews Magazine, TV 13’s Pee Dee Hero Award, and was given the honor of sponsorship for the first studio Chapter in South Carolina for the National Honor Society for Dance Arts. Miss Burnadene and the KFA Staff continue their education by attending dance conventions, workshops and classes so that they can continue to provide the best possible dance experience.
Burnadene lives in Florence with her husband Sid and they have 5 children.
Alexis McDonald
ERIN HAYNES
Erin has been dancing since the age of four and stared dancing competitively at the age of five. Through the years she has been trained in many different dance styles, such as clogging, jazz, lyrical, hip-hop, ballet, tap, modern, pointe and Irish tap. Erin was a member of the KFA Camden Crew from 2011-2013. Erin is a former Youth Dance Ambassador and has won many awards for her choreography through her years with KFA. Erin also certified through Dance Masters of America and is a Dance Company and recreational dance class teacher for KFA in Camden, Florence and Cheraw. She truly loves what she does and hopes to inspire her students to follow their dreams of dancing.
TIFFANY WELSH
Tiffany lives in Hartsville with her husband David and has 2 children, Alyssa Lauren and Ethan. Tiffany has been involved with KFA for more than 17 years. She has been the KFA Gymnastics Director for the past 12 years and has been involved in both recreational and competitive gymnastics for over 20 years. She has high school and competitive cheer experience. Tiffany was also a former member of the Florence Phantoms Dance Team and a professional dancer in many DWTS events around the community.
Tiffany teaches Creative Movement/Tumbling classes at the Montessori Day Academy of Hartsville and recreational gymnastics and tumbling in the KFA Florence and Lake City studios.
ASHLEE GILLESPIE
Ashlee began dancing with the Karen Gibson School of Dance when she was 4 years old and has been dancing for 26 years. Ashlee joined the KFA family in 2011 and absolutely loves the way the studio feels like a family. She was a proud member of Pee Dee Vipettes Dance team for the semi Pro basketball team the Pee Dee Vipers for two years. In her off time from dance, she works at McLeod Outpatient Physical Therapy and Covington’s Eye Clinic and spending lots of time with her family.
Ashlee teaches recreational dance at the KFA Cheraw studio.
Kim Scott took dance from the age of 3 at Bohaty’s School of Dance in Owosso, MI, until high school graduation. During those years she performed with their competition team in Washington DC, Myrtle Beach and Disneyworld’s Tomorrowland Theater. Ms. Scott received her Bachelor of Arts degree in theater from Central Michigan University with graduate studies at Western Illinois University. She performed professionally for three summers at Highlands Playhouse in Highlands, NC where she was Dance Captain in her last season. She is a former dance teacher for Bohaty's School of Dance and TC Law's School of Dance (both in Michigan) as well as From the Top School of Dance in Nevada. She took a break for a few years to start her family and resumed performing when they moved to Camden in May of 2015. She jumped right back in with featured performances at the Arts Center including Tanya in Mamma Mia, Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors, Mother Superior in Sister Act and many more! When she’s not performing, she’s co-directing and doing choreography for the kids shows such as The Lion King and is the choreographer for the Kershaw County Show Choir. Kim is a dance teacher at the KFA Camden and Lake City locations.
MARIEL MCALLISTER
Mariel began dancing with KFA at the age of three and was a KFA Dance Company member for seven years. After graduating high school, she taught recreational and competition dance at KFA until 2013. Mariel is currently the Director of Human Resources and Public Relations for two manufacturing companies in South Carolina and is the youngest member of their Senior Leadership Teams. Mariel serves on the SC Chamber of Commerce HR and Workforce Development Committees. She is actively involved in HR groups around the state and her passion is helping people of all ages reach their potential.
Mariel resides in Coward with her husband, Tripp and their children Cade, Camden and Lucy Cooper. In her spare time, she enjoys monogramming, horse shows, and spending time at the lake.
She loves being a part of the KFA family as a recreational dance teacher at the Lake City studio.