Lori Perkins began her twirling career at 3 years old, by jumping up and down in the back of her mother’s station wagon and begging until she was registered at Karen Ogden’s Studio in Louisiana.  She was Ms. Karen’s very first individual national champion at the age of 8, and had a very successful competitive career that included numerous Louisiana State Grand Championship Titles, South Central Regional Grand Championships, National Championships, and International Championship titles as an individual and on team.  Lori was the feature twirler for Sulphur High School, and later at McNeese State University, while earning her degree in Education. 

She moved to Texas in 1994, after marrying the love of her life, and now teaches Algebra I and is the Special Education Department Chair at Magnolia West High School in Texas where she still resides with that love, Steve, her husband of 27 years.  Steve and Lori have two children, Emily and Alex.  Alex is a senior, studying Mass Communications, and a member of the drumline with the Pride of McNeese marching band.  Emily is a senior, studying Environmental Design at the University of Oklahoma, and is the Feature Twirler for the Pride of Oklahoma marching band.   Lori has served in many roles on the Texas Twirling Teachers’ Council and is the current President of TSTC.  She has directed numerous competitions throughout the region, and served ten years on the USTA Board of Directors representing the Central Region.  As a master judge, she has traveled the world judging elite competitions.  She coaches several programs throughout Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi, and has been honored to receive several choreography awards, including the 2019 USTA National Choreography Award.  She has coached numerous state, regional, national and international champions from several states, but said that the highlight of her twirling career so far was training her daughter, Emily and Keragan Ogden, her mentor’s granddaughter, to win the Gold medal at the U.S. Trials and represent the senior pair division at the WBTF World Championships in Sweden in 2016.

Lynn Dell Harrell began her twirling career at the age of 3 years old, and has won many State, Regional, and National titles. Lynn Dell twirled at McCallum HS in Austin, TX and went on to twirl at the University of Texas at Austin where she earned her degree in Education. Lynn Dell has served on the Texas State Twirling Council as well as the Central Region council in many different capacities. Lynn Dell has also coached many State, Regional and National champions as well as many International Cup Qualifiers. Lynn Dell is currently the owner and instructor of Lynn Dell's Twirl & Dance in Pflugerville, TX and is the Golden Girl Coach at Baylor University, a position she has held for 20 years.

Scottie Hagen began her twirling career at age 4 with Lynn Dell Harrell as her teacher. She was feature twirler for Connally High School in Austin (Pflugerville ISD) and for Baylor University, where she graduated with a BA in History and International Studies. During her twirling career, Scottie competed locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally. She qualified for six consecutive International Cup Championships and received a Top 5 finish in all six. She won the bronze medal in Adult A Three Baton at the 2008 International Cup Championships in Limerick, Ireland, and the silver medal in Adult Elite Three Baton at the 2011 International Cup Championships in Jacksonville, Florida. Scottie is currently a Level III judge.