Director/Head Coach

Amanda Burkholder

   Amanda has over 25 years of management skills under her belt, which includes: multiple Manager of the Year Awards, Six Sigma Certified, several top performance and sales awards.  Teaching has always been a passion of hers. She has been a mentor, a trainer, and a coach in many fields. She has also ran her own successful balloon décor and event planning company since 2006 and has developed a good relationship among the parade and Kid Biz associates in Ashtabula & Lake County. Amanda is very involved in the community and loves coaching.  

   In the baton world, she has led the TNT Starlettes to over 150 National and International Titles.  Produced skilled twirlers, cheerleaders, majorettes and pageant competitors, who have went on to win championships, titles and more.  She is a certified twirling judge with Twirling Unlimited, World Twirling Association and Amateur Athletic Union.  She has previously coached under the Mirage Twirling Corp and has been trained by Gino Cicerella, 12 time World Champion.  

   “We have a phenomenal group and helping people funnel their passion to lead them to succeed is my specialty.  I know that a great things are in store for our Starlettes and am just thankful to be a part of it.”

Assistant Director/Coach

Amanda McGee

I twirled on this team when I was in high school and never left. I've been a competitive twirler since I was 14 years old. I twirled throughout high school and was a Madison Majorite. I started student teaching and have worked my way up to be the Assistant Director.  I love to read and have four adorable bunnies. Winning is an important part in competition teams, but we push for progress in all of our teams and individuals. That being said, the way that the team supports each other makes me so proud to be their coach. The teammates treat each other like they are family and want everyone to succeed. I love TNT because from the beginning we wanted to be different; we avoid the toxicity of other competition teams, and are proud to call ourselves a 'No Drama' team. We are one team. Everyone supports each other, everyone claps for every individual performing, and everyone understands that their actions have both positive and negative repercussions. We have tried to give our competitors direction and guidance in their baton careers and life. We are very proud of each one on the team!