Lonoke County Junior Cotillion

Kevin and his wife Leslie founded the Lonoke County Junior Cotillion to empower middle school students with knowledge, comfort and confidence regarding proper etiquette and dance techniques. Over the course of a three-year program, their sixth grade students learn the following:

Etiquette Lessons:

  • Understanding disabilities
  • Table manners
  • Multicultural etiquette
  • First impressions
  • Correspondence
  • Paying and receiving compliments
  • Introductions
  • Receiving lines
  • Telecommunications
  • Greeting and shaking hands
  • Formal dining
  • Polite conversation
  • When to rise
  • Doors and coats
  • Tips for job interviews

Dance Lessons:

  • Ballroom dancing
  • Line-dancing
  • Freestyle dancing