Those with a keen eye may have noticed that the availability of a brand new, full year class has appeared, the official Herriman High School Ballroom Team. Many of Herriman High School’s students are familiar with the wide variety of performing arts classes that fill the arena scheduling catalogue each year–from choir and band to theater and dance. These opportunities provided at Herriman have long since allowed students to express their creative prowess and explore exciting, new opportunities.
On Sept. 17, 2025, the team made a debut and took to the school’s auditorium stage for the Homecoming Assembly. There, along with the many other wonderful performances from the theatrical presentation given by the Debate Team to the Swim Team’s musical number, Ballroom delivered an elegant Greatest Showman-themed waltz in order to represent their own homecoming king and queen nominees, Tyson Stark and Nadia Olson. It was met with great applause. Ballroom’s performance added a unique flair of grace to an assembly full of energetic and lively performances with their more smooth and formal style of dance.
Behind this performance the Ballroom Team is led by Brittney Miller, a former student under Herriman’s previous Principal, Todd Quarnberg. Now known by most as a math teacher. Miller stands to make a name for herself at Herriman through leading the Ballroom Team. When asked about how the team came to be, Miller recalls a story that shows us her enthusiasm for the opportunity she was provided. “[Todd Quarnberg] recognized me and said, ‘[Will] you have a ballroom team for me?’ and I said, ‘Absolutely,’” she explains. Miller’s connection to ballroom runs deep into her early academic years where she describes, “I absolutely loved doing ballroom when I was in high school; it was so fun” as well as saying, “I just love dancing, it makes me happy.”
The future of the Herriman Ballroom Team only continues to shine brighter. With the help of the school’s Performing Arts Secretary, Michelle Hanson, Miller hopes to raise enough money for the team through fundraisers to do even bigger and better assemblies as well as compete outside of the school. In Miller’s words, “I want to have our ballroom team competing again and showing off how amazing Herriman can be […] I’d love to be competing often … being able to take our team to other places like … competitions in California…” Judging from the excitement of the crowd during the assembly, the Herriman Ballroom Team has the potential to become a significant part of the visual arts department and an outlet for flowing student creativity.
For students looking to explore a new creative outlet once arena scheduling comes around again, the Herriman High Ballroom Team graciously extends an invitation to come be a part of something exciting and new. Miller encourages that students go out and try something new by saying, “I mean, just go for it. Try and find something you have a friend in or are familiar with. Just jump in… once you find the right thing it just kinda clicks. It’s so nice to feel like you belong on a team.”
