Photo by Jared Bellon Photography
Welcome to Pleasant Grove High School Ballroom!
Pleasant Grove High School Ballroom Dance program is celebrating 40 years as the longest continuously running high school ballroom team in the state of Utah! Our teams have the opportunity to work together learning routines to perform at competitions around our state. We are excited about our upcoming year of showcasing our love of performance in ballroom dancing.
Calling All Pleasant Grove Ballroom Alumni!
This school year of 2025-2026 commemorates the 40th year of PGHS Ballroom. It is the longest, continuous high school ballroom program in the state of Utah and probably the U.S.! To celebrate this accomplishment and to thank all those who have left a legacy for these many years, we would like to invite all who would like to join us for an alumni dance during this year’s End of Year Concert on May 8th and 9th, 2026. We will also have a social gathering to get together and catch up with those you danced with on Saturday, May 9th from 3:30-5:00 p.m. before the concert that night.
As we honor all the coaches who have given so much to make this program be successful and kept it going we want to thank: Elaine Hansen, Elaine Grenko, John and Julie Peterson, Sam Fisher, Holly Ann Simkaitis, Aimee and Alan Kennington, Stephanie McAllister, and Tiffanie Harding. We hope that they will be able to come and say hello.
We have put a simple routine together and you can get more information and see the choreography by clicking the Learn More button. We will hold a couple of practices for those who are close and able to come. We would love to have you dance both or even just one night if you can. We would love to fill the floor with many of you, the ones that gave the students today the opportunity they have to dance.
We would also love to collect any pictures from all the eras to put a slideshow together. So dust off those pics and send them my way. Please feel free to pass this along to any alumni as I don’t have 40 years of contacts but would love to let everyone know.
Thanks and I can’t wait to see you in May!
Alison (Kennington) Wakefield
Ballroom Alum (‘94 & ‘95) and PGHS JV Ballroom Team director (yes we now have a JV team)
Youth Ballroom Formation D3 National Champs 2026
We’ve had an amazing competition season!
Halftime Performances
We were so thrilled to be able to perform at halftime/intermissions with the Utah Grizzlies, the Utah Jazz, and the Utah Royals this year!
Varsity Ballroom Coach
Tiffanie Harding
Coach Tiffanie Harding started dancing at age 3. She started with tap and ballet, then enrolled in Bountiful School of Ballet for the next 14 years. In high school, she added Drill team (they took 2nd at the State Competition and 1st in Region) and Colorguard (Two-time Individual Colorguard Champion) to her schedule. Tiffanie fell in love with ballroom dancing as a Freshman at BYU. Working three jobs to earn money to stay in school, she took ballroom classes and enjoyed dancing on different teams at BYU. Her senior year, she was her team captain and decided to forego dancing on tour team due to finding the love of her life, Paul Harding. They have been married over 30 years.
This is Coach Harding’s 13th year at Pleasant Grove High School.
Before PGHS, Coach Harding volunteered, coached, and choreographed many routines for anyone who asked. She taught Elementary Ballroom for 16 years at Heritage Elementary, 3 years at Traverse Mountain Elementary, 10 years at Burton Elementary, co-founded Davis County Ballroom (now Premier Ballroom Academy), and was the owner of Ballroom Rocks. Additionally, she choreographed for the Moonlight Serenade at Davis High School for over 10 years. Working with youth of all ages is her passion and she is grateful every day to work with her team members, striving to help them learn the skills necessary to be successful in life, now and in the future.
Junior Varsity Coach
Alison Wakefield
Alison Wakefield started dancing as a Junior at Pleasant Grove High School. Her Senior year she became the Nation Youth Ballroom Champion and was awarded a scholarship to BYU. She was set up with her new competition partner Todd Wakefield who later became her husband. While dancing on the Tour Team at BYU for 4 years, they also competed individually. They danced 10 dances but focused on Ballroom style more, where they were Amateur Championship finalists. Alison Graduated from BYU in Home and Family Sciences.
Alison has been teaching in the public school system for the last 27 years. She was the teacher and Team director of Timpanogos High School in Orem Utah for 11 years, started programs in several schools including a charter school. Has taught classes at different studios and is currently teaching at Pleasant Grove Jr High School and is the JV director at Pleasant Grove High School. She is also currently the Jr High School Coordinator and helps train teachers in the Jr high schools for Danzinskule, a non-profit organization.
When she gets free time she enjoys biking, yardwork, organizing, crafting, and spending time with those she loves. She has 4 children which have all danced ballroom and now two of them teach ballroom as well. She loves working with the youth and enjoys giving back what she was able to do at this age.
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