Alice Dack is the Director of the Marquettes and oversees the drill team program and the dance department at Marcus High School. This is Alice’s seventh year with the Marquettes. During this time, the program has grown from 37 members to 81 members on Varsity. She also created a new Junior Varsity program called the Silver Stars which has 25 members and is under the direction of Lauren Murry.

The Marquettes have been honored to perform in NYC’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, as half-time performers for the Dallas Mavericks, and were chosen to perform in the half-time of Super Bowl XLV with the Black Eyed Peas. The team has won numerous awards including Best Overall Technique, Precision, and Performance awards, multiple Winners Circle placements and Regional and State titles.

Alice graduated from Friendswood High School where she was a 2-year officer of the National Championship Wranglerettes. After high school, she became a "World Famous" Kilgore College Rangerette and the Head Swingster. With the Rangerettes, Alice performed at the Cotton Bowl, the Fiesta Bowl Parade, and traveled to Singapore to appear in the traditional Chinese New Year’s festivities.

She finished her education at the University of North Texas. While at UNT, Alice was selected to perform in the nationally recognized ballet, "Vampire Follies", choreographed by James Clouser. She was also selected to perform in the International Choreography Festival in Portugal. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Dance and graduated with honors.
Alice started her teaching career in Lufkin, TX where she was the director for the Lufkin High School Panther Pride Drill Team. While in Lufkin, Alice and her team received multiple awards, including Best Overall Choreography, Technique, Presentation, and Most Admired Team and Director. In 2004, the Panther Pride was named National Champions in Hip Hop at the prestigious Contest of Champions in Orlando.

One of Alice's favorite rewards as a teacher is watching her students become successful in the world of dance. Her Captain from 2002, Kristen Bell, became the Captain of the Aggie Dance team for 2 years. Her Captain, Sara Ormsby, and a senior, Lexie Eppley, from 2003 became Swingsters and Lieutenants of the Kilgore College Rangerettes. The following year, one of Alice's Lieutenants, Heather Sabo, from Lufkin made Rangerettes, and the Captain at Lufkin for 2004, Rebecca McIlveene, became a Swingster and was named Captain for the Rangerettes in 2005. Two of her last officers at Lufkin became Rettes for 2005-2007: Jessica Alverson and Lauren Jacobs. Lauren was named Head Swingster and a Lieutenant. Six of Alice’s Marquettes have become Rangerettes: Captain Sydney Nelms, and Lieutenants Bree Matherne, and Rachel Miller, and Head Service Officer, Kelsey Dean from 2008, and most recently Lieutenant Shelby Holly and Ria Romano from 2011. Alice also claims an Apache Belle, Michaela Difonzo from 2011, former Texas State Strutters, LSU Tiger Girls and OSU Pom Squad members.

This is the 4th year for Alice to work with the elite staff of "Encore Creative Productions", a specialty summer dance camp company created by the Assistant Director of the Rangerettes, Mrs. Shelley Wayne and Lisa Fortenberry. Alice was invited to choreograph the AT&T Cotton Bowl Pre-Game performance in 2011 and will be choreographing and staging the 2012 Half-Time performance with Shelley Wayne and Lara Miller. Alice also judges for several state level competitions, including Oklahoma State Drill Team Association’s State Competition and Missouri’s State level competition.

Most important in her life is Alice's family. She has been married to Sonny, her loving husband, for 11 years and together they have a beautiful daughter, Emma. Sonny is the Head 9th grade Football coach for LHS North.

Lauren Murry is the Assistant Director of the Marquettes and the Director of the Silver Stars JV team at Marcus High School. She graduated from Pine Tree High School where she was a 2 year military officer for the Precision Drill Team.

After high school, she became a part of the internationally famous Drill Team, the Tyler Junior College Apache Belles, where she served as Freshman Representative and then Head Dance Captain. While there, she traveled to Vienna, Austria and Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany to perform for our troops overseas.

She finished her education at Stephen F. Austin State University, graduating Cumme Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Dance. While attending college, she still taught dance at a local dance studio and choreographed for Dancin' USA Line Camps. During the fall of 2008, she had the opportunity to work with the Marquettes under Alice Dack as a student teacher. In the Spring of 2009, she began her teaching career as the director for the Mt. Pleasant High School Tiger Dolls in East Texas. Although she was far away, Marcus High School was never far from her thoughts, and she now has the opportunity to come back as the Assistant Director for the Marquettes and the Director for the very first Silver Stars JV team.

This will be her first full year as a Drill Team Director, and she is honored to be a part of the Marquette and Silver Stars family once again. She is blessed to have an amazing family, husband Jeffrey, and dog Maggie Mae supporting her as she makes her way to Flower Mound. Lauren has a passion for dance and drill team that she hopes to share with each and every one of her students and looks forward to many great years to come with the Marquettes and SIlver Stars.