Our Team

Linda Alford, Director and Coach

Linda developed a passion for baton twirling at a young age. She started the Dynamics in 1976. Their first performance was a bicentennial parade on July 4th. Under Linda’s direction, they competed locally in C.A.M.A. (Capital Area Marching Association) winning many championship titles. In 1988, they won their first national title, NBTA Tiny Tot Small Grand National Dance Twirl Team. In 1993, the Dynamics won their first world title in Marseilles, France by capturing the Senior Dance Twirl Team gold medal at the NBTA World Championships. The team has gone on from there, continuing to win many national titles, 11 world titles, and produce a number of individual champions as well.

Linda continues to do what she loves as director of the Dynamics. In addition to being the coach of a national and world acclaimed team, she worked for the Howard County Public School System in their main offices before retiring. She shared her love of twirling with her three daughters, Deena, Stacey, and Kristi. Between the three girls they have won five Miss Majorette of America titles, two Grand National Twirling Championships, and two individual World Championship titles. All three have also gone on to be Dynamic coaches. Granddaughter Kaitlyn Boyer continued the family tradition as a member of the team. She competed in her first World Championships in Belgium in the pre-teen duet division and won the gold medal with partner and teammate Brianna Rohrer. She continued on to win other national and world titles as well as twirling for the Marching Virginians at Virginia Tech.

Kristi Alford Taylor, Co-Director and Coach

Kristi is a former Miss Majorette of America and Team USA member. Growing up on the team, she has won with them many national team titles as well as being a member of the first Dynamics World Team in 1993. In 1996, Kristi won the gold medal at the World Championships in Milan, Italy with her duet partner, Stephanie Mobley. Kristi competed with the Towson University Dance Team and won the National Dance Team championships with them multiple times. Kristi has a strong dance background, including professional training as a member of Blast 2: Cyberjam and Shockwave, and as instructor for Arthur Murray Dance Studio. This background allows her great creativity when choreographing routines.

Stacey Alford Boyer, Coach

Stacey is also a former Miss Majorette of America. She won the Juvenile division in 1982 and before that, was the Tiny Tot Grand National Twirling Champion. During her career, she also was the Congressional Cup champion, showing her talent by winning a title usually held by older twirlers. She retired from twirling at a young age but returned in 2003 when daughter, Kaitlyn, found her desire to twirl. Stacey works with many of the younger Dynamic members as their individual coach. Her success in coaching has been marked with many students winning regional and state titles as well as an Intermediate Miss Majorette of America winner. In addition to coaching, Stacey is a special education teacher in Howard County Public Schools.

Robin Schmitt, Treasurer and Coach
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Robin has lots of contributing roles in the Dynamic family. She keeps things running as treasurer and secretary for the team. To call her our “go to” person is putting it mildly. Robin was a feature twirler at the University of Maryland and director of a former C.A.M.A. corps. However, her proudest role is undoubtedly, baton-mom. Robin is mom to Karilee and Kaytlyn, both Dynamics, Team USA members, and world champions. Robin coaches the Dynamics “babies”, enjoys working with the younger members of the team, and keeps things running smoothly.

Karilee Schmitt, Coach and Webmaster

Karilee grew up as a member of the Dynamics, joining the team in 1991. She is the 2005 College Miss Majorette of the Mid-Atlantic and former Junior and Senior Regional Solo Champion. With her sister and partner, Kaytlyn, Karilee is the 2006 Senior Duet National Champion. With the team, Karilee has won numerous national titles and seven gold medals at the world championships in 2000, 2003, 2006, and 2009. While a member of the team, Karilee received a degree in Secondary Math Education from the University of Maryland and a Masters in Education from George Mason. She teaches math and is a former coach of the color guard at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County. Karilee is also an advisor with her sorority, Alpha Delta Pi, at the University of Maryland and is the former president of the Greater Washington DC Alumnae Association. After a wonderful nationals with the Dynamics Senior Team in 2009, Karilee moved on to the next phase of her twirling career with the team as a coach. Karilee is also an NBTA certified judge.

Christina Gilliam, Coach

Christina  is wonderful at encouraging our younger members to succeed and always has a smile for us all. While a Dynamic, Christina qualified for the Intermediate Pageant at nationals in 2008 and ended up placing in the top 10 in the senior division, winning the pageant strut. She also won her age division that year in the Intermediate World Open Solo and placed in the top 10 in the advanced strut. Christina moved to Virginia a few years ago and is happy being able to be back in the gym as an assistant coach. She also has two twirling daughters who are members of the team, Blake and Parker.

Kaitlyn Boyer, Assistant Coach

Kaitlyn is Linda’s granddaughter and started twirling in 2003 when she joined the family team. As a member, she won two gold medals and one silver medal at the 2009, 2012 and 2015 world championships. Throughout her career she also won numerous state, regional and national titles. Kaitlyn was honored to be selected to be a Peru twirling ambassador and received the opportunity to travel to Peru to perform. Kaitlyn went to Virginia Tech and was a feature twirler with the Marching Virginians throughout her time there. She earned her Doctorate of Physical Therapy at the University of Maryland, Baltimore and is currently in Houston, TX. Kaitlyn continues to help our members stay healthy, strong, and flexible through virtual lessons and can be found on Facebook using @Dr.twirlz.