Crystal and her APA Competition team won First Place for Tap Group in the 9 - 11 Age Division at the “I Love Dance” International Championship in Orlando, Florida, July 1994. They danced to “Ragtime” music from the “Entertainer” by Scott Joplin (1902). It’s honkytonk music that originally came from the Mississippi and Missouri River areas. Crystal was 10 years old entering the 5th grade in the fall.
Crystal and her APA competition team won First Place award for Tap Group in the 12 - 14 age Division at the “I Love Dance” International Championships in Orlando, Florida. The competition was held on July 4, 1996 at the Renaissance Orlando Resort. Crystal was 12 years old and a student at Gamble Rogers Middle School entering the 7th grade in the fall.
Crystal’s first ballet performance was a dance from Mexico presented by the St. Augustine Academy of Dance Arts. The performance was in 1992, the ‘Applause 92’ spring dance was held at Kirk Auditorium, Florida School for the Death and Blind. Crystal was 7 years old in the 2nd grade at Hartley Elementary School.
Crystal was a member of the La Mirage Jazz Club at the Academy of Performing Arts. In the theater production of 'Dancecoteque" in June 20, 1993, they performed dances of the Roaring 20's.
Crystal was a member of the Theater Street Express, a youth choir, and the St. Augustine Academy of Performing Arts musical theater ensemble “Stage Door Players.” The ensemble members help bring the world of musicals to life by performing intricate dance parts, adding their voices to full-company musical numbers, and acting out background parts. She performed in musicals such as Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, Robin Hood, The Chorus Line, and 42nd Street. The Theater Street Express performed annually at Washington Oaks State Park on Earth Day and on stage at Flagler College Auditorium.
Crystal Fallin as King Richard in the musical "Robin Hood".
