Meet Shirley Marley, the woman who created the original Chiefettes Drill Team
Meet the founder of the Kansas City Chiefettes
and last updated 2021-02-05 19:08:01-05
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. â The original Chiefettes Drill Team started in 1965 thanks to an Overland Park woman with a passion for teaching dance.
Shirley Marley is 84 years old and is still turning out professional performers from her studio, The Miller-Marley School of Dance and Voice, in Overland Park.
Marley and her husband, Johnny Miller, founded the Chiefettes team by pitching the idea to Jack Steadman. It was before the big stadium or anything, Marley said.