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BY AMANDA MILLER Carrie Webb C arrie Webb wears many hats, including wife, mother of four boys, and owner and artistic director of Revolution Dance Company. Balancing early mornings, late-night classes, and a household full of sports schedules, she has built a life rooted in both discipline and heart. WHAT DOES A TYPICAL DAY LOOK LIKE FOR YOUR FAMILY? CARRIE: A normal day for me starts with getting up early and getting everyone off to school. Then I have my downtime, and that’s when I focus on the business side of the company, returning emails, getting organized, and handling things for the company. I’m also usually doing chores like cleaning the house, which is always ongoing with four boys. I cook dinner in the morning because once the boys get out of school, they’re usually running to sporting events and practices, and my husband is busy picking up and dropping off kids, so there’s really no time to cook. Since I work nights, everyone just heats up whatever I made earlier in the day. I usually pick all the boys up from school and get everyone where they need to be before heading to work to teach classes. My husband gets everyone back home, and then I join everybody around bedtime, or sometimes even after bedtime. WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO OPEN REVOLUTION DANCE COMPANY, AND WHAT HAS BEEN THE MOST REWARDING PART OF OWNING A STUDIO? CARRIE: I opened Revolution to give the Baton Rouge community a different flavor of training, and the whole community has grown. It’s been an awesome, awesome transformation that our city’s had. I think the most rewarding part is seeing the role that I play in the girls’ lives. I have four sons, and my life as a mom is really different from my job as a coach for girls. I don’t have daughters, so they get to be my daughters, and I get to have the best of both worlds. I get to be a
Occupation: Owner and Artistic Director of Revolution Dance Company Husband: Brannan Children: Brannan, III, 15; Briggs, 13; Grayson, 11; and Miller, 8 Hobbies: Watching sons play sports and LSU football games very black and white, very honest, and very to the point, and that’s how I parent my kids as well. For me, it’s about setting them up for success in the real world. The world isn’t always soft or forgiving, and I want my boys to understand that you have to see things as they are and move forward. I coach the girls the same way. If something doesn’t go your way, it doesn’t go your way. We don’t make a million excuses about it; we figure it out and keep going. HOW DO YOU ENCOURAGE YOUR BOYS TO PURSUE EXCELLENCE WHILE STILL PROTECTING THEIR CONFIDENCE AND JOY? CARRIE: I always tell my boys, and I tell my girls this too: You have to enjoy what you’re doing, and if you don’t enjoy what you’re doing, then you shouldn’t be doing it. If you’re trying to pursue excellence, it’s not always going to be easy. It’s not always going to be joyful. You have to take the good with the bad and you have to know that excellence is hard. I try to explain to them that it’s not always going to be wonderful, but through the hard stuff is where you find how much you love something and that’s what you just need to stay committed to. WHAT ARE SOME VALUES YOU HOPE EVERY CHILD LEAVES YOUR STUDIO WITH? CARRIE: That they can make it to the next day. Dance is hard, working in a team is hard, and we do a lot of different genres at the
coach and mentor, and be a parent to these young women in a way that I would if I had my own daughters. HOW DO YOU BALANCE MOTHERHOOD, MARRIAGE, AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP? CARRIE: I’ve been married 16 years, the studio is entering its 20th year, and I’ve had kids for 15 years, so I’m still learning. The studio was my first passion, but my family is the most important thing to me. I’ve got to be able to step back if I need to spend more time with my family or be at my boys' events. If I have to get a sub, then I have to get a sub and it'll work out. Coming to that realization and preparing for that and planning for that has been the most helpful in balancing and feeling like I’m doing the best at the job that I’m meant to be doing, and that’s being a wife and a mother. WHAT LIFE LESSONS HAS RAISING BOYS TAUGHT YOU THAT HAVE ALSO INFLUENCED THE WAY YOU LEAD YOUR STUDIO AND MENTOR YOUNG DANCERS? CARRIE: Anyone who meets me usually says I’m such a boy mom, and I think that’s because I’m pretty tough. Raising sons, I’ve learned I have to balance compassion and sensitivity with cutting through the noise and getting to what needs to be done. That same approach carries over into the studio. I do have to pull back at times, because girls sometimes need a little more cushion, but overall I’m very straightforward. I think most people would describe me as
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