Cherrie A Anderson was born in Council Bluffs, IA to Kenneth and Evelyn Moore and started dancing at the age of 3. They moved to Omaha in 1962 where she began her first dance studio in their basement at 12. The first Cherrie Anderson dance recital was held in her driveway with approx. 20 students and the proceeds from admission to the show were donated to the American Cancer Society. The following year, Cherrie had up to 70 students, teaching classes 3 nights per week, and began holding recitals at the Westside High School Little Theatre.

Cherrie was a working model trained by Omaha’s Nancy Bounds and also active in the local pageant community where she was crowned Miss Nebraska in 1967. Cherrie was voted most talented by her senior class at Westside High where she graduated also in 1967. Cherrie is a graduate of the University of Nebraska Lincoln where she completed her Bachelor of Science in Business and was a member of Delta Gamma sorority.

In the late 1970s,  Cherrie brought the “new craze” of Aerobic Dancing (aerobics) to Omaha teaching several classes a week and grew that business to a point where she employed several instructors teaching classes spanning across the entire Nebraska and Iowa region. You might remember her own aerobic dance segment on the KETV “Good Morning Show” in which she appeared for 6 years.The empire that is now known as The Cherrie Anderson School of Music And Dance has become a beloved academy for young talent in Omaha and surrounding areas spanning across generations. Cherrie built and grew the business over several years sharing her love of dance with thousands of students. She celebrated each dancer with an end of the year extravaganza at various theatres across Omaha including the Orpheum Theatre.