WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI MAGAZINE
Spring 2016

Kate Garnes and Her Disarming Charm

BY CONNIE KACHEL WHITE

Kate Garnes

Kate Garnes ’12 doesn’t need to conjure a spell to succeed in her chosen career fields.

The WSU music education graduate works at Timber Creek High School in Avalon, Fla., as a choreographer, creating dance routines for more than 100 vocal music students – and she’s a character performer at Walt Disney World, a gig she’s had for almost six years now.

A most versatile performer, Garnes has played a diverse range of roles at all four of Disney’s theme parks in Orlando, Fla.

She’s performed in the “Festival of the Lion King” at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, for example, and in “Dream Along With Mickey!” at the Magic Kingdom Park.

Most recently, you can spot her at the “Wizarding World of Harry Potter” at Universal Studios within Disney’s Hollywood Studios theme park.

You can’t miss her and her natural Shocker Expelliarmus!


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Kate Garnes and Her Disarming Charm

Kate Garnes ’12 doesn’t need to conjure a spell to succeed in her chosen career fields.