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Tonight is the grand finale of Dancing With The Stars season ? The remaining contestants are Ricki, Rob, and J.R. All three of them have proven themselves on the dance floor. They have stamina, they have drive, and they have desire, and they also have something [...]

Brian Stokes Mitchell: on YouTube I went to a concert recently with my daughter. She has big dreams. She wanted to hear Brian Stokes Mitchell sing. It wasn’t a rock concert- no screaming teenagers and loud, over-dubbed, synthesized music. We were there to hear a star from Broadway croon classics from South Pacific, Porgy and [...]

I’m sure you’ve seen the pink ribbons, pink bagels, T-sirts, pink lemonade served on the Delta flights, and much, much more out this month to ‘Race For The Cure.’ October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month, and it seems that the entire nation, no- the World, takes a stand against cancer by turning out in [...]

My interest in ABC’s Dancing With The Stars has not been as high at the beginning of this season as it has been in the past. I felt the cast looked rather dull and I didn’t know half of them. This last week, however, I was drawn in by the theme of telling a [...]

Have you been following this season’s DWTS? I have to admit, when I heard who was in the cast, I wasn’t very excited. However, this season has turned out to be a real eyebrow lifter…  meaning I lift up my eyebrow and say, “Really?!?” when they announce who is getting kicked off each week. Brandi [...]

As you all probably know, October was national breast cancer awareness month. I, like most of you, know someone very close to me with cancer. I have friends and family members who have successfully battled against the disease, and are now living testaments to the strength and courage it takes to be a “survivor.”  I’ve [...]

I was lucky enough to interview ‘Dancing With The Stars’ professional, Jonathan Roberts, for a recent issue of our RSF Pro-Am Voice magazine. Since he has extensive experience working with pro-ams as well as celebrity amateurs on the show, I asked him if he had any tips for our Rising Star Newcomers Circuit dancers to [...]

We recently had some amazing, world-class coaches come to Academy Ballroom Atlanta, and I had someone ask me if I thought it was worth the extra expense of taking lessons with these pros. My response was an emphatic YES!!! You have the expertise, knowledge, and the third eye of someone who can not only give you [...]

I just got home from another great RSF event in the Rising Star Newcomers Circuit dance competitions: The Greenville Newcomers Challenge! We will have a review and pictures up about that soon, but while we wait, I wanted to post a quick question for us to think about that we also put up in our [...]

I’ve been thinking a lot about SYTYCD and DWTS as we all prepare for the Hotlanta Dance Challenge coming up. Both of these popular TV dance shows have talented, beautiful, extremely hardworking, and passionate people. However, the thing I’ve noticed recently is that the ‘winners’ are not always the dancers I liked the best. Sometimes [...]