This past October 13th, Prairie Art Alliance held its seventh annual premier fundraising event, Dancing with the Starz. This year’s event was held at the Downtown Springfield Hilton, and was chaired by Teresa Bierman and Barb Granger. With their endless amount of energy and dedication, along with the efforts of many volunteers, comprised of PAA members and nonmembers, this was one of the most successful events to date.
Prior to the event, beginning in August, thirteen dance couples practiced and perfected their dance routines every two weeks at the Ansar Shrine auditorium with the help of the talented dance instructor, Pat Lyttkar, as well as, met individually on their own time to practice.
The night of the main event, guests enjoyed a cocktail hour, a wonderful live and silent auction, wine wall, dancing and of course dance entertainment by our competing dance couples. Master of Ceremonies Gus Gordon led the evening seamlessly, along with our three judges Cara Ann (Dr. Mary Ann Rackauskas), Len (Bruce Beeman) and Bruno (Chuck Granger) provided funny and entertaining critiques of all the dancers that participated that evening.
After three rounds of dancing, the following four Starz; Erica Beeman with dance partner Gene Weiser, Drew Davis with dance partner Jan Smith, Dr. Geoff Bland with dance partner Teresa Becker, and Drs. Tim VanFleet and Korine Vlahos advanced to the final round. In the end, Drew Davis and his dance partner Jan Smith, walked away with the honor of most votes for the event
Thank you to all the Starz and their dance partners, Teresa Bierman, Barb Granger and the many volunteers that put so much time and energy into the evening, and a big thank you to everyone that made reservations, voted, contributed and supported the event. Each and every one of you helped make Dancing with Starz a huge success!!!
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