{"id":14358,"date":"2013-03-19T06:00:35","date_gmt":"2013-03-19T11:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=14358"},"modified":"2013-03-19T03:54:32","modified_gmt":"2013-03-19T08:54:32","slug":"altrusas-2013-dancing-with-the-stars-delights-clarksvillians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2013\/03\/19\/altrusas-2013-dancing-with-the-stars-delights-clarksvillians\/","title":{"rendered":"Altrusa’s 2013 Dancing with the Stars delights Clarksvillians"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clarksville, TN<\/strong> – \"Altrusa<\/a>Austin Peay State University\u2018s Music\/Mass Communication Building played host to Altrusa\u2019s Dancing with the Stars Saturday evening. The evening was emceed by former Miss Tennessee, Cydney Miller.<\/p>\n

Dancing for the evening was Joe Sweeten & Pro Lisa Burghart; Juanita Charles & Pro Christopher Wayne; Darwin Eldridge & Pro Juanita Simanekova; Sissy Ranken & Pro Dennis Woods; Ken Daniel & Pro Jennifer Kirksmith; and Mary Cooper & Pro Jonathan Bungard.<\/p>\n

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Mary Cooper hugs Jonathan Bungard, her pro partner after winning Altrusa’s 2013 Dancing with the Stars<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Stars started off with 40 hours of training. First in weekly classes with Patricia Lefler and Tiffany Stahl at Clarksville Dance Club beginning last August. This was Followed by 14 hours of dance lessons at Nashville\u2019s Dance World training with their professional partners. Each team had to learn two very intricate dance numbers.<\/p>\n

The contest was judged by Conrad Eddington, Patricia Lefler, and Danny Baye, with the assistance audience members who voted for their favorites from each round of dancing. Music was provided by the Tilden Fleener Music. The scores were tallied by Henry Martin from Stone, Rudolph, and Martin CPAs.<\/p>\n

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The 2013 Judges: Conrad Eddington, Patricia Lefler, and Danny Baye<\/p><\/div>\n

This was the fifth year for Dancing with the Stars, but event has become so popular, they generally have to turn people away at the doors to the theatre.<\/p>\n

Miller introduced the stars to the audience, afterwards each star did their first number followed a short interview with Miller and and after a bit of friendly banter with they received their totals.<\/p>\n

During the first round:<\/p>\n

\"Joe<\/a>

Joe Sweeten & Lisa Burghart<\/p><\/div>\n