Friday, August 21, 1998
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Friday, August 21, 1998 |
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Fayette, Coweta dancers bring home the trophies
By KAY S. PEDROTTI
A number of Fayette County and Coweta County
dancers with Doris Russell Studio in Fairburn came home
recently from national competitions in Las Vegas and Orlando
with prestigious awards and trophies.
In Orlando, the studio's "Attack" group took
second overall in junior-line tap, and fourth overall in junior-line
jazz. Shannon Brown won second overall for her junior solo
in gymnastics, and Hannah Stevenson took second
overall for a junior solo in character dance.
Awards in the Las Vegas competition included
Jenny Franks, first overall for pre-teen song and dance solo;
Andrea Allen, first overall, pre-teen jazz solo; Tameika Green,
first overall for teen tap solo; Jessica Morrow and Heather
Joyner, silver awards for teen jazz; Jennifer Harris, second
overall in teen jazz solo; Joely Pittman, third overall in teen tap
solo; Felicia Buice, gold award for senior jazz solo.
The Russell Studio Senior Company took top honors
in senior-line tap and jazz. In addition, Kelley Johnson
and Jenny Franks were Georgia representatives in the
"Miss Dance Educators of America" contests in different age groups.
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