Coach: Catherine Rodenbough

Assigned dance: Swing

Freestyle dance: TBA

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Anna Wheeler

Martinsville, Virginia

• Program Coordinator, Dan River Basin Association
• Part-time dog sitter, Hamlet wine taster :)

Dance experience:
Danced for 15 years — tap, jazz, pointe, hip hop, clogging — you name it!
 
What was your first thought when asked to participate?
What an honor!
 
What is your goal in this competition?
To share my love of the arts and its importance for our vibrant community!
 
What would you like to say to your competition?
It’s ON! So excited to share a stage with such wonderful people.
 
What would you like to say to your partner?
Woot woot! Can’t wait to meet you!
 

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Jacob Frith

Martinsville, Virginia

• The Lester Group Management Program
• Smith River Singers 

Dance experience:
Very little experience.
 
What was your first thought when asked to participate?
I thought it would be a great opportunity to try something new.
 
What is your goal in this competition?
Get good enough at dancing to convince my wife to try next year.
 
What would you like to say to your competition?
I hope you stretched.
 
What would you like to say to your partner?
I’m sorry for my obsessive nature.