Coach: Catherine Rodenbaugh

Assigned dance: Salsa

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Elizabeth Huerta

Current position:
Early intervention program manager at Piedmont Community Services and an aerial coach with Valkyrie Acrobatics. 

Dancing experience:
No formal dance experience, but about 10 years of gymnastics as a child, and most recently, I've been doing aerial since 2022.

What was your first thought when asked to participate in Dancing for the Arts?
Honored to be asked!

What is your goal in this competition?
Raising funds and awareness for the arts. But also to hopefully introduce the community to aerial arts. 

Who will be your fan base?
My Valkyrie aerial teammates and my parents, of course!

What would you like to say to your competition?
Good luck and let's have fun!

What would you like to say to your partner?
I'm so glad to be able to dance with my husband as my partner inthis competition. We competed and won first place in the aerial ropes act at Aerialympics this spring, so we are ready to bring it!

Any advice for your coach?
Go easy on me. I coordinated in the air, but not so much on the ground.

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Alfredo Huerta

Current position:
Police officer at the Martinsville Police Department and cross country and girls' soccer coach at Martinsville High School.

Dancing experience:
No formal dance experience.

What was your first thought when asked to participate in Dancing for the Arts?
Well, this should be interesting!

What is your goal in this competition?
To not embarrass myself too badly!

Who will be your fan base?
My running community.

What would you like to say to your competition?
I look forward to meeting and getting to know everybody.

What would you like to say to your partner?
Thanks for the gentle shove of encouragement.

Any advice for your coach?
I hope at least one of us knows what we're doing!