“Dancing For The Dogs” Announces Celebrity Dancers March 9

Local celebrities dancing in the second annual Dancing for the Dogs competition were announced at the event kick-off party, hosted by Out of the Fire restaurant, on Saturday, January 5th.  Partnered with professional dance instructors, competing in this year’s event are:

Cleo Braver – Owner, Cottingham Farms – partner Darryl Calloway

Stacie Monz – General Manager, WCEI – partner Diego Guzman

Terron Quailles – Vocal Performer – partner Cora Elliot

Joe Petro – Owner, Hair of the Dog – partner Jessica Hindman Wheatly

Ron Mitchell – Owner, Inn at 202 Dover – partner Sandra Showell

Michael Linardi – Owner, Halcyon Coaching – Partner Lucia Calloway

Jordan Lloyd – Owner/Executive Chef, Bartlett Pear Inn – partner Shari Smigo

Dr. Scott Thompson – Owner /Veterinarian, Easton Veterinary Clinic – partner Aggie Beletsky

Martha Suss – Realtor®, Lacaze Meredith Real Estate – partner Hugo Hernandez

Paul Lewis – Recording Artist –  partner Nathalie Derakshani

Stevie Rodis – Teacher, Lockerman Middle School – partner Rowdy Harrison

 

Presented by The Mid-Shore Community Foundation and Partners for Paws Endowment, Dancing for the Dogs will be held at the historic Tidewater Inn in Easton on Saturday, March 9, 2013, from 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. The selected beneficiaries for this year’s sold out fundraiser are Talbot and Caroline Humane Societies and TomCat Solutions. The event will feature a cocktail hour and hors d’oeuvres, the dancing competition, intermission entertainment, silent auction, and music and dancing after the winners of the competition are announced.

Dancing for the Dogs is modeled after the popular television dance competition, “Dancing with the Stars”. Local “celebrities” are partnered with professional dance instructors, competing for the overall grand champion title.  The winner is determined not only by judges’ scores of each dance performance, but by fundraising totals of donations for each celebrity as well, including public “votes” in the form of dollars.  Voting takes place both at the event and on the Dancing for the Dogs web site prior to the competition.  Proceeds from silent auction donations and program advertising placed in a celebrity’s name are also figured in to celebrity fundraising totals.

To “vote” for your favorite celebrity dancer, please visit www.dancingforthedogs.com   For more information on program advertising and silent auction donation, contact Amanda Showell Cook, Event Chair at [email protected], or 410-482-6169.

 

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