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<p>The Child Abuse Prevention Association (CAPA), along with the Exchange Club of Beaufort and USCB Center for the Arts, has announced the third annual Dancing With Our Stars fundraising event presented by Vaden of Beaufort.</p>
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<p>The kickoff dinner was held Nov. 30 to introduce the teams. Heroes of the community — our “stars” — are paired with a dance instructor who will choreograph their performance at the main event on March 9. The event will be at 7:30 p.m. at USCB Center for the Arts.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Tickets went on sale at 12:01 a.m. on Jan. 15 through the USCB Center for the Arts web site at www.uscbcenterforthearts.com. Tickets for the Friday night dress rehearsal also are on sale. Judging and announcement of the winners will be on March 9.</p>
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<p>Proceeds from the event will be used to benefit the Open Arms Children’s Home, the only local shelter for abused and neglected children, and other CAPA programming.</p>
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<p>Vote for your favorite team at www.capabeaufort.org/dwos.</p>
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<p>Teams will compete for four different awards: The Judges Choice Award for best performance, the People’s Choice award for most money raised, the Alumni Choice award selected by past participants, and the Best Costume Award.</p>
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<p>The teams are: Laws of Motion (Cory Flemming/Marielle Richardson), Team Twotwo (Dylan Hightower/Megan Love), Just Happy (Hillary Savarese/Kimani Brown-Carpenter), Power Players (Josh Shot/Ashtin Bellamy), Team Trev It Up (KeKe Swinton/Shykeem Gardner), The Fire Starters (Lee Levesque/Megan Howe), Hippie Chicks (Melinda Henrickson/Casey Frymire), Team M&amp;M (Meredith Mitchell/Michael Ulloa), Salty Soles (Susan Trogdon/Mark Stokes), Hotel Motel (Vimal Desai/Erin Hancock), Rhythmic Thundercats (Corrie Frohnapfel/Chris Crabb).</p>
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