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Six Carson City “celebrities” will compete in a “Dancing With the Stars”-type contest April 27 at the High Sierra Swing Dance Club’s sixth annual anniversary gala dinner/dance at the Carson City Nugget.
The contestants have been paired with local instructors and will do dances including swing, country, Latin and hip-hop. The instructors are JoAnn Grace, Rainer Herm, Emily Thicke, Armando Nevarez, Earl Case and Bob Truesdale.
The evening will include a buffet dinner, the contest, a performance by Susan Brown and Jeffrey Munson, and open dancing into the evening. Tickets to the semiformal- or formal-attire event cost $30 and must be purchased by Saturday. They may be purchased at Artsy Fartsy, The Purple Avocado and Yaple’s Dance Studio. For more information, go to www.highsierrasdc.org or call Rika at 530-307-8937 or Idie at 775-443-8870.