saturday, february 26, 2022 | in-person fundraiser at ilani resort casino
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2022 DWTLS Cast
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Angie Cherry | Summit Funding
Kinsey Dhoot | Rotary Club of Three Creeks Heidi Johnson Bixby | Johnson Bixby & Associates Sarah Laughlin | Fuel Medical Group & Camas Downtown Assn. |
James Oneil | Columbia Credit Union
Thomas O'Sullivan | ilani Casino Resort Nathan Stafford | Banner Bank Nic Stevens | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Fun images by Kate Singh Photography |
A record setting night at Dancing with the Local Stars!
RIDGEFIELD, Wash. - The 2022 season of Dancing with the Local Stars, presented by Banner Bank was a record-setting smash hit!
With a Broadway theme, eight local stars performed amazing dances and raised funds while entertaining a sold out crowd in the Cowlitz Ballroom at ilani Casino Resort. The fundraiser for the Rotary Club of Three Creeks Foundation raised a best-ever $58,909, topping the $52,000 raised in 2021 during a pandemic-pivot virtual event, Dining with the Local Stars.
Heidi Johnson Bixby won the coveted Mirror Ball Trophy in the 2022 event by raising a record $21,880. Kinsey Dhoot, represented the Rotary Club of Three Creeks as a dancer and raised $11,203 to finish second in fundraising.
Angie Cherry and her dance instructor partner Aaron Siebol scored the night's perfect 40 from judges and won the night's Best Dance Performance. It was Siebol's second Best Dance win in DWTLS, after having paired with Kelley Campbell of Specialty Graphic Solutions for the win in 2019.
The full cast of Dancing with the Local Stars included Cherry (Summit Funding), Dhoot (Rotary Club of Three Creeks), Johnson Bixby (Johnson Bixby & Associates), Sarah Laughlin (Fuel Medical Group), James Oneil (Columbia Credit Union), Thomas O'Sullivan (ilani Casino Resort), Nathan Stafford (Banner Bank), and Nic Stevens (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers).
Judges included dance pro Nicole Wieteska, Campbell, former Washington State University quarterback and Pac-10 Co-Offensive Player of the Year Jason Gesser and Kelly Muscarella, who won an audience drawing to be the fourth judge.
Master of Ceremonies for the second straight year was Tim Gordon, general assignment reporter at KGW Channel 8.
With a Broadway theme, eight local stars performed amazing dances and raised funds while entertaining a sold out crowd in the Cowlitz Ballroom at ilani Casino Resort. The fundraiser for the Rotary Club of Three Creeks Foundation raised a best-ever $58,909, topping the $52,000 raised in 2021 during a pandemic-pivot virtual event, Dining with the Local Stars.
Heidi Johnson Bixby won the coveted Mirror Ball Trophy in the 2022 event by raising a record $21,880. Kinsey Dhoot, represented the Rotary Club of Three Creeks as a dancer and raised $11,203 to finish second in fundraising.
Angie Cherry and her dance instructor partner Aaron Siebol scored the night's perfect 40 from judges and won the night's Best Dance Performance. It was Siebol's second Best Dance win in DWTLS, after having paired with Kelley Campbell of Specialty Graphic Solutions for the win in 2019.
The full cast of Dancing with the Local Stars included Cherry (Summit Funding), Dhoot (Rotary Club of Three Creeks), Johnson Bixby (Johnson Bixby & Associates), Sarah Laughlin (Fuel Medical Group), James Oneil (Columbia Credit Union), Thomas O'Sullivan (ilani Casino Resort), Nathan Stafford (Banner Bank), and Nic Stevens (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers).
Judges included dance pro Nicole Wieteska, Campbell, former Washington State University quarterback and Pac-10 Co-Offensive Player of the Year Jason Gesser and Kelly Muscarella, who won an audience drawing to be the fourth judge.
Master of Ceremonies for the second straight year was Tim Gordon, general assignment reporter at KGW Channel 8.
