For the Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n The Kent Parks Foundation and Arthur Murray Dance Studios hosted the third annual Dancing With The Stars Kent last Saturday to a near capacity crowd at Green River Community College.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The enthusiasm and cheering for the local celebrities, paired with Arthur Murray dance professionals, made for an exciting, fun-filled event.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Judges for the event included Russ Clark, Area 6 director for Arthur Murray, International; Agnes Kazmierczak, international dance champion who has appeared on ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars”; and State Rep. Dave Upthegrove.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Proceeds from the event will support the return of beloved pianist Alpin Hong, who has been a motivational presence for youth in his past performances in Kent.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Additional funds will supply new tools for Green Kent volunteer stewards.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n KPF would like to thank Arthur Murray and local sponsors for their support.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n More information on the dancers and sponsors can be found at www.kentparksfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n For more than 100 years, the iconic Arthur Murray Dance Schools have been teaching the world to dance. For more information, contact TJ Lacy at 253-941-1841, amdance2@washingtondancesport.com, or visit www.YouCouldBeDancing.com<\/a>.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Kent Parks Foundation and Arthur Murray Dance Studios hosted the third annual Dancing With The Stars Kent last Saturday to a near capacity crowd at Green River Community College.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-3269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3269"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3269\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3269"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=3269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}