A schedule change
The date of the Dancing With the Forsyth County Stars competition has been pushed back by two weeks.
I’m not sure yet whether that’s a good thing or not.
I’m definitely glad to have more time to practice.
But I’m worried having two ballroom-dancing competitions back to back.
Take the Lead, a fundraiser for the Bethesda Center for the Homeless, will be held April 7 at the Benton Convention Center. It follows the same basic format as Dancing With the Forsyth County Stars – pairing community leaders with professional dancers and letting them cha-cha it out on the dance floor. It will feature Donny Lambeth of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and City Councilman Derwin Montgomery, among others.
Dancing with the Forsyth County Stars, a benefit for Communities in Schools, will be held on April 9 at the Millennium Center. That’s the one I’m competing in, along with Mayor Allen Joines, State Rep. Earline Parmon and others.
Both events are likely to draw from the same audience pool. But I wonder how much of an appetite there will be among that audience for two ballroom competitions within the same week.
I hope people will come out to both competitions anyway, even if the timing isn’t ideal.
The Bethesda Center and Communities in Schools are both worthy causes, and the competitors and their professional partners are all working hard to raise money for them.
It would be a shame to see either’s fundraising efforts fall short because of a scheduling snafu.
I’ll certainly be at both events. Hope to see you there, too.