A number of Fayette County and Coweta County

dancers with Doris Russell Studio in Fairburn came home

recently from national competitions in Las Vegas and Orlando

with prestigious awards and trophies.

In Orlando, the studio's "Attack" group took

second overall in junior-line tap, and fourth overall in junior-line

jazz. Shannon Brown won second overall for her junior solo

in gymnastics, and Hannah Stevenson took second

overall for a junior solo in character dance.

Awards in the Las Vegas competition included

Jenny Franks, first overall for pre-teen song and dance solo;

Andrea Allen, first overall, pre-teen jazz solo; Tameika Green,

first overall for teen tap solo; Jessica Morrow and Heather

Joyner, silver awards for teen jazz; Jennifer Harris, second

overall in teen jazz solo; Joely Pittman, third overall in teen tap

solo; Felicia Buice, gold award for senior jazz solo.

The Russell Studio Senior Company took top honors

in senior-line tap and jazz. In addition, Kelley Johnson

and Jenny Franks were Georgia representatives in the

"Miss Dance Educators of America" contests in different age groups.

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