Dancing With The Stars 2015 Raises over $100,000

February 8, 2015

It was a beautiful evening of dining, dancing, and entertainment at this year’s Dancing with the Stars fundraising event at Swan Lake Resort.   This was the 7^th year for Dancing with the Stars and all proceeds from the evening go to the Marshall County Neighborhood Center.  Thirteen dancers thrilled the 486 member audience with their performances as they competed for votes.  In addition to voting, the audience had one last chance to purchase a ticket for a beautiful Red Corvette to be given away at the end of the evening through a generous donation, and the LifePlex Dance Academy Junior Ballroom Elite Dancers highlighted the evening with a fabulous performance.

Prior to the performances Master of Ceremonies Francis Ellert welcomed everyone and introduced Sara Hill, Executive Director who gave a brief overview of the history of the Neighborhood Center.  It was noted that one in ten people in Marshall County are in poverty and at the center they help local families meet their basic needs for food and clothing.  Dancing with the Stars is a great event which serves a great cause.

A live auction was held with Dave Goebel from ReMax Oakcrest Realty as the evening’s auctioneer.  Various trips, Notre Dame packages, Lawn Care and Spring Cleaning packages, a Driven to Ride package, The New You, Sip & Doodle, Taste of Marshall County and Fun in the Sun package were auctioned to the highest bidder to push the final dollar figure even higher for the evening. After a fabulous evening of fun and excitement the winners were announced.

First the winner of the beautiful Red Corvette….went to Steve Vanvoorhies…then the announcements of the winning dancing couples:

In fourth place were Robyn Wireman & William Hargraves IV Third place went to the Edward Jones Guys

Second place to Conrad Schubert & Mewsette Cartwright And 1^st place to Anna Kietzman and Kevin Guy At the conclusion of the evening Chad Barden President of the Marshall County Neighborhood Center stated that it had been his wife’s dream (Karen Barden who chairs the event) to raise over $100,000 for the evening’s festivities  and this year she did it.  The final tally was over $100,000 an unbelievable and never before achieved total.  Karen Barden then thanked everyone and said Anna Kietzman will be taking the reins next year but Anna said only if Karen is by her side and of course Karen agreed. Susan Eggleston Correspondent