Friday, April 20, 2018
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Millennium Dancesport Championships come to Tampa

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SAM OWENS | Times

Elizabeth Russell and Kirill Gorjatsev of Arlington, Va., center, Sharone Levit and Joanne Smith of Ontario, right, and other dancers compete Thursday in the Level B Dancesport Series Qualifying American Smooth competition at the Millennium Dancesport Championships at the Marriott Tampa Waterside. The championship events started Tuesday and will run all day and evening until 1 p.m. Sunday.

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