Victoria Miske and Benjamin Christophel recently competed in the Capital
Dancesport Competition held at the Hyatt Regency in Alexandria, VA.  They
competed in a total of six dances in the International Latin Division.  In
the Pre-teen Bronze level they took first place in the following events:
Cha-Cha, Samba, Rumba and Jive.  In the Novice Bronze events they took first
place in the Cha-Cha/Rumba Heat and the Samba/Jive Heat. Victoria Miske
lives in Oakland with her parents, Curt & Rita Miske, and attends 4th Grade
at Broad Ford Elementary School.  Benjamin Christophel lives in Springs, PA with his parents, Jennifer and Daniel Christophel and and is in the 6th Grade.  Both Victoria and Benjamin are junior members of the Art& Style Dance Team, in Pittsburgh, PA.  Victoria, Benjamin and Jennifer all plan to compete in the upcoming National Competition, TheOhio Star Ball in Columbus Ohio.  Tori and Ben will compete in the Pre-teenbronze division and Jennifer Christophel and her dance partner, Terry
Sweeney, will compete in the Open-Gold Division.