Our Dancing with the Stars celebrity, brings home the trophy!

One of my Turbo Jammer coachees, Meg (getfit40s) is really taking her TJ dancing to the next level! She just entered and won a Dancing with the Stars, fundraiser dance competition. This is another way to stay in shape and have fun doing it! Meg, congratulations for breaking through your nerves last night and dancing your way to first place!

Here's what she posted on the boards about her event.
Okay, one more update: I was asked to be a dancer in a Red Cross fundraiser called Dancing with the Stars. They pair "stars" (and I use the term loosely!!) from the community with students from a dance studio in town. We ask people to sponsor us. The dancers do different styles of dance like ballet, swing, jazz. My category: hip hop! My partner is an amazingly talented 14 year old who can move! So much fun! We're dancing to Fergie's "Here we come". And oh thank you Chalene and Debbie for these last 8 weeks!

Here is what was written about her team in the local newspaper!
Walch, Eisert hip-hop their way to dance title
Jen Cullen The Republican Eagle
Published Thursday, August 21, 2008
Master fundraiser. Director of the United Way of Goodhue, Wabasha and Pierce Counties.

Now Meg Walch has a new title to add to her resume: Award-winning hip-hop dancer.Walch and her Fusion Dance partner, Hannah Eisert, took first place Wednesday at the second annual Dancing With the Goodhue County Stars event, a fundraiser for the local chapter of the American Red Cross.[Photo]Hannah Eisert and dancing partner Meg Walch perform a hip hop routine to the song "Here We Come" on Wednesday evening during the second annual Dancing with the Goodhue County Stars event at Red Wing High School. Photo by Cody Buckalew

Ten celebrity dancers performed one-minute routines at Red Wing High School. The event raised more than $14,000 — $2,000 more than last year — for Goodhue County Red Cross programs including disaster response, education, and military emergency services.KCUE/KWNG radio personality Stew Peters and his partner, Brittany Kemmerer, took second place.A panel of judges scored each dancing duo. The winner was determined by a combination of the judges' score and the amount of money each celebrity raised."Not only did these people get up here and do a wonderful job, they raised a bunch of money for us," said Becky Turner, president of the local Red Cross board.Celebrity dancers and their partners had one week to prepare their routines, which ranged from hip hop to ballet.There were lifts, turns, jumps and even a little bit of air guitar."It was a good time," said celebrity dancer Russ Ryan, who manages the Goodhue Country Station. "These girls ... deserve a lot of credit. I dropped (Katie) like a dozen times, but not today when it counted."Some celebrity dancers used their routine to reflect their personal life.Dan Plein, Red Wing Amateur Baseball Association president, and his daughter, Elle, donned baseball uniforms and danced to "Centerfield."Other celebrities shook what they could.Former state House Speaker Steve Sviggum wiggled his hips during a Latin number, and Assistant Red Wing City Council Administrator Deanna Sheely pleaded for mercy from a Red Wing police officer."My body doesn't do what it used to do," Sheely said after the performance.This year's celebrity dancers were Russ Ryan, Deanna Sheely

To See the related video of the event, click here.