Feb. 2, 2019 | Boyd County Community Center
Highlands Museum & Discovery Center is excited to announce the sixth annual Dancing with Our Stars, featuring local celebrities partnered with professional dancers competing for $1 votes to win the famous Mirror Ball Trophy.
This year’s celebrity dancers and their partners are:
- Alicia Eldridge and David Markins
- Carlyle Clark and Hunter Scott
- Brett Mattison and Cyndi Mac Wilson
- Sheila Heck and Ryan Adkins
- Truth Garrett and Barbara Ann Wheeler
- VJ Jindal and Allison Sias
- Colonel Curtis Carson and Linda Carson
- Cecilia Gaynor and Sam Perkins
- Allison Christie and Garrett Campbell
- Dr. Justin Dixon and Dr. Grace Dixon
Alicia Eldridge and David Markins
Carlyle Clark and Hunter Scott
Brett Mattison and Cyndi Mac Wilson
Sheila Heck and Ryan Adkins
- Truth Garrett and Barbara Ann Wheeler
VJ Jindal and Allison Sias
Colonel Curtis Carson and Linda Carson
Cecilia Gaynor and Sam Perkins
- Allison Christie and Garrett Campbell
Dr. Justin Dixon and Dr. Grace Dixon
Event Agenda
• 6 p.m. — Cocktails
• 7 p.m. — Dinner
• 8 p.m. — Competition
• Followed by dancing to the sounds of DJ Ross Turner
Gourmet Dinner provided by the Kentucky Hall of Fame Café (cocktail attire)
* All proceeds will benefit the Highlands Museum & Discovery Center
Vote For Your Couple!
Couple #1
CELEBRITY: Dr. Alicia Eldridge — Chiropractor and owner at Eldridge-Keelin Chiropractic.
PRO: David Markins — a state, regional, and national champion in baton team and Corp, and 3-time Ohio State Men’s Solo grand champion.
Couple #2
CELEBRITY: Carlyle Clark is a graduate of the University of Kentucky with a bachelor’s degree in biology and her goal is to be involved in the family business, Clark’s Pump-N-Shop.
PRO: Hunter Scott is a Gymnastics Instructor and cheer coach at Pride Athletics in Greenup County, Kentucky. Hunter is also the tumbling coach for the 16X national champion Greenup County High School cheerleaders.
Couple #3
CELEBRITY: Brett Mattison is the president and chief operating officer of Kentucky Power. He is currently the director of Customer Services and Marketing for Kentucky Power’s sister company, Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO), in Shreveport, Louisiana.
PRO: Cyndi Mac Wilson has been a performer for over two decades and a dance teacher for six years. She currently teaches ballet, tap, and jazz at Ashland Regional Dance Theatre.
Couple #4
CELEBRITY: Sheila Heck is a registered nurse in the ICU at KDMC. She is the former owner of Two Chicks Catering. She has been married 34 years to her high school sweetheart Shawn Heck, Kentucky Farmers Bank president. Sheila has volunteered as a Boy Scout leader, Girl Scout leader, Sunday school teacher, at the Shelter of Hope and for the Paramount Women’s Association.
PRO: Ryan Adkins works in the University’s Information Technology department providing support for “technology enhanced” classrooms. While his formal training dealt mostly with team jazz, modern, hip-hop, and ballet, Ryan enjoys learning new styles and is thrilled to be out on the dance floor once again!
Couple #5
CELEBRITY: Truth Garrett is the manager of Global Procurement for Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s (MPC) Catlettsburg Kentucky Refinery.
PRO: Barbara Ann Wheeler is the owner and director of Barbarann’s School of Modeling and Personal Development. She teaches adult ballroom dance as well as 7th and 8th grade cotillion, ballroom dance and manners. She also taught ballroom dance at Ohio University Southern. Barbara recently continued her studies in dance in New York City as well as with Arthur Murray in Indianapolis.
Couple #6
CELEBRITY: In Ashland, VJ owns Jimmy Johns along with other businesses in the surrounding area.
PRO: Allison Sias has danced at Ashland Regional Dance Theatre for 9 years and has been a part of the Ashland Youth Ballet for many years.
Couple #7
CELEBRITY AND PRO: Colonel Curtis Carson and Linda Carson will be dancing this year as representatives of Braidy Industries and Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital.
Couple #8
CELEBRITY: Dr. Cecilia Gaynor- M.D., moved to Ashland in 1997 to become Ashland’s first Infectious Diseases Physician. In 2014, she became of Infectious Diseases at the Hershel Woody Williams VAMC in Huntington, West Virginia.
PRO: Sam Perkins graduated from Morehead State University with a bachelor’s degree in theatre. He has been heavily involved with The Paramount Players since the program began.
Couple #9
CELEBRITY: Allison Christie — Realtor with Ross Real Estate Services, a real estate developer, business owner of Christie Cruise and Travel Masters and Ben Williamson Industrial Supply.
PRO: Garrett Campbell — former dancer for Yvonne DeKay Dance Studio in Ironton, Ohio.
Couple #10
CELEBRITY: Dr. Justin Dixon- practices Urology with King’s Daughters Medical Specialities and maintains hospital privileges at Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital.
PRO: Dr. Grace Dixon- currently practices medicine as a part-time radiation oncologist at the Edwards Comprehensive Cancer Center at Cabell Huntington Hospital.
About the Event
Dancing with Our Stars includes a cocktail hour at 6 p.m. with a gourmet dinner at 7 p.m. The competition begins at 8pm followed by dancing to music performed by DJ Ross Turner.
Voting is available online via PayPal or at the museum with credit/debit card, check (made payable to the Highlands Museum & Discovery Center) or cash. Sponsored tables and individual reservations for Dancing with Our Stars are now on sale at the museum. Money spent on tables and individual seats count as votes, so let the museum know which couple you support.
For more information, sponsorship opportunities, and to purchase individual seats please call:
606.329.8888 or email Amber Reeves at marketing.director@highlandsmuseum.com
* All proceeds benefit programs and exhibits at the Highlands Museum & Discovery Center, a 501© (3) regional history and children’s museum located at 1620 Winchester Avenue in Ashland, KY.
Reservations and Sponsorship Opportunities
Top Shelf Tango Sponsorship – $5000
Includes one table for 10 people with prime seating around the dance floor, digital advertisement rotating on the big screen, recognition on the table cards and in the printed program and an exclusive wait staff, plus your beverage of choice, and 5000 votes for designated couple.
Waltz Sponsorship – $3000
Includes one table for 10 people with select seating, digital advertisement rotating on the big screen, recognition on the table cards and in the printed program, and 2 bottles of wine on your table, and 3000 votes for designated couple.
Jitterbug Sponsorship – $2500
Includes one table for 10 people with choice seating, digital advertisement rotating on the big screen, recognition on the table cards and in the printed program, and 2 bottles of wine on your table, and 2500 votes for designated couple.
Cha Cha Sponsorship – $1500
Includes one table for 6 people, digital advertisement rotating on the big screen, recognition on the table cards and in the printed program, and 2 bottles of wine on your table, and 1500 votes for designated couple.
Individual Reservations – $150
150 votes for designated couple.
Digital Sponsorship and Recognition in the event program – $250
Digital ad rotation on the big screen and sponsorship recognition in the program. 250 votes for designated couple. Deadline for Digital Ads from sponsors deadline is January 15, 2019 – please send to Amber Reeves at marketing.director@highlandsmuseum.com
Please indicate any special dietary needs.
Please RSVP by January 10, 2019
Boyd County Community Center
15605 KY-180
Catlettsburg, KY 41129
(Located off the I-64 Cannonsburg Exit #185)
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