Carole and Kim interview Steve Dougherty, owner of Metropolitan Dance Center, in Stamford, CT.  Steve shares his top tips about how to stand out in a ballroom competition. He also shares his dance journey and 20 years of success as a studio owner. 

Steven Dougherty has been in the dance industry professionally since 1992 after leaving the corporate world as a programmer and systems engineer with IBM. After having been an amateur National 10-dance Champion and National Ballroom Champion, Steven, as a professional dance competitor, was the U.S. National Rising Star Smooth Champion in 2000 and a 5-time U.S. & World finalist. #podcast #ballroom #ballroomdancing #proamdance #dance 

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