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Local ballroom dancer sweeps categories in her first competition

by AUDREY HERRIN
Staff Writer | October 10, 2026 1:00 AM

Coeur d’Alene resident Shannon Larson began ballroom dancing on a whim in May. Less than five months later, she was stunned to win first place in every category she entered at the Summit Dancesport ballroom dance competition in Seattle.

“I know the expression on my face must have been comical,” Larson said. “The possibility of winning wasn’t even in my brain.”

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