Teen dancer takes prize at World Championships

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Rachel Buchan of Leeds won several prizes at the United Country Western Dance Council’s 2010 World Championship competition in Nashville, Tenn.

January 14, 2010

Staff Report The Leeds News The Leeds News Thu Jan 14, 2010, 01:32 PM CST

LEEDS — Leeds resident Rachel Victoria Buchan won the Teen Novice Pro-Am division at the United Country Western Dance Council’s 2010 World Championship competition in Nashville, Tenn. The competition was January 5 through 10 at Gaylord’s Opryland Convention Complex and featured entrants from across the United States and other countries.

Buchan competed in eight country dances including waltz, triple two-step, cha-cha, polka, east-coast swing, west-coast swing, two-step, and nightclub. She won best overall in her division and also won the highest honors for each individual dance.

A home-school student with Crossroads Christian School in Moody, Buchan attends the Church at Brook Hills and works at Chick-fil-A to support her dance hobby.

She has been competitively dancing with Bailey Dance for just over a year and hopes to teach and choreograph in the future.

Her dance teacher is Chris Bailey with Bailey Dance Studio in Hoover.