Photos: Ascension in Focus for July 19, 2012

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Tracey Normand and Claire Broyles, from top, dance a jive routine during Dancing for a Cause on Saturday. The high-energy number won the duo the top dancing prize.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Ryn Jones, Arthur Scanlan, Kris Cangelosi and Teresa Whitaker, from left, dance freestyle during Dancing for a Cause at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Alyssa Kling and Stephen Allain, from left, dance hip-hop during Dancing for a Cause at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Le'Brian Patrick and Donaldsonville Chief Editor Allison Hudson, from left, dance cha cha during Dancing for a Cause.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Advocate photographer Heather McClelland holds a hoop while dancer Van Vo, takes a dive during Saturday's Dancing for a Cause fundraiser.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Le'Brian Patrick, Charlotte Guedry and Leonard Augustus, from left, dance a jazz number during Dancing for a Cause at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales on Saturday. Guedry won the Fans Choice Award for raising more than $5,000 for the event organizer, Community Opportunities - The Arc of East Ascension.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Johanna Collier and Mike Burtula, from left, dance a paso doble routine during Dancing for a Cause.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Jakob Martin and Kelly Swarm, from left, dance West Coast swing during Dancing for a Cause.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Leonard Augustus and Trina Edwards, from left, dance East Coast swing during Saturday's Dancing for a Cause at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Peter Wischusen and St. Amant Middle School Principal Christy Bourgeois, from left, dance a rumba during Dancing for a Cause on Saturday.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Zach Edmonston and Jennifer Bagala, from left, dance during Community Opportunities - The Arc of East Ascension's Dancing for a Cause at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales on Saturday.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Courtney Black and Mack Graves, from left, dance samba during Dancing for a Cause at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales on Saturday. Graves won the Shining Star Award for bringing in the most sponsorships for the Community Opportunities - The Arc of East Ascension's fundraiser.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Glenda Shaheen and Peter Wischusen, from left, dance East Coast swing during Dancing for a Cause fundraiser.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Dancing for a Cause alumni dancers perform during Saturday's event, first row from left, Jenny Heroman, Ami Clouatre Johnson and Marie Broussard; second row, Kamal Zaher, Russell Graham, Joie Loar and Gus Guiterrez; and back, Matt Pryor.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Charmaine Neville sings during Dancing for a Cause at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales on Saturday.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Zach Edmonston and Jennifer Bagala, from left, wave to the audience after receiving awards at Dancing for a Cause on Saturday.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Courtney Black and Mack Graves, center from left, react as Graves wins the Shining Star Award during Dancing for a Cause at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales on Saturday. Dancers Johanna Collier, left, and Zach Edmonston, right, look on.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Charlotte Guedry, center, reacts after receiving the Fan's Choice Award from COEA's Sharon Morris, right, during Dancing for a Cause at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales on Saturday, July 14, 2012. In the background are dancers Le'Brian Patrick, Trina Edwards, Leonard Augustus, and Teresa Whitaker, from left

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Claire Broyles and Gonzales Fire Chief Tracey Normand, from left, react after winning the Dancing for a Cause competition at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales on Saturday while dancers Van Vo, Heather McClelland and Kelly Swarm, from left, applaud.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Gonzales Fire Chief Tracey Normand, left, and dance partner Claire Broyles, right, get a congratulatory hug from choreographer and instructor Leonard Augustus, center, after the pair beat out 11 other couples to win the Dancing for a Cause competition at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales on Saturday.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Claire Broyles, left, and Gonzales Fire Chief Tracey Normand, center, are applauded after winning the Ascension Parish's 2012 Dancing for a Cause at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Cener in Gonzales on Saturday, July 14.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Tracey Normand and Claire Broyles, from top, rehearse at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales on Friday, July 13, 2012, for the next day's Dancing for a Cause. Normand and Broyles beat out 11 other couples to win the competition this year.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Peter Wischusen, Courtney Black, and Jakob Martin, from left rehearse at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales on Friday, July 13, 2012, for Ascension Parish's upcoming July 14th Dancing for a Cause

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Zach Edmonston and Jennifer Bagala, from left, rehearse at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales on Friday, July 13, 2012, for the next day's Dancing for a Cause.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Mack Graves and Courtney Black, from top, rehearse at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales on Friday, July 13, 2012, for the next day's Dancing for a Cause

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Arthur Scanlan and Ryn Jones, from left, rehearse at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales on Friday, July 13, 2012, for the next day's Dancing for a Cause.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Claire Broyles and Tracey Normand, from left, rehearse at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales on Friday, July 13, 2012, for the next day's Dancing for a Cause. The pair beat out 11 other couples to win the competition this year

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Van Vo and Heather McClelland, from left, rehearse at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales on Friday, July 13, 2012, for the next day's Dancing for a Cause.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Johanna Collier and Michael Buturla, from left, rehearse at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales on Friday, July 13, 2012, for Ascension Parish's upcoming July 14th Dancing for a Cause.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Kelly Swarm and Jakob Martin, from top, rehearse at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales on Friday, July 13, 2012, for the next day's Dancing for a Cause.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Stephen Allain and Alyssa Kling, from top, rehearse at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales on Friday, July 13, 2012, for the next day's Dancing for a Cause.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Claire Broyles and Tracey Normand, from left, rehearse at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales on Friday, July 13, 2012, for the next day's Dancing for a Cause. The pair beat out 11 other couples to win the competition this year.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Gonzales Police Chief Sherman Jackson shows the new evidence lockers and storage during a tour of the new Gonzales Police Station.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Vehicles park outside the new Gonzales Police Station on July 10.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Gonzales Police Chief Sherman Jackson stands inside a soon-to-be fitness room during a tour of the new Gonzales Police Station.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Chairs wait to be arranged in the lobby of the new Gonzales Police Station as Gonzales Police officers and staff move into their new station on Cornerview Road.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Gonzales Police Chief Sherman Jackson shows off rolling file cabinets during a tour of the new Gonzales Police Station on July 10. Gonzales Police officers and staff started moving into their new 19,000 square foot home on Cornerview Road on July 9.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU A painter adds finishing touches to the lobby of the new Gonzales Police Station.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Gonzales Police Chief Sherman Jackson takes media on a guided tour of the new Gonzales Police Station on July 10.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Gonzales Police Chief Sherman Jackson shows rolling cabinets used to store bench warrants during a tour of the new Gonzales Police Station on July. Gonzales Police officers and staff started moving into their new 19,000 square foot office on Cornerview Road.The station replaces the previous 4,000 square foot facility.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Sherrie Jenkins and Kathy Edmonston, from left, serve cake as Angela Giles, right, waits in line with others during the final day of the Special Tuesday summer program for people with disabilities at Carver Primary School. More than 150 people with disabilities attended each of six Tuesday sessions held in June and July.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Wendy Minvielle, Angela Giles and Megan Thomas, from left, receive beads from John Villar, right, during a Mardi Gras parade at the Special Tuesday summer program on July 10.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Taylor Young, 20, shoots a basket during the Special Tuesday summer program for people with disabilities at Carver Primary School in Gonzales on July 10.

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  • Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAU Beau Porto Special Tuesday Director Bobbie Blanchard, right, hugs Derell Jones during the final day of the summer program for people with disabilities at Carver Primary School in Gonzales on July 10.

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