This is the fifth in a series of stories profiling the teams competing in the 2012 Dancing with the Geneva Stars. Online voting starts Jan. 3!
While Derek and Laura are both married, they're the only unmarried couple dancing this year. Both dancing team members are 1986 graduates of Geneva High School and known each other for 30 years. Laura’s husband, Rick, grew up across the street from Derek. They are best friends, and Derek was one of the groomsmen in Laura’s wedding party. Derek’s wife apparently breaks out in hives if she has to speak, dance or even act in front of a live audience, so being a gentleman, Derek caved to Laura’s enthusiasm about the event and search for a dance partner, which she was not able to find in her husband. “I felt it was my duty to step up to the plate and help out a great friend. Our spouses were all cool with it, and I like the attention (as much…
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