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The good news for ballroom aficionados--and anxious parents hoping their kids will find something wholesome to do and stick with it--is that this fad looks to have some legs. Many beginners are continuing to dance long after they complete their classes. They are discovering, as Ronnen Levinson says, that the "world of ballroom is enormously complex, and there is always something new to explore." Or as newly expert East Coast swing-dancer Brieanna Everts puts it, "Once you start dancing, you just can't stop!"
--With reporting by Alice Jackson Baughn/Biloxi, Leslie Everton Brice/Atlanta, Deborah Edler Brown/Los Angeles and Sarah Sturmon Dale/Milwaukee