from abc-7.com: (Florida)
A Captiva woman with barely any dance experience is now on her way to a national dance competition. And this amateur dancer is positive she has the right moves to win.
With the right rhythm and the right steps, Susan Scott could become a national dance champion, even though she's only been dancing for four months.
"Her understanding of technique, her partnering, her movement... it's brilliant. She's a prodigy. She learns very quickly," said Steve Wilkie, owner of the Fred Astaire Dance Studio in Fort Myers.
Wilkie met Scott in January during a local "Dancing with the Stars" charity event. He randomly selected her as his dance partner, and they did the Cha Cha to Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean."
Wilkie knew it was the beginning of a beautiful partnership.
"So he said, ‘I can take you to Vegas. It's the most outrageous and expensive.' And I said, ‘Well, you know you hit my right buttons!'" Scott said.
The outrageous idea was to enter in a five-day national competition in Las Vegas with just a few months to train. The competition is next week.
It's right around the corner and they've been practicing around the clock.
For the past two weeks, they've logged at least three hours of practice every single day. Scott even installed mirrors in her art studio in Captiva, so she could practice even more at home.
"She's very unusual," Wilkie said. "She's driven and motivated to the point of being borderline insane."
To earn the title of "Top Newcomer," Scott had to learn every American and international dance style from the Tango to the Fox Trot to the Waltz. In the process, she's lost 17 pounds.
With days left before the big dance, the duo says they're ready to take the lead and take home first place.
"I am going to win. I'm not doing this not to win," Scott said.
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