{"id":8446,"date":"2022-02-18T18:33:28","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T23:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/south-tampa\/events\/%event_type%\/central-dance-challenge\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T15:39:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T19:39:14","slug":"central-dance-challenge","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/south-tampa\/events\/regional-competitions\/central-dance-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Dance Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8446\" class=\"elementor elementor-8446\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"events\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7693509 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7693509\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21b7ab87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"21b7ab87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/lakewood-ranch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2025\/06\/CDCBanner.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29ebf6f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"29ebf6f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4375d8a3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4375d8a3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50e4399c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"50e4399c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/tampa-bay-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/297\/2022\/02\/cdc2025-flyer1-scaled-1.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-680b06c3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"680b06c3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fa9a0b6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3fa9a0b6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-183e7cad elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"183e7cad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Central Dance Challenge<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c70aa4e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c70aa4e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-558e06c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"558e06c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\ud83d\uddd3\ufe0f August 7-9, 2025<\/p><p>\ud83d\udccdRitz Carlton &#8211; 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