Might Romney waltz into White House?
“Maybe Mitt Romney should have taken up tango. While some voters (were) uneasy about a Mormon presidential candidate, Americans seem plenty comfortable voting for Mormons in another type of election: primetime dance shows. Mormons have already won ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ and ‘Dancing With the Stars,’ and two of the front runners on ABC’s … hit ‘Dance War,’ are, yes, Mormon. ‘Some of the greatest dancing on TV is coming out of (the Mormon) community,’ says Kenny Ortega, director of the ‘High School Musical’ movies … which were filmed in Utah to capitalize on the dance talent Ortega noticed while choreographing the opening ceremony for the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City. ‘Dance is part of our culture,’ says Lee Wakefield, chair of Brigham Young University’s dance department. ‘Mormons danced when they crossed the plains to Utah, and one of the first buildings they built was a dance hall.'” – from Newsweek’s Periscope Almanac: 2009 Food memoir blends recipes and romance The way to a
