what did dancing with the stars do to honor patrick swayze?
But the part of the show I was most looking forward to was in honor of Patrick Swayze. And it was a sweet and fitting tribute. Tom called Swayze “a friend of our show,” and reminded us that the actor and dancer had appeared on Season 1 to help out pal John O’Hurley with the lifts. And really, if there was anyone who can be credited with popularizing ballroom dancing, it was Swayze. The tribute started out with Chelsie Hightower and Dmitry Chaplin breezing through Swayze’s own “She’s Like the Wind” from “Dirty Dancing,” and then real-life husband and wife Jonathan Roberts and Anna Trebunskaya performed a romantic duet to “Unchained Melody” from “Ghost.” But the real clincher was the final “Dirty Dancing” routine, set to “Time of My Life,” with Cheryl Burke playing the part of Baby, and Tony Dovolani as Johnny Castle. Anyone else get goosebumps with the opening dip, and when Tony ran his hand down her arm? As someone who grew up on this movie and has seen it more times than I could count
