Georgia Magazine - January 2020 - 8

GEORGIA News

Compiled by Jennifer J. Hewett

Alaina headlines
new country tour
Lauren Alaina and
her dancing partner,
Gleb Savchenko,
competed against
three other celebrity
couples in the 2019
"Dancing with the
Stars" finale.

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G

eorgia's Lauren Alaina had every intention of winning "Dancing with the
Stars." She had the confidence, talent and popularity to take it all in
November.
In the end, the Rossville native finished in fourth place, and she's OK with that.
"Life is full of ups and downs," she said shortly before the end of Season 28 of
the celebrity dancing competition. "There are things that happen in your life that
you wish didn't. But it's those things that define us. And that's why life is so
beautiful."
This month, Alaina headlines her That Girl Was Me Tour, which will have her
visiting her home state on Feb. 8 for a show at the Buckhead Theatre in Atlanta. And on
stage that night will be a person who has gone through quite a transformation.
"'Dancing with the Stars' took me out of my comfort zone, and it's the best thing
that has ever happened to me," said Alaina, whose single "Getting Good" is climbing
up the country music charts. "The show pushed me to my edge and forced me to work
on myself. I was coming out of a sad season of my life, but now I am on the other side
of it."
Indeed, 2019 was a roller coaster for the singer, who not only lost her stepfather to
cancer but also broke off her engagement to longtime love Alex Hopkins.
Yet Alaina says she is ready for whatever the new year brings and is excited for her
tour to bring her home. For tour info and tickets, visit laurenalainaofficial.com.
-Tricia Despres

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3) Keith Groover won the
Margaret Guthman New Instrument Competition with a fouroctave instrument he created.
What is the instrument's name?
4) In what part of the refrigerator
does Peggy Anne Montgomery
say you can store bulbs before
planting?
5) The REACH Georgia Scholarship
program started with how many
students in five school systems?

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