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Winners of the 2017 Mad Hot Ballroom warm up the crowd before competition during the Whistle Stop’s Ninth Annual Mad Hot Ballroom Gala at Lauberge in Lake Charles, La., Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018. (Rick Hickman/Lake Charles American Press)

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Winners of the 2017 Mad Hot Ballroom warm up the crowd before competition during the Whistle Stop’s Ninth Annual Mad Hot Ballroom Gala at Lauberge in Lake Charles, La., Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018. (Rick Hickman/Lake Charles American Press)

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