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Tampa Forum Final Stop For 'Think You Can Dance' Tour

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By WALT BELCHER | The Tampa Tribune

Published: November 18, 2008

TAMPA - They've been on the road together since Sept. 20, dancing through 40 cities in less than 10 weeks.

It came to an end Monday night in Tampa for the top young competitors from the fourth season of Fox's summer reality series "So You Think You Can Dance?"

This season's winner, Joshua Allen, and other finalists did their last moves as a group, performing hip-hop, contemporary, ballroom, tango and more at the St. Pete Times Forum.

"I'm keeping all my costumes and framing them," said 20-year-old Comfort Fedoke, who is headed home to Texas and mom's cooking. She joined several cast members for a media interview session Monday afternoon.

"I think all of us will be sobbing through the show," said Thayne Jasperson, 27, of Salt Lake City. "It's sad because we've bonded and that this is the last time we will all be together like this."

Most of them, like Jessica King, 23, who a year ago was a Myrtle Beach, S.C., waitress, are relocating to Los Angeles to see if they can parlay the exposure into careers.

"I wanted it so bad that I performed with broken ribs for two weeks before telling anyone so I could make the top 10," she said. "The opportunities are out there: film, television, choreography, Broadway."

Dancer Mark Kanemura, 25, of Hawaii said the tour has been great because the pressure to compete is gone and fans share the love. "Some of the fans paid to fly my mother in from Honolulu. And that's amazing," he said.

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