Christian Youth Theater - Spokane will hold its fifth annual "Dancing with the Celebrities" event at the Bing Crosby Theater on April 28 and I'm honored to be one of this year's "celebrities" (or so they say).

My instructor/choreographer Darci Lord and I have been putting in 3-5 hours a week for the past two months, as she teaches me how to Cha Cha.  We'll be dancing to Maroon 5's "Moves Like Jagger," while adding a little 1970's disco flare (yes, I just said flare).

I'm the latest from KXLY to participate in DWTC.  Robyn Nance, Mike Gonzalez, Dave Sposito and Molly Allen, last year's champion, have also strutted their stuff on stage in DWTC.  Molly is back to defend her title, but my aim is to knock her off, while keeping the crown in the KXLY family.

With a raging river running through Spokane, connecting with nature is a little easier than one would think. Especially when it comes to fly fishing. Wading through water, casting tie flies that plop into the water or get stuck in the shrub behind you, but that’s besides the point. It’s a relaxing sport that requires a little peace of mind.

The craft of tying flies is also an art. Spokane artist Christina Duebel captures that highly detailed arttistic skill through paintings she’s debuting Friday night at Grande Ronde Cellars. With the help of regional fishermen and their flies, she’s highlighting their sweeping colors, the feathers of a steelhead fly.

Duebel is a fisher woman at heart, catching fish since she was little, except this is her first introduction to fly fishing.

“Fly fishing is new to me so that was all part of the experience, getting to know the flies, the rods, the different kinds of bugs, where to use them and what to use them for,” Duebel said.

We attended the TEDx presentations held at Saint George's School on Tuesday afternoon. That's where we met Justin Heftel, one of the students presenting at the conference. He used symphony references to explain his theory on what makes collaboration work, citing three points: communication, labor and education.

I had to ask why he used symphony references and that's when he disclosed that he's actually a musician. Heftel plays the piano and even sings.

He has a piano recital this Friday that's also a benefit for Second Harvest. He's performing with two other students of Naomi Wilson, a piano teacher. Garrison Colvin and Peter Fullmer will be there as well.

Mark Your Calendar: The recital is Friday, 7 p.m. at Steinway Piano Gallery, located at 13418 E. Nora Avenue. Bring food to donate!