Students from Dance With Hope, of Grayson, Kentucky, perform in the second annual Tri-State Dance Alliance Dance & Twirl Competition on March 15 at Ironton High School. (Larry Rees | For The Ironton Tribune)

Baylin Stidham, of Cyndi’s Dance Studio, in Ironton, performs in the second annual Tri-State Dance Alliance Dance & Twirl Competition on March 15 at Ironton High School. (Larry Rees | For The Ironton Tribune)

Mary Beth Sherman, from University of Rio Grande, performs at the second annual Tri-State Dance Alliance Dance & Twirl Competition on March 15 at Ironton High School. (Robert Stevens | Submitted photo)

Ariella Roth, of Cyndi’s Dance Studio, in Ironton, performs in the second annual Tri-State Dance Alliance Dance & Twirl Competition on March 15 at Ironton High School. (Larry Rees | For The Ironton Tribune)

The second annual Tri-State Dance Alliance Dance & Twirl Competition took place on March 15 at Ironton High School. (Larry Rees | For The Ironton Tribune)

Students from the Yvonne DeKay School of Dance, of Ironton, perform in the second annual Tri-State Dance Alliance Dance & Twirl Competition on March 15 at Ironton High School. (Larry Rees | For The Ironton Tribune)

The second annual Tri-State Dance Alliance Dance & Twirl Competition took place on March 15 at Ironton High School. (Larry Rees | For The Ironton Tribune)

Scarlett Davidson, of the Yvonne DeKay School of Dance, of Ironton, performs in the second annual Tri-State Dance Alliance Dance & Twirl Competition on March 15 at Ironton High School. (Larry Rees | For The Ironton Tribune)

The second annual Tri-State Dance Alliance Dance & Twirl Competition took place on March 15 at Ironton High School. (Larry Rees | For The Ironton Tribune)

Students from Cyndi’s Dance Studio, in Ironton, perform in the second annual Tri-State Dance Alliance Dance & Twirl Competition on March 15 at Ironton High School. (Larry Rees | For The Ironton Tribune)

Nancy’s School of Dancer performers at the second annual Tri-State Dance Alliance Dance & Twirl Competition on March 15 at Ironton High School. (Robert Stevens | Submitted photo)

Makyla Lusk, of the Yvonne DeKay School of Dance, of Ironton, performs in the second annual Tri-State Dance Alliance Dance & Twirl Competition on March 15 at Ironton High School. (Larry Rees | For The Ironton Tribune)

Students from Studio 301, of Chesapeake, perform in the second annual Tri-State Dance Alliance Dance & Twirl Competition on March 15 at Ironton High School. (Larry Rees | For The Ironton Tribune)

Students from Cyndi’s Dance Studio, in Ironton, perform in the second annual Tri-State Dance Alliance Dance & Twirl Competition on March 15 at Ironton High School. (Larry Rees | For The Ironton Tribune)