The Dancing With The Stars Tour In 2006 ABC, the makers of Dancing with the Stars in the

USA were wondering abou t maximizing the revenue from DWTS by taking the show on tour. The first tour wa s organized on or about 25th October 2006. The show promised to take as many of the celebrity cast and TV professional dancers on the tour as they could.. The Dancing with the Stars tour began small, but soon grew into large local even ts around the country. The first tour began on December 19th 2006 in San Diego, California and reached 38 different locations by February 11th 2007. This first tour included such celebrity dancers as Drew Lachey, Joey McIntyre, L isa Rinna, Joey Lawrence and Harry Hamlin and such professionals as Cheryl Burke , Kym Johnson, Louis van Amstel, Edyta Sliwinska, and Karina Smirnoff The second tour of Dancing with the Stars was not so wide-ranging but included c elebrities like Joey McIntyre, Apolo Anton Ohno, Drew Lachey, Joey Lawrence and Joey Fatone together with professional dancers Julianne Hough, Cheryl Burke, Edy ta Sliwinska and last but not least, Kym Johnson. The third tour was the largest so far and again took in the festive season of Ch ristmas and the New Year period from December 18th 2007 to February 10th 2008. I t incorporated Sabrina Bryan, Monique Coleman, Joey Lawrence, Wayne Newton, Mari e Osmond, Drew Lachey, Mario Lopez, Joey Fatone and Helio Castroneves for dancin g celebrities. Along with Mark Ballas, Derek Hough for a short time, Alec Mazo, Edyta Sliwinska , Cheryl Burke, Jonathan Roberts, Kym Johnson, Brian Fortuna, Karina Smirnoff, a nd Julianne Hough as their professional partners. The tours have to be fairly short because the stars need lots of time to rehears e. Series actually begin quite soon after one other so there is not a lot of tim e left for touring. It has been estimated that the tours did not bring in as much money as was expec ted and definitely not as much as the TV series, but they do keep the celebs off the street corners and in gainful employment. One of the prime concerns with a Dancing with the Stars tour is the number of pe ople involved and the price of the cast. The tour has to play substantial venues and the locals have to be prepared to afford a fairly high ticket price to cove r the overheads. The five star hotel bills and first class flight costs alone ar e horrendous. Still numerous fans will book tickets and pay these high se are they able to see so many well-known faces live in r sort of gig that offers this type of proximity to half a dozen famous TV dancers is the Academy Awards, and the the general public. prices because where el one room? The only othe a dozen stars and half Oscars are not open to

The tours are likely to continue to become more and more successful as the TV pr ogramme grows in popularity, but the route of the tour remains a problem. Owen Jones, the author of this article writes on quite a lot of subjects, but is at present concerned with the <a href="http://dwtspictures.com/dancing-with-the -stars-message-board.html">Dancing with the Stars message board</a>. If you woul d like to know more go to our website at <a href="http://dwtspictures.com">DWTS Pictures</a>.