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Cold Stone Creamery Names Ariana DeBose of Raleigh, N.C. as 'Shake It Up' Dance Champion of 2006; The Black Eyed Peas' Fergie Judged the Dance Contest at Madame Tussauds New York.


NEW YORK New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 -- After a hot contest of "sweet moves" at Madame Tussauds “Tussauds” redirects here. For other uses, see Two Swords.
Madame Tussauds is a famous wax museum in London with branches in a number of major cities. It was set up by wax sculptor Marie Tussaud.
 New York on Wednesday, Ariana DeBose of Raleigh, N.C., was named the Cold Stone Creamery Cold Stone Creamery is an ice cream parlor chain based in Scottsdale, Arizona, United States.[1] History
The company was co-founded in 1988 by Susan and Donald Sutherland (unrelated to actor Donald Sutherland), who sought ice cream that was neither hard-packed
 "Shake It Up" Dance Champion of 2006. As the grand prize winner, Ariana will receive $15,000 and free shakes and smoothies from Cold Stone Creamery for life.

The contest was packed with excitement as the judges initially declared a tie between Ariana and Jimmy Edgett of Maricopa, Ariz. Both contestants then had to compete in a head-to-head dance off to Fergie's latest hit "London Bridge London Bridge, granite, five-arched bridge formerly over the Thames, in London, England. It is 928 ft (283 m) long and was designed by John Rennie and built between 1824 and 1831. ." After a three-minute battle of sweet moves, Ariana was announced the official winner by secret ballot.

The judging panel included: Fergie of the multi-platinum two-time Grammy Award-winning group, The Black Eyed Peas This article is about the American hip hop group. For the vegetable, see Black-eyed pea.

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; Doug Ducey, Cold Stone Creamery CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. ; Ray Karam, Cold Stone Creamery Sr. Tastemaster(TM); Tahsan Scott, Cold Stone Creamery crew member from Sacramento, Calif.; and Mayra, a Make-A-Wish Foundation(R) wish recipient from Washington, D.C.

"I'm completely overwhelmed; this experience was absolutely surreal and everyone was so amazing. I've been dancing for 12 years, and even for me this was a definite challenge as I didn't know what the other dancers were going to do. I was so excited when they announced I was the winner," said Ariana.

Ariana first caught the eye of the judges with her high-energy routine to a mix of songs from MIA MIA  
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, the YingYang Twins, Nelly and Christina Aguilera. For the tie-breaker, Ariana improvised her best moves to win the dance competition. Most of her winnings will go into a college savings fund, but she also plans to enjoy a trip to Europe.

The Cold Stone Creamery "Shake It Up" Dance Contest was launched during National Ice Cream Month on YouTube.com to celebrate the launch of the new indulgent shakes and smoothies available in stores nationwide this summer.

The six runners-up will receive free shakes and smoothies for a year. To view the videos that won the finalists a trip to New York City New York City: see New York, city.
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City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S.
 for the final competition, visit www.coldstonecreamery.com/shakeitup and click through to the Cold Stone Creamery group on YouTube.com.

The six runners-up include:

--Kylee Darcy, 17, from Fairfax, Calif. Kylee showcased her years of dance training in hip-hop and Latin ballroom in a routine to "Shake It Up" by the Wild Boyz.

--Tyler Nilson, 25, from Santa Monica, Calif. Using the inspiration of the Cold Stone Creamery crew who is constantly busting a move while serving ice cream, Tyler performed to "Bust A Move" by Young MC.

--Jimmy Edgett, 20, from Maricopa, Ariz. Jimmy, who can most often be spotted displaying his breakdancing moves on Mill Avenue in Tempe, Ariz., to earn pocket change, wowed the crowd with his routine to "I Believe in Miracles" by the Jackson Sisters.

--Jennifer Ellingson, 17, from Cedar Falls, Iowa Cedar Falls is a city in Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States, and it is home to one of Iowa's three public universities, the University of Northern Iowa. The population was 36,145 at the 2000 census. . Jennifer, who started dancing when she was 4, performed to the appropriately titled "Ice Cream & Cake" by the Buckwheat buckwheat, common name for certain members of the Polygonaceae, a family of herbs and shrubs found chiefly in north temperate areas and having a characteristic pungent juice containing oxalic acid. Species native to the United States are most common in the West.  Boyz.

--Ken Townsend, 48, from Glen Allen, Va. With the hope of securing tuition for his son who entered college this fall, Ken shook it up with a routine designed to get people on their feet.

--Jasmine Reid, 22, from Brooklyn, N.Y. She's been dancing for 16 years and showcased her training in a routine choreographed to Ciara's "Hotline" to a hometown crowd.

About Cold Stone Creamery

Cold Stone Creamery delivers the Ultimate Ice Cream Experience(R) through a community of franchisees who are passionate about ice cream. The secret recipe for smooth and creamy ice cream is handcrafted hand·craft  
n.
Variant of handicraft.

tr.v. hand·craft·ed, hand·craft·ing, hand·crafts
To fashion or make by hand.



hand·craft
 fresh daily in each store and then customized by adding a variety of mix-ins on a frozen granite stone. Headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz., Cold Stone Creamery is an independently owned franchise system with more than 1,350 stores in the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, Japan and Korea. For more information about Cold Stone Creamery, visit the company's Web site at www.coldstonecreamery.com.
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