Olympic Games Kick Off with Art, Fashion, Dance The Olympic cauldron is lit, signaling the start of the 2006 Winter Games in Turin, Italy. Competition officially begins Saturday.

All three are attending Dance Masters of America's national convention, which will have 1,200 to 1,500 dancers attempting to set a Guinness World Record for the longest line of dancers.

The beat speaks through his feet. Nelson Spires twists his body, slides to the right and then to the left. He’s moving in unison with more than a dozen other dancers. It’s soul line-dancing ...

Get in line; Dancing: “The ripp,” “the skate” and “the kick and slide” are just three of an endless variety of the line dances that have become a part of the area’s night life.