Actress Sheila Kelley was so taken with the sport, which she learned whilst preparing for her role in Dancing at the Blue Iguana, that she launched her own pole-based exercise programme.
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Felix Cane took home the first prize in the latest 2010 (named Miss Pole Dance 2011—for the coming year) competition.
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Jennifer Love Hewitt had a short pole stint dancing in an episode of "Ghost Whisperer".
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In Guatemala the flying pole dance, called Palo volador, is still celebrated in Joyabaj (15 August), Chichicastenango (17–23 January) and Cubulco (26 July).