From the LA Times,<P> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Surf City couple, formerly of Russia, will represent the United States in international ballroom dancing competition in Irvine. <P>By TORUS TAMMER<P> In 1989, Russian ballroom dancers Igor and Irina Sururov came to San Diego for a competition. <BR> A year later, they returned to California with the hope of making America their home. <BR> And this weekend, the Huntington Beach residents will be one of two couples officially representing the United States in a world championship ballroom dancing tournament. <BR> The Sururovs have been married for 13 years, and they live for ballroom dancing, they said. Nothing backs that up more than their emigration from Russia to the United States more than 10 years ago.<BR><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P><A HREF="http://www.latimes.com/communities/news/oc_beach_cities/20000831/thb0003088.html" TARGET=_blank>Follow this link for the full article</A>