This assignment for the N&O was very touching for me. I was truly sad not to have my own dad there, because we have such a strong relationship. I hope these dads and their daughters can find a similarly strong relationship as they grow up.
Raw "First Look" gallery of the event is here on N&O's website.
Natalie and Lance Schloot share a piece of cake at the Triangle Father Daughter Dance in Raleigh, N.C. on Saturday February 2, 2013.
Orthopedic surgeons at the Daddy Daughter Dance.
Lauren Bussey, 3, shares an apple with Grady Bussey, who says he is "over 3," while driving him around town in her hot new sports car.
Hunter Gerard, 9, gets shocked back into life.
Magic shoes inside a magic ship.
Callie Fillard, 3, fell overboard.
Security guards and people in cages. Something is gettin' fishy about this dance.
Izabela Harrison, 7, watches the dance from high above.