00:00I had had both hips done just within a year before I started the Sun City Palms.
00:11My first practice I thought I was going to die.
00:23You do need to have rhythm.
00:30We generally do about 40 performances a year, as it ranges from 56 to 84, average age of
00:58a little over 70.
00:59I was diagnosed with severe osteoarthritis when I was in my 20s, and they told me I'd
01:05be crippled by the time I was in my 40s.
01:08So all my life I've pushed myself by exercising, finding things to do, dancing was one of them.
01:14The crowd, it's awesome.
01:16They are so in awe that we do what we do.
01:19They're just amazed that they're grandmothers, basically, getting out there on the dance
01:23floor in our little sequined costumes.
01:29It gives me a chance to express myself.
01:41Since I've retired, I've been looking for something to do, and this is my little niche
01:46that I found.
01:47It makes me feel young again.
01:59People come up to me, oh, can I have your autograph?
02:01Of course, they're teasing me, but it's been fun.
02:05I'm a retired nurse, so I think everybody needs to exercise no matter what age.
02:10I probably have lost 15 pounds.
02:12My waist declined because I was doing so much more activity that I had never, ever done
02:18before.
02:19Not only does it help the physical well-being, but the mental as well.
02:23Being a Sun City Palm has given me so much confidence that I didn't have before.
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