Seniors enjoy life by taking up line dancing

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Meet Linda Oon, a 79-year-old former teacher who turned her retirement into a lively line dancing journey.  Her dance classes bring joy, fitness, and friendship to seniors in Ipoh and beyond.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Growing older doesn't have to mean slowing down, and 79-year-old Linda Oon is living proof of that.

00:11A former secondary school teacher, Oon has transformed her retirement into a lively new chapter

00:17filled with rhythm, movement, and a growing community of seniors who look forward to her

00:23line dancing classes. When she retired at 55, she found herself drawn to the dance sessions

00:31her sister often attended. Oon then discovered her talent for dancing, and when the group later

00:37faced a shortage of instructors, she became the natural choice to step up. Today, she leads nearly

00:4380 dancers across several sessions at the Church of Our Mother of Perpetual Help in Ipoh. She also

00:49teaches twice a week for free at a senior citizens club in Bercham, which has about 500 members.

00:56For Oon and her students, the benefits go far beyond physical fitness, as the classes have

01:01become a source of companionship and joy, especially for retirees who often spend long hours at home.

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