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BATON ROUGE, La. Ten minutes before the evening aerobics class even begins, the music is blasting and a half dozen women dance and clap in rhythm.

Leader of the pack is 75-year-old Gracie Perkins.

For a decade Perkins has taught this rhythmic aerobics class for seniors at BREC's North Sherwood Forest Community Park, dancing hard for an hour every Tuesday and Thursday. And she barely breaks a sweat.

"She's the fountain of youth," says Brenda Summers, 50, a regular participant. "She makes you want to be better."

When the class officially starts, the room is full, and Perkins grabs a stack of CDs next to the boom box. The ageless, constantly smiling Perkins wears a pink T-shirt slightly off her shoulder, her short, dark hair highlighted with brassy tones.

"Where y'all want to go?" Perkins asks the room while searching through the music. She puts on Michael Jackson's "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'," and the women know all the moves. They mimic jumping rope, then spin around.

Most of their routines involve a few easy-to-learn steps repeated in all four directions. The moves matter less than the idea of getting moving, Perkins says.

"You're not concerned about making mistakes," she says. "We're concerned about fitness for life. We get vigorous."

They dance to classic songs from the 1960s and '70s and modern pop songs, just taking breaks to swig water, towel sweat out of their eyes and prepare for the next song.

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"I love what I'm doing," says Mattie McClain, 67, who has done aerobics for 15 years nine with Perkins. "It keeps you feeling young and living longer. And it keeps you happy."

Trained as a health and physical education teacher, Perkins teaches them that while working out is about looking good, it is primarily about cardiovascular health and getting the blood flowing.

"It's all about cardio, from the inside to the outside," she says.

Born in Baton Rouge, Perkins helped create the Southern University Dancing Dolls, becoming the celebrated troupe's first director and choreographer. She taught in Kansas City and Seattle but settled back home in Baton Rouge. She's been teaching aerobics since the workout craze first hit more than 30 years ago.

She has always been energetic and active, says Perkins' niece Shari Poydras, 50, who attends the class.

"This is her all the time," she says. "I don't think she would be herself without it."

The members of the class perform their routines at fitness fairs all over the parish and have even shown off their moves at a Southern University football halftime show. Sometimes they take trips together.

"They're about having fun," Perkins says. "We love it, and what's amazing about it is we love each other. This is what we need."

Later in the class, the women grab small plastic platforms and hoist 2-, 3- and 4-pound weights to step up and down to the Motown hit "Please Mr. Postman." In most classes the women take 8,000 to 10,000 steps, says Theresa Charles, 64, who wears a pedometer.

The class winds down with stretching and balance exercises, and Perkins incorporates mental drills in which she calls out a time 12 o'clock or 6:30 and the class has to move their arms like the hands on a clock face.

But they love to dance, and, not counting the pre-class warm-up, they move for at least an hour.

"We live to dance. We dance to live," Perkins says. "Whenever we go someplace, that's our motto, we dance to live. Life is beautiful. Love it. Have fun."

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WEIRTON A free seniors aerobics class will be offered from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays and Wednesday March 20 through May 3 at West Virginia Northern Community Colleges Weirton Campus Room 242 located at 150 Park Ave., Weirton Heights.

Carol Teaff will instruct. The community education class is designed for older men and women who want to exercise at a moderate pace or who already exercise and want to try something new. It is a low-impact class with an emphasis on stretching and simple movements set to music.

Teaff will show both an easy way and more difficult way to do each movement. Those participating should wear loose or stretchy clothing and athletic shoes and bring a bottle of water.

The registration deadline is March 17. Register by visiting the Weirton campus Student Service Center.

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If you want to work up a sweat while singing along to 1980s pop tunes, this old-school aerobics class is perfect for you.

I CANT GET You Got it (The Right Stuff) by New Kids on the Block out of my head.

All that I needed was yoooou. Oh girl, youre so right

Rather than analyze what that says about me and my 1980s-era childhood, lets say 80s aerobics did its job, especially when it comes to music.

I spotted the old-school aerobics class when I was at The Studio in Issaquah for tap, and I couldnt resist returning for an 80s-themed class.

Teacher and studio owner Steven Oelrich encourages students to dress up. I wanted to go full-on Olivia Newton-John but, to my dismay, I do not own a shiny leotard, sweatbands to tame appropriately teased-out big hair, nor proper neon legwarmers. I threw on bright pink leggings and an off-the-shoulder top and called it good.

Oelrich wore legwarmers and a neon green T-shirt, though the rest of the class wore relatively tame outfits. I was happy to see one T-shirt homage to George Michael.

Oelrich started us off with a warm-up to Madonnas Like a Prayer. I had trouble doing the warm-ups and not whipping my head dramatically side-to-side. I wished I had put my hair in a side ponytail.

The music and moves kept improving. Oelrichs dance background comes out in the class, with different sequences, many of which felt like 80s dance routines. We did plenty of marching in place, high knees and big arms, and added in side-to-side shuffles and jazz squares. I dont remember what aerobics classes were like in the 80s, but swishy side-to-side hips sure felt like an 80s thing. Also, I know aerobics back then looked slightly frenzied, with arms thrown side-to-side, and we had that down pat.

We marched forward and back to Kim Wildes version of You Keep Me Hangin On. We jumped around to What a Feeling by Irena Cara. During Holding Out for a Hero by Bonnie Tyler, things got really frantic, and we jammed Footloose-style.

We went to the floor for core work to Survivors Eye of the Tiger, but this was the 80s, so we did bicycles on our backs; there wasnt a plank in sight.

And, of course, we used light hand weights to strength-train. We did biceps curls, reached our arms up overhead and lunged side-to-side while adding triceps curls.

Some of the faster-paced songs got my heart rate up, but overall the pace was moderate. Maybe I have taken too many high-intensity interval classes, but aerobics felt more focused on fun and moving your body than whipping you into shape. It still required plenty of energy, so perhaps we should give the 80s credit for being on to something.

I was tired by the end, and happy to cool down to George Michaels Careless Whisper.

If you like 80s music but not 80s style, you can skip the dress-up element of the class. But the tongue-in-cheek homage to an era that holds a fond place in my heart made the class stand out, and dressing up, even modestly, made it more fun for me. We moved our bodies, we sweated, we sang along to awesome tunes. And its a great way to dial in your best 80s dance moves, to boot.

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Corpus Christi 12:06 a.m. CT Feb. 27, 2017

Del Mar College will offer free tax services from 2-6 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays through Jan. 26-April 13 in Room 201 of the Venters Business Building, Del Mar College East, 101 Baldwin Blvd.(Photo: Creatas, Getty Images/Creatas RF)

TAXES:Del Mar College will offer free tax services from 2-6 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays throughApril 13 in Room 201 of the Venters Business Building, Del Mar College East, 101 Baldwin Blvd. The services are for residents who make less than $50,000 per year. Cost: Free. Information: 361-698-1372.

WATER AEROBICS: The Corpus Christi Parks & Recreation Department hosts its year-round Water Aerobics Class from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays at the Corpus Christi Natatorium, 3202 Cabaniss Parkway. The class is for ages 14 and older. Cost: $4, drop-in; $24, punch card. Information: 361-826-1728, http://www.ccparkandrec.com.

CONCERT:Del Mar College faculty members Todd Ehle, violinist and professor of music; and Shao-Shan Chen, pianist and associate professor of music; will perform an evening recital at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28 atWolfe Recital Hall, Fine Arts Center Music Building, Del Mar College East. Cost: Free. Information: 361-698-1223.

PETS:People Assisting Animal Control will offer free spay and neuter surgeries for Labradors and Labrador mixes on Tuesday, Feb. 28, in honor of World Spay Day. Spots are limited; reservations are required. Cost: Free with proof of Corpus Christi residency. Information: 361-248-2009,ccpaac.org,facebook.com/CCPAAC.

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Despite the sweat and fatigue, buoyant and joyous energy floods the spin class room as Madonna and Dexys Midnight Runners blares in the background. Down the hall, clad in neon tank tops and pink head and wristbands, Total Body Conditioning Steppers bop to the beat of the 80s as they do their cardio moves. No, this is not a scene from Footloose, but Boston Colleges own BC Rec celebrating National Recreation Day.

Commemorating the National Intramural Recreation Sports Associations inception on Feb. 22, every year BC puts on an event to bring awareness to its anniversary. Although most members were born before the era, the Student Staff Advisory Board, which meets monthly to plan improvements for the Flynn Recreation Complex, chose the 80s as this years theme for the event. According to Taylor Palumbo, a member of the board and pool office manager, the theme bridges a gap so that students can understand the era, and employees who lived through it can rock along with the songs.

Someone threw out the ideas for 90s, but if this is working out, what decade is most iconic for working out? Palumbo said. The 80s.

Palumbo spoke about the dedication and effort that went into planning the day as well as what his own experience has been like working at the Plex. Last year, the board decided on a neon theme for the day, but this year, it worked to make the theme more specific and engaging. In addition, after three years on the board, Palumbo believes that it has done a better job of promoting the event this year.

The day consisted of six 80s-themed spin, x-fit, and zumba classes complete with high-intensity music from 7:15 a.m. to 7:45 p.m., as well as additional strength competitions from 3 to 6 p.m. consisting of push-up, pull-up, and benching contests. At the classes, participants were given a plethora of free neon tank tops, wristbands, and headbands.

Participants could also send in their best 80s costume photos in hopes of winning assorted prizes. Burns Library also supported National Recreation Day by posting photos up on its walls of BC students working out back in the 80s.

I think the community appreciates what we do, but we really just wanted to take a day to celebrate and bring awareness to it, Palumbo said.

The BC Rec staff consists of over 400 student staff members who are either at the Plex or Conte Forum daily from 6 a.m. to as late as 1 a.m. While other operations may stop or alter their schedules on a snow day, the Plex was still open on Feb. 9, allowing motivated students to trudge through the snow and toward their fitness goals, despite the bitterly cold conditions outside.

At BC maybe more than a lot of other schools, campus recreation is so integral to student life, whether thats club sports, intramurals, or just working out individually, Palumbo said. As a way to give back to student employees, the students that use the Plex and everyone else going forward, were hopeful that this day can only keep getting bigger.

Bigger than 80s hair, per se. While National Recreation Day was a one-day-only event, the committed and avid staff at the Plex make every day look like a great day to break a sweat.

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Eve Schott of Salisbury is channeling her love for music and dance into her studio, Eve Schott Aerobics and Zumba.

Ive always loved dance, she said. I like Zumba because of the challenge and the dance aspect. I love the music.

Zumba is an aerobic fitness program based on various styles of Latin American dance. Schott holds Zumba and step aerobics classes at her studio at 127 School St. in Boynton. Zumba is held at 6:30 p.m. Monday and step aerobics is 6:30 p.m. Thursday. She also teaches step aerobics at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Frostburg State University Activities for Life held within the Cordts Physical Education Center, 101 Midlothian Road, Frostburg, Maryland. All classes are open to the public. She became certified as a step aerobics and group fitness teacher in the late 1980s and was certified as a Zumba instructor in 2010.

I started aerobics in Fort Lauderdale in the 1980s, the 55-year-old Schott said. I took theater and dance in college and I always enjoyed it. Step is easier for me because its more straightforward. With Zumba, I challenge myself to memorize things. Id like to get certified in Zumba Step, which is a combination of both.

Tammie Grove of Meyersdale has been taking Zumba and step aerobics classes in Boynton and Frostburg for four years.

I love her classes, she said. Its great. We have a good time and you dont know youre working out. Its lots of fun and Eve cares about us. When were hurting, she wants to know whats wrong and how she can help. Come and try any of her classes.

Schott said that the importance of exercise is undisputed. It improves peoples bodies and minds.

In a small community like ours, group fitness is important in so many ways, she said. One of the most important being the benefit of social interaction. Social interaction where you actually show up, not social media keeps us connected, stimulating the brain and improving mental clarity. Key factors in warding off depression and possibly even dementia and the onset of Alzheimers disease.

Gentle, low impact exercises such as walking and stretching, when done on a regular basis, can improve memory, balance, muscle tone, flexibility and heart health by increasing blood flow to the brain and throughout the body, she said. The bottom line is exercise makes you feel better.

Schott is originally from Woodbine, Maryland. She attended Glenelg High School, Catonsville Community College, Catholic University of America and Towson State University. Her degree is in mass communications, public relations and marketing. She and her husband, Chris, own C&S Pyramid Builders Inc., a commercial concrete and masonry business. She is vice president and general manager. They are the parents of Hannah, of Denver, Colorado; Haley, of Pasadena, California; and Mason, at home, who is a junior at Meyersdale Area High School.

Her parents, John and Anne Cole, live in Keyser, West Virginia. He hunted in Garrett County, Maryland. He liked the area so much that he bought a 100-acre farm near Salisbury. At the time, the Schotts were living in Florida.

He asked us to come and take care of the farm, and we moved here in May of 1991, she said. My parents later moved to West Virginia. My father is constantly looking at new houses. They decided it would be warmer in West Virginia.

She did some video production work in Florida, but knew coming to the rural area she couldnt get a job in that field within commuting range.

It made more sense to be self-employed and Chris has real talent in construction, she said. So we started our own businesses.

The C&S Pyramid Builders Inc. machinery and materials were being stored at the farm and the Schotts decided that they needed a building to house the business. The building on School Street was for sale. It was originally a school, then a church. They bought the building in 1998. C&S Pyramid Builders Inc. and Eve Schott Aerobics and Zumba are in the same building, with classes held in the former gym. Chris is a karate master and teacher. He isnt currently teaching, but plans to restart karate classes later this year.

Because of Chris ability to remodel houses, the Schotts like to rescue and remodel buildings. They currently own five buildings, including the farm and their business. One house is the Hocking House in Frostburg, Maryland. It was built in 1844 and is on the National Historic Register. Another house in North Carolina that they own is listed as a historic preservation building, but is not on the national register.

Eve has always enjoyed being in theater productions. In 2014, she had a major role in the Cumberland Theatres production of Neil Simons Plaza Suite.

It was a challenge to remember because it was a huge role, she said. I hadnt done theater since 2008. I didnt know what I was getting into, with the costume changes and doing my own hair and makeup. But I really enjoyed it.

When she was in a college theatre company, she traveled to Edinburgh, Scotland, where the company performed MacBeth in the Edinburgh Theatre Festival.

During my month stay, I visited London, the Isle of Skye and took a long train to Wales, where I hiked, camped and had my first Guiness stout at a local pub, she said. What a great experience.

Her other hobbies are snowboarding, gardening, drawing, painting and collecting art and antiques.

The best thing about living here is the sheer beauty and peacefulness of the landscape and the quaint towns, Scott said. I love the countryside. I rode horses as a kid and always loved the outdoors. We have good neighbors (Paul and Barbara Wright). I love the mountains, hills and old growth forests and the change of seasons. I love the Springs Folk Festival, the Springs Farmers Market and Amish roadside stands. I love going to auctions and there is less competition for businesses here and a lower cost of living than urban areas. The downside is we are a little bit removed from the city. Id like to be closer to restaurants, shops, theater and the arts.

She doesnt like winter weather, which poses a challenge for the business. When a contract calls for concrete and masonry work to be done in the winter, it has to be done.

Her goal is to have more growth in her fitness classes. She said that diversity among the participants is another great benefit of group fitness. Beginners and those more advanced, women and men, young and old, can benefit from taking the same class because each individual is encouraged to exercise at his own pace or fitness level. Motivation and confidence also increases when exercising regularly with others who share the same or similar health and fitness goals a lot like being part of a team plus it is more fun.

Id also like to start group trail walks, Schott said. I had one at my house about a year ago. We are close to state parks in Pennsylvania and in Maryland and a lot of people would love those. There is so much opportunity in this area. People who live here are tougher than city folk, but people become reclusive in small towns. We can go out to nature areas, which is not much different than walking out our front doors.

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We are so pleased with living on the Palouse.

One important amenity is water aerobics at the Pullman Aquatic Center near Pullman High School. We go faithfully three times a week. (There are three morning classes Monday, Wednesday and Friday - one in the lap pool, the other two the warm pool). And 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. classes on Tuesday and Thursday.

With age our bodies have lost strength, flexibility, balance and endurance. All of these are addressed during the fun class. The instructors keep us moving. It's a workout - as much or as little as you like. We even go 30 minutes early to warm up in the exercise room. That's an option, too. There is no fear of falling and lifeguards and our pool pals don't let us drown. Water aerobics is gentle on the body and offers continuous resistance.

We're relative newbies (less than two years) but our star has been coming since the week the center opened over 20 years ago. And she's 86. Who knew? Not us.

Drop in the first time free. Try it a few times for very little (no extra cost for the classes) or join. This is a wonderful return on our taxes.

Try it. Your body will like it for sure. So will your doctor as your numbers improve. The changing rooms are great and the water is hot. All sizes and ages welcome. Call them at (509) 338-3290.

About half of us come across the border from Moscow - it's that good. We laugh a lot, tell stories and even get together for lunch now and then. The workout has been very good for us - feel better than we have in years. Hope to see you in the pool.

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SWIMMING: A swimming pool is not just about laps or fun, WIRAC is used for some serious fitness sessions.

Cynthia Hoffman is one of the regulars at aqua aerobics and is at WIRAC five times a week.

She comes for either morning or afternoon sessions depending on commitments in her role as a mum, school chaplain and an administration officer at two kindergartens.

"I got involved in the 10-week Get Active Program which meant I was doing two days of fitness work at WIRAC each week, she said.

"I now come five days a week. I joined up at WIRAC after Get Active Program instructor Anne Kane said to build on what we were doing.

Hoffman has been following her daily aqua aerobics regime since December.

"Aqua aerobics is the highlight of my day, she said.

Each session is 45 minutes and we have three or four different instructors.

"I enjoy the variety of instructors and their different personalities. It is the best form of exercise in hot weather.

"You don't feel like you are working out until you get out of the pool.

She admits she isn't a lap swimmer but does a bit of swimming when at WIRAC.

Hoffman has a Certificate IV in fitness so knows the principles of keeping fit.

"I am a diabetic so aqua aerobics helps reduce my blood sugar level, she said.

"My general health is better, absolutely.

Today's article is the third of nine on swimmers who head to WIRAC for different reasons ranging from expectant mums to cross trainers and squad swimmers.

With the writer on holidays next week, the fourth in the series will be on Friday week.

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