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KENT, Conn.—John Travolta in “Saturday Night Fever” had nothing on the moves that took place at the Kent Senior Center last Wednesday when three Kent School students, Amy H., Ainsley D. and Jilly A., guided seniors through some upbeat, energetic disco dance steps.

Jilly, Amy and Ainsley demonstrate dance moves during the first of monthly dance classes planned for the Kent Senior Center. The girls are all students at Kent School and have volunteered their time for the upbeat, energetic classes. Photo by Kathryn Boughton

Amy decided to share her love of dancing with the seniors and introduced her first three students—Barbara Marcone, Jo Mellis and Lee Sohl—to the fluid movements of the dances. Both the girls and the older women were soon boogieing to the strong beat, laughing as they danced back and forth and hardly noticing that it was also a good cardio workout.

Lee Sohl, Jo Mellis (partially obscured) and Barbara Marcone were soon in the swing of the dance. Photo by Kathryn Boughton

Last week’s was the first of a monthly series that will continue through the school year. The girls expect to be back in March after the school’s spring recess and hope that more seniors will come out to enjoy the activity.The program is sponsored by the Kent Social Services.

The beat was fast and strong, but the older women noted that participants could even enjoy the activity while seated. Photo by Kathryn Boughton
Kathryn Boughton
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Kathryn Boughton has been editor of the Kent Dispatch since its digital reincarnation in October 2023 as a nonprofit online publication. A native of Canaan, Conn., Kathryn has been a regional journalist for more than 50 years, having been employed by both the Lakeville Journal and Litchfield County Times as managing editor. While with the LCT, she was also editor of the former print Kent Good Times Dispatch from 2005 until 2009.

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