The 75-Year-Old Behind Jazzercise Keeps Dancing on Her Own
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Judi Sheppard Missett started teaching dance classes outside of Chicago in 1969. Now, 50 years later, Jazzercise is a cultural phenomenon.
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Tango! Waltz! Rumba! As southern Utah ages, dance keeps 'em active and young at heart
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Sweating to the Oldies. Or Sitting? - The New York Times
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Jazzercise: Fit at 50 - CBS News
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Jazzercise: 'There's something about this place
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The 75-Year-Old Behind Jazzercise Keeps Dancing on Her Own
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In Your Soul:' Jazzercise Minden has permanent home on the square
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And… stretch! The ladies in Lycra who took female fitness from Britain to the world
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Staying in tune: Jazzercise devotees keep up the beat in Yakima Valley