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DISCO DANCING TO KEEP FIT

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KEEPING FIT IS NO MORE A TORTUROUS, MUSCLE-STRAINING DISCIPLINE.

GONE IS THE WHISTLE BLOWN BY THE PHYSICAL FITNESS INSTRUCTOR WHO, AT LEAST TO THE SWEATING, STRUGGLING STUDENT, SOUNDED LIKE A RÉGIMENTAL SERGEANT MAJOR BARKING ON THE PARADE SQUARE,

THE TIRED YOUNG FACTORY WORKER OR THE PORTLY, RETIRED WHITE COLLAR WORKER TODAY CAN ACTUALLY BREEZE THROUGH THE KEEP FIT PACES.

FOR DISCO DANCING HAS ARRIVED ON THE KEEP FIT SCENE.

IT IS THIS SWINGING MUSIC, AND NOT THE WHISTLE, THAT THE STUDENT FOLLOWS.

DISCO DANCING IS MORE THAN A MERE FORM OF POPULAR DANCING AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE - IT IS ALSO A MEANS OF ACHIEVING PHYSICAL FITNESS.

AND DISCO DANCING IS THE THEME OF A SERIES OF KEEP FIT CLASSES CURRENTLY ORGANISED BY THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

THE SECOND SERIES OF +FITNESS THROUGH DISCO DANCING CLASSES STARTED ON DECEMBER 12 AND WILL LAST UNTIL FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR. ALTOGETHER FOUR CLASSES OF EIGHT SESSIONS EACH WILL BE HELD DURING THE TWO-MONTH PERIOD.

MRS. ELEANOR LEE OF THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE SAID THE FIRST SERIES OF CLASSES, WHICH BEGAN IN OCTOBER AND ENDED RECENTLY, PROVED SUCCESSFUL JUDGING FROM THE LARGE NUMBER OF ENTHUSIASTS ATTRACTED TO THE CLASSES - MORE THAN 140 PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE INCLUDING STUDENTS, OFFICE CLERKS, FACTORY WORKERS, TEACHERS, NURSES AS WELL AS HOUSEWIVES JOINED THE CLASSES.

+WE ARE ALSO MUCH IMPRESSED BY THE ENTHUSIASM AND INTEREST SHOWN DURING THE TRAINING. THEY REALLY LOVE TO DO IT AND WANT TO DO IT, SAID THE INSTRUCTRESS OF THE CLASSES, MISS ANA MARIA CRISTINA.

*WE AIM TO INTRODUCE THIS NEW FORM OF POPULAR DANCING TO MORE YOUNG PEOPLE AND AT THE SAME TIME TEACH THEM HOW TO ATTAIN PHYSICAL FITNESS THROUGH IT, SHE ADDED.

EACH CLASS STARTS WITH SOME WARM-UP BODY MOVEMENTS AND MUSIC, FOLLOWED BY ISOLATION MOVEMENTS OF VARIOUS PARTS OF THE BODY, FROM SHOULDERS AND ARMS TO HIPS AND LEGS.

THE LATTER PART OF THE CLASS CONSISTS OF LEARNING BASIC DANCE FORMS IN COMBINATION WITH THE DISCO MUSIC. MODERN DANCE STEPS ARE ALSO TAUGHT.

THE CLASSES ARE HELD IN THE HUNG HOM CAR PARK SPORTS CENTRE FROM 10 A.M. TO NOON ON TUESDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS AND FROM 4 P.M. TO 6 P.M. ON WEDNESDAYS AND THURSDAYS. EACH CLASS WOULD BE RESTRICTED TO 40 STUDENTS BECAUSE OF LIMITED SPACE.

APPLICATIONS CAN BE MADE AT THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE AT 111 CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL, 11TH FLOOR, WING ON CENTRE, HONG KONG.