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Omaha Steve

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Sun Dec 27, 2015, 07:38 PM Dec 2015

Nebraska woman, 100, becomes an Internet sensation after video of her dancing hits Facebook




ANDREW CARPENEAN/WORLD-HERALD NEWS SERVICE

Lorraine Ocampo, a 100-year-old resident at Tiffany Square Care Center in Grand Island, shares a dance with director of nursing Kevin Vogt in the care center's activity room.

http://www.omaha.com/news/nebraska/nebraska-woman-becomes-an-internet-sensation-after-video-of-her/article_21cbe046-acc6-11e5-a031-3b2d05721281.html

POSTED: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2015 12:17 PM | UPDATED: 3:47 PM, SUN DEC 27, 2015.
By Laurie Sedam / World-Herald News Service

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. — It’s hard to deny that the nearly 100-year-old woman has moves.

In the video, she swivels her hips to a cover of Jerry Lee Lewis’ “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On,” sliding her feet forward and backward across the floor. She kicks her feet out and glides sideways, whirling her arm as she goes. Then she ends the whole thing with a flourish, shaking a finger in the air.

But the dancing wasn’t what caught Jessica Stoppkotte's eye when she saw the video on her Facebook feed. Instead, Stoppkotte, the social services assistant at Tiffany Square Care Center, recognized a familiar face.

“That’s Lorraine,” she thought.

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