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Wearing sequined white gloves and high socks with loafers, they stepped and shrugged in unison across the dance floor as Michael Jackson’s music video “Thriller” played in the background.

But this was no ordinary gathering of Michael Jackson enthusiasts. This was Center in the Park, Germantown’s award-winning senior center at 5818 Germantown Avenue, where more than 60 people aged 55 and up turned out October 16 to remember the King of Pop and move to his music.

“I think he’s a genius and I really love what he did for music for the world,” said Frances P. Moss, who holds a lifetime membership in Center in the Park. “I don’t think that I will live to see anyone like him again. I think he was one of a kind.”

As instructors called out various moves, the seniors took to the dance floor with abandon. Ellen Wade, who said she was in her 60s, twisted and shimmied in pink high heels and a matching pink cowboy hat and jacket. “These (heels) are my short ones,” she explained during a break. “I wear these for dancing.”

Michael Jackson Tribute at

Center in the Park, Oct. 16, 2009.

Story in Oct. 22 Chronicle

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