{"id":382949,"date":"2026-08-27T21:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T21:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/382949\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T21:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T21:50:10","slug":"bay-area-married-couple-brings-joy-movement-to-seniors-through-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/382949\/","title":{"rendered":"Bay Area married couple brings joy, movement to seniors through dance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">BRANDON, Fla. &#8211; Navy veterans Jimmie and Martha Blount are inspiring Tampa Bay seniors by turning assisted living routine workouts into lively dance parties.<\/p>\n<p> Finding the rhythm   <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The Blount&#8217;s, known together as &#8220;Latin Breeze,&#8221; have been bringing interactive exercise sessions to assisted-living centers across Florida since 2015.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;Exercising helps, no matter what condition you&#8217;re in,&#8221; Martha Blount said. &#8220;You need to get that exercise.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/vlcsnap-2026-08-27-16h15m26s371.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">A recent session at Ambiance at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/hillsborough\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Brandon <\/a>began with introductions and the national anthem. The hour-long sessions usually start with small movements, a subtle head bob here, a foot tap there, as residents gradually ease into the beat.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;Music just energizes them, and they get up and just dance,&#8221; Jimmie Blount said.<\/p>\n<p> A purposeful passion <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The dancing spreads throughout the room. Workers join in. Jimmie Blount loves seeing it all happen.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/vlcsnap-2026-08-27-16h14m55s417.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;Watching them watch each other have a good time,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They are their own cheering section.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The couple travels to different facilities 3\u20134 times a week. They have a rotation of recurring places they travel to each month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/vlcsnap-2026-08-27-16h15m10s334.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;This is what the Lord has laid out in our hearts to do, to bring joy and happiness,&#8221; Jimmie Blount said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latinbreeze52.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a> for more information on the Latin Breeze.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information in this story comes from interviews done by FOX 13 photojournalist Barry Wong.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/series\/whats-right-with-tampa-bay\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">What&#8217;s Right with Tampa Bay<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BRANDON, Fla. &#8211; Navy veterans Jimmie and Martha Blount are inspiring Tampa Bay seniors by turning assisted living&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":382950,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[115,405,135,137,136,3970],"class_list":["post-382949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-news","tag-series","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-whats-right-with-tampa-bay"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}