Betty Young can turn a cartwheel, do the splits and balance in a handstand on a man’s shoulders.
“I would really like to be able to do back flips,” she said, “but I don’t know if that’s on my can-do list.”
Maybe she’ll learn by the time she turns 69 in August.
Four years ago, Ms. Young began taking private ballroom dancing classes with Denny Lennon of Chattanooga DanceSport. Last year, she began gymnastics classes, joining the ministry performance team of mostly adolescents who train at SonRise Gymnastics in Cleveland, Tenn.