Dancers celebrate member’s birthday
HUI O HULA
The Hui O Hula Club wished a happy 80th birthday to dancer Susan Cucci on Oct. 14. Cucci is a Southern California native. She was married to Steve Cucci and raised two children with him. She worked in corporate America for 25 years. Steve passed away in 2013.
After retiring 24 years ago, she was ready for a change. Family and friends have always been most important, but she said, “I knew that when I retired, I wanted to find some way to be of service to others.” After moving into Leisure World Mutual 4 in 2005, she joined Hui O Hula, the Hawaiian Dance Club, which was also new in LW.
Today she is an accomplished graceful dancer, serves on the Hui O Hula Board, and is a mentor to all newcomers. In sharing her aloha in hula, she says, “I never would have thought I’d be a hula dancer, and I love it!” Cucci also loves performing hula for the community, especially for people who are homebound at nursing homes and assisted living facilities outside the gates. For hula class information or the hula performance schedule, call 562-431-2242.
