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100-year-old Virginia woman goes viral for birthday dance moves

By WTVR Web Staff

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    BLACKSTONE, Virginia (WTVR) — A 100-year-old Virginia woman is going viral with her birthday dance moves.

Blackstone woman Clara Jefferson Hawkes celebrated her 100th birthday over the weekend at a surprise party at the Nottoway Civic League. Hawkes is a retired cafeteria manager at Blackstone Primary and a well-known cook and seamstress in the community.

A video of Hawkes on the dance floor, shot by Billy Coleburn of the Courier-Record Newspaper, has received over a million views and counting.

About 150 of Clara’s family and friends came to the surprise party to show their love.

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