Rather than child sitting grandkids, Poland's most seasoned DJ Wirginia Szmyt packs her CDs, mixer and PC, and heads off to turn for a pressed move floor of principally senior natives.
Wearing yellow pants, sparkly stage shoes, red lipstick and earphones, 80-year-old "DJ Wika" remains behind the decks, blending party music in a tremendous Warsaw club.
In her interview with Reuters, she said, “I don’t care if someone likes it or not that I am dancing or jumping behind the console, because I cannot play and stay still”, raising her hands to clap with her audience. “When I play, I feel the melody, I feel the rhythm.”
Each Monday night, she engages around 1,000 individuals at the Hula Kula club, crushing generalizations and enabling seniors as she plays everything from disco and rock to samba and ditties.
Mindful of the reviving nature of music for the psyche and body, oneself prepared Wika has been DJ-ing for Polish retirees for two decades, procuring across the board regard in the exchange.
Playing everything from disco to rumba, blending reggae with jazz and shake with reggae, DJ Wika likewise endeavors to take into account a more youthful gathering of people.“Youngsters usually think that everyone’s going to choke with laughter,”she admits to the cameras with a smile,”,but in most cases, they are surprised, “it's just an issue of testing the dance floor and joining the correct music”, she added.
“I used to work with young people and I kept this youthful outlook and youthful expectations ... My message to youths is that your life does not end when you are 70. They would say ‘Miss Wika we are already 40, we are so old’. And I am twice as old as you and ... I am not old, by no means.”