Credit: SWNS / Cody Jon<br /><br />Meet the dancer still tapping at 80 who celebrated her birthday with a surprise reunion with her former students.<br /><br />Kaye Thomas was “amazed and surprised” to see so many of her previous students at her dance studio for her birthday on October 6.<br /><br />Kaye's daughter, Natalie Ettinghausen, 55, had arranged for 95 of the dancers to show up - equipped with their tap shoes.<br /><br />In celebration, the teacher led a traditional tap lesson for her students - where they “laughed, caught up and reminisced” about their time together. <br /><br />Powered by the slogan ‘80 and still tapping’, Kaye continues to teach - despite her age and two previous knee replacement surgeries.<br /><br />By the end, Kaye described how her students were “more red, sweaty and bothered” than she was.
