Gloria Delacroix, RN
Founder and director
A home health nurse for eighteen years. She bought the dance hall where her parents met and opened Jitterbug for her mother.
Our people
The people who run the club
Nurses, a therapist, aides, a cook and the best van driver in Neosho County.
Our team
The band
Becky Strickland, LPN
Nurse
Becky runs the noon medicines and the blood-pressure log, and calls the square dances.
Jamal Turner
Activities director
A former high-school band director who books the dance socials and runs the Jitterbug choir.
Dr. Lena Park, PT
Visiting physical therapist
Lena runs balance class on the dance floor and swears the jitterbug counts as therapy.
Rosa Gutiérrez
Memory care lead
Rosa runs the quieter studio with patience, playlists and a very good sense of humor.
Tammy Kellerman
Lead aide
Tammy has helped members with walking and personal care since the first month.
Ernestine Bell
Cook
Ernestine's Wednesday fried chicken has its own fan club.
Dennis Walker
Driver
Thirty years driving a school bus. Now he drives a van full of people who sing on the way in.
Kayla Morris, LMSW
Social worker
Kayla helps families with waivers, VA benefits and the paperwork nobody wants to do.
Earl Haney
Volunteer DJ
A retired radio announcer who spins records every Friday morning and takes requests.
Sample family reviews
Fan mail
My dad doesn't always know what year it is. He always knows the words to 'In the Mood.' Jitterbug figured that out on day one.
My parents met on that dance floor in 1961. Mom goes there four days a week now and tells everyone about it.
The van comes out to our farm by Thayer. Dennis has the members singing by the time they hit the highway.
Becky called me because Mom's blood sugar was running high every afternoon. Her doctor changed one pill and it settled down.
Lena got my husband walking without his walker on the dance floor. He was a little too proud of himself.
I bring my kids to the last-Friday social. Grandpa dances with my daughter. I don't have words for what that means.
Kayla got Dad's VA benefit sorted in a month. We'd been stuck for a year.
Mom was a church pianist for fifty years. She plays for the choir now. She calls it her comeback tour.
Wednesday fried chicken. I don't need to say more.
I can work my full shift at the hospital again. And Mom is happier than she's been in years.
Last Friday of the month. Wear your dancing shoes.
Come to a dance social, or bring your parent for a free day with lunch and the van. Call, text or book online.