Once Rita arrives at the ballroom, which dates back to 1894, she will quickly change into her ball gown and hit the dance floor.
“Dancing is my passion and I dress for what I’m doing,” she said.
“So when I come here I’m always in a ball gown.
“I would never come in anything less beyond that because it’s the respect for this place as well.
“There’s nowhere in the whole world like here.”
Rita described dancing as the “best form of exercise” and her “healing time”.
“It’s the energy in here it’s everything about it, all the ornateness, angelicness, the angels on the ceiling, it’s just so beautiful,” she said.
“When I come in here every week my heart lights up. I just can’t get here quick enough.”
