August 2009 Entries
"Let’s Dance," the theme for this month’s Village View Newsletter, was personified by Gene and Joyce Smith whirling around the dance floor while the Bugaboo Band played. Their complementary choreography and skillful teamwork are models for joyful living!
Gene grew up in Huntington Park, California, while Joyce hails from Pennsylvania. Both attended UCLA, but didn’t know one another there. After a stint with the Seabees in Okinawa and Guam, Gene graduated from Cal, Berkeley, and had his own architectural firm in West Los Angeles for forty-five years. From early childhood, Joyce was interested in dress design. She worked in her father’s...