User:Jtuchler/sandbox

Early life
Ziona Tuchler (Brooke) was born March 18, 1931 as one of four daughters to Eva and Abraham Brooke. Her father owned a garment factory. As a child she studied music at the Morea Music Conservatory in Tel Aviv. Later she served in the Israeli army during the war of independence in 1948 and 1949.

•	Professional life
In 1951 she moved to Washington DC. There she up a piano studio in her suburban home. In nearly 70 years of teaching, she has given approximately 100,000 piano lessons to over 400 students, in many cases teaching multiple generations of the same family over time. She has been a judge for the Montgomery County Music Teachers Association for many years.

•	Dancing
Starting on 2000, at age 69, took up ballroom dancing. She has competed in over 1000 individual dances in 30 dance genres, and she has taken top honors 15 times at regional and national competitions.

•	Performance and charity
Since 2000, she has given hundreds of performances at local senior living facilities, including piano, dance and topical lectures. She also has served for 25 years on the board of the Embassy Series Musical Concerts in Washington DC.

•	Personal
In 1952, she married Michael Tuchler and the couple had 5 children and 13 grandchildren.