Category: March 2015

Trio scales Weaver’s Needle in Superstitions

Roy Carter (front), Mike Wolters (left) and Frank Brier pose for a selfie at the top of Weaver’s Needle in the Superstitions.

Mike Wolters SaddleBrooke Hiking Club members Frank Brier, Roy Carter and Mike Wolters recently climbed to the top of one of the most famous landmarks of the Superstition Mountains. Located east of Phoenix, the majestic Weaver’s Needle is a spire that rises 4,553 feet and dominates the skyline for miles around. The trio made the…

Last call for Berlin Goes Barbershop

Canada del Oro Barbershop Chorus

Don Bott Tickets for the Berlin Goes Barbershop show are going, going and at the time that this is written, should soon be hopefully sold out and gone. The Wednesday, March 18 DesertView Performing Arts Center (DVPAC) show is an event for lovers of great American music and one that is truly a treat. The evening’s…

In a blaze of yellow, Kansas Day is celebrated

Mary Kopp Surrounded by tables of blazing yellow sunflowers, Jayhawks, Wild Cats, Hornets, Icabods, Tigers, Falcons and other uniquely interesting Kansans did gather. The Kansans were beckoned by a rainbow colored poster to the Agave Lounge at HOA 1 to celebrate Kansas Day and recall a part of their lives that was spent in the…

SaddleBrooke Squares events

Having fun at the Cadillac Chaparral

Our square dance club has a very full calendar the remainder of this year. Our regular club dance is Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. in the MountainView Ballroom. Our energetic and enthusiastic new class meets on Sundays at 7:00 p.m. in the MountainView Fitness Center. The class has completed all the main stream calls and is…

Spring Tai Chi classes and student updates

The advanced Tai Chi class at SaddleBrooke One

Carol Emerson Every week there are two beginning Tai Chi classes in SaddleBrooke so, if you’ve been thinking that it is something you might want to try, now is the time! Carol and Ken Emerson are certified black belt instructors and have been teaching in our community since 2006. Both have extensive backgrounds in the…

Upcoming quilt show

Vicki Schroeder The fifth Biennial Quilt Show, Splendor in the Desert, presented by Valley Quilters Guild and Desert Scraprats will be held at the Las Campanas Recreation Center, 565 W. Belltower Drive, Green Valley, Arizona, on Saturday, March 28, 2015, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday, March 29 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00…