Category: Clubs & Classes

Jim Lamb speaks to Sunrise Club

Savo Fries and Jim Lamb

Savo Fries Jim gave an overwhelming and passionate talk on the Trail of Tears. Jim’s ancestry is Cherokee and Scottish. His Cherokee name is Wounded Arrow which means Medicine Man. He is a professor of Physiology and Microbiology, a Herpetologist, Master instructor Lamb’s Marital Arts. He holds several degrees including: B.S, M.S., PhD and Honorary DSc.…

English Country Dancing

Bob O’Grady Recently, some of our dancers participated in the Activities Fair. It was a lot of fun explaining to interested visitors what English Country Dancing is all about with use of both pictures and video. We described why we like it so much and the fact that it is quite easy to learn and…

2016 Quilt Show

Ann Richards The SaddleBrooke Quilting Club, also known as the Friday Quilters, will hold its bi-annual show on Sunday, March 20 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the MountainView Clubhouse Ballroom. Besides viewing over 100 quilts, attendees can choose from a large selection of handmade items which will be available for purchase in our…

GLAAS sponsors panel on religion and the LGBT community

For its Winter Event, GLAAS (Gays, Lesbians and Allies at SaddleBrooke) invited several religious leaders of the SaddleBrooke and Catalina communities to a panel discussion to share the positions of their respective religions and congregations towards the lesbian, gay and transgender communities. The representatives of the various religions were as follows: Fr. Greg Wiest, C.…

SilverBelle training starts in April

The SilverBelles

Vivian Herman Did you ever want to try your hand (or feet) at learning dance routines in a fun way with no commitment? Here is your chance. Once again the SilverBelles dance team is starting their Crystal Belle training class. Introduced at the SaddleBrooke Activity Fair in January, we already have several interested participants and…

Republican Club recaps the February meeting

Featured speaker Bruce Ash

Neil Macdonald We had the company of more than 150 members this past February 10. President Neil Macdonald opened this second meeting of the year by introducing all four of our hard working women Board members. These Board members quite literally run most all of our operations. They are as follows: Linda Schuttler, our Director…

Golf balls make a difference

Jerry Davis picks up as many as 30 balls on his morning walk.

Dick Kroese A story to be told: Jerry Davis, retired president of three major railroads walks every morning not on a road, but on places where few of us walk. He walks four miles along the rough of golf courses for the sole purpose of exercise. While he is walking he picks up golf balls;…

Ballroom dancing times two

Stephen and Ruth Birkhead

Way back at the turn of the century Ross Stephen gathered several people together to form the first Ballroom Dance Club in SaddleBrooke. From that beginning SaddleBrooke ballroom dancers now have two clubs which have a combined membership of over 100 people. The two clubs are somewhat like fraternal twins – same genesis but different…