Category: Clubs & Classes

Dressing the SilverBelles

Vivian Herman Closet coordination is a beautiful thing and each SilverBelle’s closet is a finely tuned, carefully crafted mélange of sparkly, sophisticated and flattering items that when put together make us look, feel and dance like a million bucks. Coordinating our performance costumes falls to Claudia Booth, our costume maven. Taint easy finding items that…

Turtles, tortoises and terrapin

Karen Skaff and Jim Cloer; photo by Ed Skaff

Pam Boedeker SaddleBrooke Nature Club was pleased to present our own beloved resident naturalist, Jim Cloer, for the last meeting of the season. Jim’s credentials would fill a page of this newspaper; however, on this particular evening it was his post-graduate work studying turtles that had our attention. There are some 300 species of turtles…

News from the Desert Stars

The Desert Stars--Clogging with flair!

Marilyn Mitchell, Barbara Sullivan, Mary Jo Bellner Swartzberg and Tina Wrbanek What do a former operating room nurse, a former critical care nurse, a former corporate manager and a former administrator at a medical school have in common? They are the Desert Stars, a tap/clog group located in SaddleBrooke. The Desert Stars practice two times…

The British Club plays Bocce Ball

Despite the heat 22 members of the British Club braved the weather to play Bocce Ball.

Twink Gates-Zimdar It was Sunday, May 28, Memorial Day weekend and 95 degrees – degrees Fahrenheit, but the Brits carried on regardless with their Bocce Ball games. At 4:00 p.m. 22 members of the British Club braved the weather and gathered at the Bocce Ball Courts here in SaddleBrooke One for the fun of playing…

Knit Wits news

Pat Lenz offers assistance to her students in the Portuguese knitting class; photo by Georgiann Schwetz.

Carol Chiarello So there are two prevalent methods of knitting. The yarn is held differently but they accomplish the same thing. One is called English, which is the right-handed method. The other is called Continental and the yarn is held in the left hand. Most of us learn one way and stick with it. Now…

Can a waitress be a shepherd to her customers?

Monique receives a shepherd’s staff from Dick Kroese.

Patti R. Albaugh and Dick Kroese The SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Club recently honored Monique Morquez (“Mo”), waitress at MountainView Country Club, for her outstanding attention to the needs of her customers. We are not always an easy group to serve. She might hear “Iced-tea, please” while she is scurrying to hand 20 people their breakfasts,…

GLAAS end of season party

Jo Ann Ellison GLAAS (Gays Lesbians and Allies at SaddleBrooke) held an end of season cocktail party at the home of Joseph Panessidi and Orville Bell. There was a lot to celebrate as our organization has now exceeded 100 members! GLAAS is a club open to all SaddleBrooke residents, which offers support and visibility to…

Bridge Clinic

Paul Shalita This clinic is a practice and critique session designed for players at intermediate and advanced levels who desire to improve their Bridge. No partner is necessary. No time commitment; come late, leave early. Meet potential new partners. Sessions run from 9:00 a.m. to noon on Saturday mornings at 37901 S. Arroyo Way in…

Partners Western Dance activities

Harry and Dottie Adams, summer practice sessions leaders

Jane Gromelski Partners Western Dance Club will continue dancing in the summer months in the Mesquite Fitness Room on Mondays at 6:00 p.m. These are not classes, but informal practices. Harry and Dottie Adams have volunteered to provide music and will organize the practices so we don’t forget all the dances we have learned. As…