Category: Clubs & Classes

Understanding loss and grief

Today we will explore the ever present, ever elusive, Developmental Loss. Why does it even need to be recognized? It is everywhere. It is always happening. And like most losses, we have no power to stop it. Now that sounds like you should stop reading, but don’t. Remember that understanding loss is the key to…

Computer Club updates – October 2014

Interested in researching your family history? You will soon discover that two websites – Ancestry.com (subscription) and Family Search (free) – will prove to be valued resources for information. Gloria Quigg, a new addition to our teaching staff, will demonstrate how to start using these extensive online genealogy research sources on Monday, October 20 at…

Ballroom Dance Club – swing to the beat

Steve Holdener I love a song that has a nice swing beat. In SaddleBrooke we like to dance to both an East Coast Swing (ECS) and West Coast Swing (WCS). There is both commonality and differences between the two swing dances. They are both social partner dances and belong to the group of swing dances;…

Thursday afternoon bridge clinic

Paul Shalita This clinic is a practice and critique session designed for players at all 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 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. on Thursday afternoons at DesertView. For more information call Paul Shalita…

Bridge Results – October 2014

MountainView Bridge Club Stephanie Parks Hello, everyone. I apologize for not sending a column to the SaddleBrooke Progress; it was an oversight. Thanks to Dick Quigg for letting me know. You can still sign up for the Regional At Sea from November 15 to 27 on The Royal Caribbean’s Explorer of the Seas, exploring the…

A few theories about the origins of the Argentine Tango

Lidia and Hector Legrand If you are interested in learning more about Argentine Tango and Argentine Tango events in SaddleBrooke, please visit our website http://tangoargentino.sharepoint.com where you can also read Parts 1 through 15 of this series. Historians as well as musicologists have arrived at different conclusions (sometimes these conclusions complement one another) about the…

The Gardeners Exchange – October 2014

Come join the fun and the gardening information source at The Gardeners Exchange on Tuesday, October 21 at 1:00 p.m. in the La Hacienda Club La Mesa Room at SaddleBrooke Ranch. Peter Warren, Urban Horticulture Agent for Pima County Cooperative Extension, University of Arizona, will speak on common insect pests and pesticide safety. As a…

Old Time Radio Club meeting

Norman Schickedanz OTR (old-time radio) fans will meet Tuesday, November 4 at 1:30 p.m. in SaddleBrooke. They will listen to Lux Radio Theatre’s To Have and Have Not from October 14, 1946, starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. The well done adaption of the 1944 movie retains the best scenes from the movie. At the time of…

Learn to clog – great fun and exercise

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Clogging is like Appalachian mountain dancing done mostly to Country Western music. There’s lots of hootin’ and hollerin’ and plenty of laughs. You wear taps on your shoes so there are great sounds coming from your dancing feet. The beginning class starts this year on Tuesday, October 21 from 4:45 to 6:00p.m. The classes take…