Gail A. Nelli Pages from the Great American Songbook, a song and dance show of outstanding music standards from the Golden Age of Broadway and Hollywood musicals, will have two performances: a matinee at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, March 21, and an evening performance at 7:30 p.m. on March 22. Tickets are available for only…
Barry Swartzberg Tickets are going fast, so do not miss your chance to see and hear this awesome group! Last April, The Tributaries rocked the DesertView Theatre, playing to a sold-out auditorium for more than two hours in a benefit concert for the Oracle Schools Foundation. This talented group had an enthusiastic audience dancing in their…
Debbie McGeehan and Melanie Murphy The Tucson Senior Olympics event is held annually the second and third weeks in January. This sporting event includes a large variety of sports, including tennis, pickleball, softball, target shooting, bowling, running, track and field, and many more. The tennis tournament this year was played at Fort Lowell Park. Seven…
Lori Lyle If you’ve swum at the DesertView pool in the last year, there’s a good chance you’ve met one of the most friendly and energetic new members of the SaddleBrooke Swim Club: Susan Bryant. Susan, aka Susie, joined the Swim Club last year after her partner Mike Schwarz taught her to swim freestyle. Susie…
Dennis Marchand The annual Javelina Cup was played with the teams of the men’s clubs from SaddleBrooke One (SMGA) and SaddleBrooke TWO (MPMGA). On Jan. 5, 92 golfers met to play on day one at the MountainView Golf Course, home of the MPMGA. Forty-six two-man teams played two nine-hole matches for one point per hole, for…
Karen Gray Throughout the year, the SaddleBrooke Hiking Club sponsors hundreds of hikes to various areas in Arizona. The final hike for 2022 was the Ridge/50-year Loop Trail. This trail affords a view of the Tucson Basin and surrounding mountains. On Dec. 31 six members of the hiking club drove to the Equestrian Center in…
Dick Kreutzen SaddleBrooke swimmers, friends, and family members showed up at the DesertView pool in January for the Third Annual Jack Fritz Pentathlon. This meet was a social event giving club members an opportunity to challenge themselves, with nothing at stake other than to have fun and hang out with friends. Newer swimmers were able…
Gail A. Nelli The production staff and cast of the 2023 Variety Show are hard at work perfecting their song and dance show Pages from the Great American Songbook. As SaddleBrooke residents of a certain age, we grew up listening to these “standards” on the Hi-Fi at home, on variety shows on TV, in movie…
Cheri Emahiser The SaddleBrooke Singers are busy rehearsing a wonderful variety of music for their 2023 spring concert. Should you walk by the SaddleBrooke One Activity Center at the start of the new year, it’s likely you’ll hear a chorus of voices and a few jazz notes from our incredible pianist Sly Slipetsky. Tanya Elias,…
Gail Thom SaddleBrooke Cyclemasters is one of the most active and diverse clubs here in SaddleBrooke and the Tucson area. With more than 250 members, we have riders who ride 600 to 800 miles per month around Tucson and members who ride casually in SaddleBrooke for fun and social times one to two times a…