Bob White Those restless square dance circles seem to just have to keep on rolling. On the last Wednesday of November, sixteen SaddleBrooke Squares dancers headed on down Oracle Road to Ranch Vistoso and then on over to the Oro Valley Sun City (OVSC) auditorium for a square dance. It was sort of a special…
Jane Gromelski Night Club Two Step is a dance invented by Buddy Schwimmer. Its pattern is quick, quick slow. That’s pretty dry. It is actually a more relaxed, easy to learn, dance. It is one of my favorites. We use it at both Ballroom and Western dances. It is a great dance for ballads or…
Spooky Halloween party Lynne Kumza It was a grave yard smash! In October the Vermilion Room crypt came alive with witches, spiders, even a spider web, a butterfly and bee, a cat and Peter Pan. They were creepy, kooky and spooky; also cute and mysterious. What could this be? It was just a few members…
Randy Miles The SaddleBrooke Ballroom Dance Club launches its new evening school of dance lessons beginning Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. in the DesertView Mariposa Room. This sunset series will target beginning dancers, but all levels are welcome to attend. Taught by experienced club members, each four week session promises to put students…
Bob White October, November and now December – and the square dance students of the Class of 2018, as of December 10, are practicing Lesson 10, more than half way through the mainstream portion of the classes. In just a few more weeks they will have completed 19 lessons and can be on their way…
Wally Mara The Latin Rhythm Dance is in its thirteenth year of providing professional level instruction in authentic Latin dance styles for SaddleBrooke residents. This season’s classes feature the popular Latin dances Bachata, Bolero, Cumbia and Tango. Free Latin Dance Classes Free Monday Basic Dance Classes meet in SaddleBrooke One’s Vermilion Room Mondays from 2:00…
Dr. Mark Magdanz October 14 Rebecca Magdanz held her major party event of 2017; the dance party included over 50 dancers. Great fun was had on the dance floor with students from both SaddleBrooke Ranch and SaddleBrooke participating. In three hours of dancing about 30 different dances were enjoyed by Levels 1, 2 and…
Britt OGrady This time of year I tend to get very nostalgic about Christmas past in my old country, Sweden. Besides the food and many traditions surrounding Christmas, most of all I miss the fun of doing the long dances and simple circle dances around the Christmas tree. Starting on Lucia Day, December 13, with…
Jane Gromelski In January, 2018 we will start our next series of Beginning and Intermediate Partners Western dance classes. In the Beginning series, we cover Texas Two Step for four weeks, and then we do two weeks of Western Waltz. Classes will start on Wednesday, January 10, in the SaddleBrooke clubhouse Vermilion Room. Beginning classes…
Jane Gromelski In mid-October, Jane and Stan Gromelski, SaddleBrooke residents, offered Beginner Texas Two Step and Western Waltz dance classes again on Wednesdays starting at 6:00 p.m. Classes will be held in the MountainView Ballroom. Classes will began on October 18. They will run for five weeks and tuition is $40 per couple. Intermediate classes…