Rockin’ Around the Tree Judy Saks On Dec. 15, 46 SaddleBrooke Line Dance Club members experienced holiday happiness at the annual holiday dance party and luncheon. As usual, the clubhouse was beautifully decorated. Thanks to our club’s Social Committee, there were also poinsettia flowers on the tables and lots of extra decorations sprinkled around the…
Diana Wille Ballroom dancing is now considered the social form of partner dancing. I know many of us grew up dancing by ourselves, but we can now enjoy dancing with our partners to lots of the same music. The SaddleBrooke Ballroom Dance Club (SBDC) offers many dancing opportunities. We have multiple volunteer DJs who work…
Richard Martin This past Dec. 7, the SaddleBrooke Square Dancers gathered at the SaddleBrooke One Activity Center for our annual Christmas party. We started the evening with a social hour enhanced with our carefully selected BYOBOW (Bring Your Own Bottles Of Wine). In keeping with our long-standing tradition, our social hour was followed by a…
Diana Wille According to a 25-year study, the No. 1 activity for seniors’ brain and body health is ballroom dancing. Yes, a fun activity is really good for us, too! Why? Because dancing engages us physically with repetitive movements, requires us to think ahead, and creates a social environment. That’s three of the four top things…
Judy Saks Ghosts and ghouls and goblins—Oh my! On Oct. 28 the SaddleBrooke Line Dance Club had its annual Halloween dance party. Thirty-nine seriously scary toe-tappers rattled their bones to many spine-tingling tunes like “Skeleton Shuffle,” “The Ghost of You,” and “Werewolves of London.” On the lighter side, we also danced to the fun songs…
Jane Gromelski SaddleBrooke Partners Western Dance Club has a lot of dancing opportunities during the winter months. We will have a monthly dance with Wild Ride band playing for us, and we will have classes in Texas 2 step, Arizona 2 step, Western waltz, and Western 3 step, aka Polka. We have a great group…
Lots of Dancing Opportunities Diana Wille SaddleBrooke Ballroom Dance Club (SBDC) is dedicated to bringing SaddleBrooke residents multiple social dancing opportunities and accommodating all levels of dancing ability. Here are some of the events you can attend. Dinner Dance Parties: A Monthly Dinner Dance is available. Jan. 20, 2023, is our upcoming dinner dance. We…
Jane Gromelski The summer has flown by! It is time for classes to begin! On Oct. 13, we started our Arizona 2-step classes at 6 p.m. in the Vermilion Room in the SaddleBrooke clubhouse. Our intermediate class is at 7 p.m. I still love the Texas 2-step, but all the venues in town dance the…
Judy Saks Dancing, dancing, dancing. That is the main purpose of the SaddleBrooke Line Dance Club. It even says so in the mission statement on our website. “The Mission of the SaddleBrooke Line Dance Club is to … learn and enjoy the craft of line dance.” Doing all that dancing (which we love to do)…
Dinner and dancing is a kind of ultimate fantasy date, but too often we skip the second part. Things have been looking up, thanks to Dancing with the Stars. Seeing macho football players, average Joes like Jerry Springer, and billionaires adeptly moving around the floor can make men feel liberated to give ballroom dancing a…