Vivian Herman Spring is for lovers. So, it is fitting that the SaddleBrooke Ballroom Dance Club (SBDC) is teaching Argentine tango, the most romantic of dances, in March. Argentine tango is one of the most fun couples dances you can learn, because it is all about the communication between partners, inspired by the dramatic tango…
Carol Jones The Cloggers recently traveled to the Scootin’ Boots Dance Hall in Mesa for an all-day workshop. New dances and steps were taught by several Arizona clogging instructors. This is a yearly event and is always a fun day. To see the Coyote Country Cloggers perform their newest routines, get your tickets for the…
Tom Marshall Kaye and Rick Baumgartner’s love of dance was inspired by her parents who took them to dance clubs in Denver, Colo. When they moved here in 2006, Kaye saw an ad for the Ballroom Dance Club and thought it would be a good activity they could do together. The club was much smaller…
Jane Gromelski Dancing is a great activity for couples. It has many benefits. It is great exercise, it builds synapses in the brain, and you do it with your partner. Best of all, it is fun! It’s the only sport where you hold your partner close—forget the luge. We will teach the intermediate Arizona 2-step…
Lynda Fraley On Dec. 12, 51 revelers from the SaddleBrooke Line Dance Club (SBLDC) gathered at the SaddleBrooke One clubhouse to celebrate the holidays in style. For this event, dancers had transformed themselves into all manner of Christmas denizens. There was festive finery, reindeer antlers, elves, Santa’s helpers, and even one representative of “Team Naughty.”…
Mary Klootwyk Twenty-six SaddleBrooke Square Dance Club members traveled to Sierra Vista, Ariz., for the 10th Annual Hummingbird Hoedown Square Dance Festival held on Jan. 10 and 11. Another 150 dancers, from teenagers to dancers in their late 80s, attended this festival. Jet Roberts from Alabama and Tony Oxendine from North Carolina were the featured…
Mary Jane Wilson Have you seen what’s growing in SaddleBrooke gardens? Would you like to? Would you like to meet people whose gardens produce bags of citrus, baskets of fresh vegetables and herbs, roses of every color and size, and cactus flowers that the javelina won’t touch? Would you like to learn what has worked…
Spring Art Guild Classes Tracy Nelson Spring is a great time to pick up a new hobby or improve your artistic ability! Sign up for an art class today. All classes are located in the Topaz Room at the Arts & Crafts Center adjacent to MountainView Country Club. Membership in the SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Guild…
The speaker at our March 6 meeting will be Janice S. Blackhurst who will be presenting “Genealogy Gems in U.S. Probate Records: Wills, Estate Inventories and Sales, Distributions, and Guardianships.” The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. in the Coyote Room at SaddleBrooke One. Janice S. Blackhurst has over 40 years of research experience and…
Michelle Wiklund The Thrill of Thrifting (The Hunt) and Styling (Décor)! There’s no question about it—the secondhand market is currently experiencing a golden age. Estate sales (popular in SaddleBrooke), flea markets, and thrift stores are bustling with activity as buyers seek wanted décor treasures or to add to their personal collections. But thrifting is also…