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…
The speaker at the SaddleBrooke Computer Club meeting on March 17 will be Dian Lineback, and her topic will be “New iPhone/iPad Tips and Tricks.” The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. at the DesertView Theater. No matter how long you’ve used an iPhone, there are always new (or new to you) features to discover.…
Judy Saks Let’s start with a question: Is graphic art “fine art”? Yes, a short definition (taken from Wikipedia) states: “A category of fine art, graphic art covers a broad range of visual artistic expression, typically two-dimensional graphics, i.e., produced on a flat surface ….” Join us as we discuss the life and works of…
We meet on the second Saturday of the month from 10 a.m. to noon at the Arts & Crafts Activity Center at SaddleBrooke One, Room 4, to share information, get new ideas and names of doctors, and listen to speakers dealing with various matters affecting us. Many publications are available for you to take home…
At our meeting on Feb. 6 at the DesertView Theater, our speaker, Sharon B. Megdal, PhD, compared and contrasted the Wicked Water Problems facing both Arizona and Israel, two desert locations. She highlighted new technologies being developed in Israel that offer potential solutions to Arizona’s water problems. Dr. Megdal bridges the academic, practitioner, and civil…