Janet Tucker The SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Guild is here to help you tap into your creative talents! We have so many wonderful classes that are available to anyone in SaddleBrooke—in fact, you don’t even have to live in SaddleBrooke to take our classes. Most classes are open to any skill level, although when intermediate or…
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Clubs & Classes, March 2015
Jewish Friendship Group news – March 2015
Marilyn Anthony It was down to the wire for the second annual Jew Who Knew? evening with three teams tying for first place. Following two tie breaking questions, Team Aleph, Sam/Lorna Horowitz, Sandy/Seth Basker, Ellie/George Adelman and Elaine/Howard Fagan took the prize. It was no mean feat to win this year with somewhat esoteric questions.…
Clubs & Classes, March 2015
Western Partners Dance classes and club dances
You’ve seen others dancing on the floor, now see how easy it is. We invite you to come and learn the Texas Two Step and the Western Waltz and experience a boot stomping, ground pounding good time! We will begin our next series of classes on Wednesday, March 18, 2015, in the MountainView Ballroom at…
Clubs & Classes, March 2015
Hiking programs to take you to two special places
Karen Schickedanz Continuing to feature adventures both far and near, the next two SaddleBrooke Hiking Club programs will feature Hiking in Tanzania and Mt. Kilimanjaro and summertime hiking in Oregon. First up, on Wednesday, March 18, is the program on Africa presented by Barbara and Jack Rosenthal. They hail from Montreal and have spent the…
Clubs & Classes, March 2015
SaddleBrooke Squares events
Our square dance club has a very full calendar the remainder of this year. Our regular club dance is Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. in the MountainView Ballroom. Our energetic and enthusiastic new class meets on Sundays at 7:00 p.m. in the MountainView Fitness Center. The class has completed all the main stream calls and is…
Clubs & Classes, March 2015
Let’s Dance and SaddleBrooke Ballroom Dance Clubs: Samba – The music of Carmen Miranda
Steve Holdener Growing up in the 1950s in Tacoma, Washington, I was aware of dancing in our Swiss community with polkas, waltzes, landlers, etc.; however, it made quite an impression on me as I was watching an old black and white movie on TV one day, which featured a beautiful woman dancing to a lively…
Clubs & Classes, March 2015
Spring Tai Chi classes and student updates
Carol Emerson Every week there are two beginning Tai Chi classes in SaddleBrooke so, if you’ve been thinking that it is something you might want to try, now is the time! Carol and Ken Emerson are certified black belt instructors and have been teaching in our community since 2006. Both have extensive backgrounds in the…
Clubs & Classes, March 2015
Upcoming quilt show
Vicki Schroeder The fifth Biennial Quilt Show, Splendor in the Desert, presented by Valley Quilters Guild and Desert Scraprats will be held at the Las Campanas Recreation Center, 565 W. Belltower Drive, Green Valley, Arizona, on Saturday, March 28, 2015, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday, March 29 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00…
Clubs & Classes, March 2015
Understanding loss and grief: Am I crazy?
Dolores Robu Isn’t it enough that I’m alone and, and, and—. What am I feeling? What day is this? Has he/she only been gone a month or was he/she ever here? I hang up the phone and realize that I can’t remember anything we talked about except for my loss. I must have told that…