Category: Clubs & Classes

School’s out for summer

Janet Tucker Who remembers Alice Cooper’s great summer anthem? I may not have been a wild Alice Cooper fan, but I have always liked that song. So here we are in the delightful month of May, watching the flowers bloom and making summer plans. The summer time is great time to take advantage of the…

Arizona pecans

Rich Walden is Farm Manager for Santa Cruz Valley Pecan Farm.

Pam Boedeker This year the SaddleBrooke Nature Club has been focusing on the products of Arizona. In April our guest speaker’s expertise was pecans. Rich Walden is a third generation farmer from the Santa Cruz Valley south of Tucson. He is the Farm Manager for the Santa Cruz Valley Pecan Farm and is active in…

Let’s Dance Ballroom Club

An eager group awaits Two Step instructions.

A crowded dance floor of eager wanna be Night Club Two Steppers awaited instruction under the expert tutelage of Tom and Ann Kurtz. Night Club Two Step is often called the cruise ship dance because of the small dance floors on most cruise ships. NCTS can be danced beautifully with grace and stylish movement in…

British Club Coffee Morning and Book Exchange

The April British coffee morning was hosted by Joan Reichert.

Twink Gates-Zimdar On Saturday, April 11 it was another glorious morning here in SaddleBrooke when eleven members of the British Club gathered together and enjoyed a friendly coffee morning and Book Exchange at the home of Joan Reichert. Along with coffee and tea, of course, Joan served an array of homemade delicious sausage rolls, quiche…

Pickleball, Part 1: Popularity growing

Andrea Molberg Fun, competitive, easy to learn and good exercise, pickleball is the fastest growing sport among active seniors and a sought after amenity in retirement communities. So much so that Pickleball is the first sport added to the National Senior Games in 20 years and according to Athletic Business (2015) has been catching fire…

The British Club plays Bocce Ball

The Bocce Brits

Twink Gates-Zimdar It was a surprisingly cooler than normal day Sunday, April 26 after the glorious weather we have been enjoying this April. However, twenty nine members of the British Club braved the 64 degree weather and gathered at the Bocce Ball Courts here in SaddleBrooke for a fun Bocce Ball game. Following the game,…

Thursday afternoon Bridge clinic

This clinic is a practice and critique session designed for players at intermediate and advanced levels who desire to improve their Bridge. No partner is necessary. No time commitment; come late, leave early. Meet potential new partners. Sessions run from 12:30 to 4:00 p.m. on Thursday afternoons at 37901 S. Arroyo Way in SaddleBrooke. We…

Birthdays are a piece of cake!

Line Dance Club members throw a birthday bash.

Dorothy Wood “Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.” These veritable words were brought to life by twenty-five members of the SaddleBrooke Line Dance Club who threw themselves a party on April 13 to celebrate what we often try to forget—our birthdays! This wasn’t your boring cake and candle event, this was a bash…