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We dropped everything for a good cause

Left to right: Connie Ward, Karen Schickedanz, Shawne Cryderman, Karen Moore, Susan Sterling and Carol Merlini; photo by Steve Weiss

Susan Shear The PrimeTime Players recent production of Calendar Girls was a huge success with sold out audiences, rave reviews and standing ovations. The cast, crew and staff along with our audiences, rode an emotional journey of tears and laughter as we told the true story of the original British Calendar Girls. All of us felt…

4peat is sweet! SaddleBrooke swims to State Championship

Phil Simpson On the weekend of April 2 and 3, 50-plus members of the SaddleBrooke Swim Club’s U.S. Masters Swim Team ventured north to Paradise Valley to compete in the Arizona State Short-Course-Yards Championship Meet, hosted by the Phoenix Swim Club. In a record setting, eye popping performance, Coach Doug Springer’s intrepid natators dominated the…

STC Scramble On

Jay Clayton Wilson Scramble OP has been the STC answer to the difficult question of introducing and intermingling over 400 players of different skill levels. Ordinarily players in most sports, including tennis, tend to play with others of similar skill levels. That makes for good competition. But it results in a severe limitation on one’s…

The Community that could

Like the children’s story of the engine that pulled a train across difficult terrain to its destination, so it was with the Pet Rescue Network Power of Us fundraiser’s $10,000 goal. During the four month effort, Network partners rallied to repeat the little blue engine’s mantra, “We think we can, we think we can.” We’re…

PrimeTime Players presents Calendar Girls April 5th-10th

Connie Ward/Miss November; photo by Steve Weiss

Tim Firth The PrimeTime Players presents Calendar Girls, based on the 2003 film starring Helen Mirren and the true story of a group of ordinary yet extraordinary women, members of a traditional English Women’s Club, who persuade one another to pose nude for a charity calendar. Puzzling their spouses and mortifying their fellow club members,…

Performers shine in Variety Show

“Curtain up, light the lights, you’ve got nothing to hit but the heights.” That’s what happens when SaddleBrooke performers take the stage in Red Hot, Green and Blue—That’s Entertainment Variety Show. There’s singing, dancing, comedy and many surprises in this gala show at the DesertView Performing Arts Center at 7:00 p.m. March 15, 16 and 17…

New kids on the block

New club dancers (back rows) join the line.

Dorothy Wood Ah, spring! The bloom is on the rose. The lark is on the wing. And a new crop of line dancers are on the floor! The SaddleBrooke Line Dance Club is proud to welcome a host of new dancers into our club this season. Nineteen newcomers participated in a four session novice course…

SaddleBrooke Singers Salute America

Sally Sample The SaddleBrooke Singers will present their spring concert, April 1 and 3, 2016, in a dynamic celebration of our Nation and our Heroes. Under the baton of our new director Tanya Elias-Graf, the Singers are excited to present a patriotic concert of new and familiar music. Director Tanya has selected music for the…

Spring Art Show features outstanding array of artists

‘Stampede’ by Dolores Root

You will be blown away by the artwork at SaddleBrooke’s Spring Fine Art Show in February. From oil painting, watercolor, collage and photography there is something for everyone. Don’t be fooled that this group of talented seniors are amateurs. Many of the SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Guild members have art degrees and have been painting or…

Happy 2016 from the SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Guild

Janet Tucker It’s hard to believe that it’s a new year already. The Guild is starting the new year with a selection of classes that has something to offer almost anyone. Whether you are a seasoned artist or just beginning your artistic journey, or anywhere in between, you will want to attend one of our…