Claudia Booth, Ruth Birkhead, Ann Kurtz and Tom Kurtz
Don Grafmiller, Mary Borkovec, Randy Miles, Bruce Uhl
Ballroom Dance Clubs to merge
Ruth Birkhead
The Let’s Dance Club and the SaddleBrooke Ballroom Dance Club (SBDC) are merging to form one club to offer dance instruction, practice sessions and dinner dances. The SBDC was formed in 1999 with the mission to provide opportunities for ballroom dancing. The club has grown to include about 150 members. Because many people asked for basic instruction, the Let’s Dance Club, begun in 2011, was created to offer classes in the six ballroom dances – waltz, fox trot, tango, rumba, cha cha and swing. As members of both clubs, the ballroom dancers in SaddleBrooke have enjoyed social dances, a wide variety of classes and plenty of opportunities to practice. All of this will continue when the two clubs merge.
The members of the Let’s Dance board have served for the past six years and are now ready to retire from administrative duties. The retiring members are Claudia Booth, Tom Kurtz, Ann Kurtz and Ruth Birkhead.
Because of the strong commitment to continue to serve the SaddleBrooke ballroom dancers, the SBDC agreed to take over the management of dance instruction. Current members of the SBDC Board are Randy Miles, Bruce Uhl, Mary Borkovec and Don Grafmiller. The Boards of both clubs are working together to assure a smooth and seamless transition.
In the meantime the SaddleBrooke Ballroom Dance Club will continue to offer informal dance sessions on Wednesday and Sunday afternoons. Also on the first Thursday of each month dancers gather in the Vistas of SaddleBrooke Clubhouse to have dinner and dance. All these sessions are free and open to all SaddleBrooke residents. More information on all of these events is available at [email protected].