The Tributaries Rocked DesertView Again! Barry Swartzberg For the fifth year in a row, the Tributaries rocked the DesertView Theatre, playing to a sold-out auditorium for over two hours, in a benefit concert for the Oracle Schools Foundation. This talented group had an enthusiastic audience dancing in their seats, in the aisles, singing along, tapping…
Shawne Cryderman Significant changes are happening within Community Circle Players (CCP). It is time to become our own entity, separate from the SaddleBrooke Theatre Guild. The CCP new executive board is: Shawne Cryderman, president, Tim Morsani, vice president, Jim Ward, secretary and Patty Gregory-Burke, treasurer. Connie Ward and Al Weigel are on the board as…
Richard Davis In our last article, we talked about how Barbershop music became an organization. Now we’ll look at how that organization is faring. There are 14,000 members in the Barbershop Harmony Society in the United States and Canada, and 70,000 worldwide, counting affiliates in over 30 countries. In this country and Canada there are…
Sharon Scanlan On April 30, Queen Camilla was interviewed by Jenna Bush Hager on the Today Show. She started a charity during the pandemic in 2020 called The Queen’s Reading Room, an online book club, with the belief that “reading has the power to make life better.” https://thequeensreadingroom.co.uk/ The Queen’s Reading Room has now reached…
Toes Were Tapping at the Senior Village Spring Birthday Party! Laura Anderson Toes were tapping as the SaddleBrooke Coyote Country Cloggers entertained Senior Village members at the March/April birthday celebration held at the SaddleBrooke One tennis pavilion. The ladies’ group danced and sang, teaching the audience some of their steps. The routines were captivating as…
Richard Dinges Twenty-four-year-old Jackie DeShannon hit it just right with her 1968 hit recording, “What the World Needs Now is Love.” Now 58 years later, we need that love and kindness more than ever. You know, the stuff that helps grease the wheels of civility. The by-product of which brings out the best in our SaddleBrooke neighbors. I’ve…