Wanda Ross Summer is just around the corner. Snowbirds are starting to leave but we’re still dancing. On Friday, April 12, more than 40 dancers enjoyed our last Ballroom Dance Dinner Party of the winter/spring dance season. We enjoyed a delicious dinner of pear walnut salad with a choice of chicken marsala, striped sea bass…
Wanda Ross New officers were elected for the SaddleBrooke Ballroom Dance Club at our General Meeting in April; Brian Hand as President, Kathleen Dunbar as Vice President, Dottie Adams as Secretary and Wanda Ross as Treasurer. The vision for the Board is to help both those people who want to get back into dancing and…
Wanda Ross It’s autumn, time for ballroom dancers to learn to dance. In October, more than 20 club member participants are learning to Waltz with instructor Phil Doyle. Already they know steps, form and patterns and are twirling around the dance floor waltzing to beautiful music. Have you ever considered learning to ballroom dance? Perhaps…
If you are looking for a special gift, an evening of dining and dancing is a lovely choice. There are a myriad of dance opportunities scheduled in SaddleBrooke for this winter and spring. They range from informal practice sessions to elegant dance galas. These are all sponsored by the SaddleBrooke Ballroom Dance Club and the…
If you don’t like to get up at 5:00 a.m. to walk or jog, there is an alternative way to exercise during these hot summer months. Dance! Dancing is a great aerobic exercise as well as being good for balance, coordination and your brain. It takes a lot of brain power to get those feet,…
The Let’s Dance Club salutes the following members for their dedication, time and energy. They will have all taught a series of four week dance classes in 2016. Barry and Linda Moore – Cha Cha; Steve Hess and Vivian Herman – Latin Hustle; Dave Poferl and Mary Borkovec – Salsa; Claudia Booth, Dave Poferl, Tom…
Way back at the turn of the century Ross Stephen gathered several people together to form the first Ballroom Dance Club in SaddleBrooke. From that beginning SaddleBrooke ballroom dancers now have two clubs which have a combined membership of over 100 people. The two clubs are somewhat like fraternal twins – same genesis but different…
Ruth Birkhead Gathered to celebrate a successful year of dancing, the volunteer teachers of the Let’s Dance Club ushered in the holiday season. The teachers, all experienced amateur dancers, taught Cha Cha, Fox Trot, Waltz, Argentine Tango, Rumba, East Coast Swing and several other dances in 2015. The celebration was held at the home of…
Steve Holdener Mambo is a highly energetic Latin musical form and dance style. However, it is not to be confused with a Mamba also known as The Black Mamba, a very deadly snake in sub-Sahara Africa. The word mambo (“conversation with the gods”) is the name of a priestess in Haitian Voodoo derived from the…
Steve Holdener The Viennese Waltz, also known in German as the Wiener Walzer, is quite different from other forms of waltz. It is a rotary dance where the dancers are constantly turning either toward the leader’s right (natural) or toward the leader’s left (reverse), interspersed with non-rotating change steps to switch between the direction of…