Tag: classes

Focus on Level 3

Lynda Fraley If you, like me, are a perpetual Novice, Novice+, or Level 1 line dancer, you might be surprised, and even a little awed, to learn that there are two additional levels of dance instruction available in the SaddleBrooke Line Dance Club (SBLDC): Levels 2 and 3. The Level 3 dance classes meet Fridays…

Ballroom Dance Club: See You in September

It’s September in SaddleBrooke, and the returning snowbird migration begins. Time for them and us year-round SaddleBrooke Ballroom Dance Club (SBDC) members to don our dancing shoes and get ready for the classes and events offered by the SBDC. The September class will be Merengue for Beginners, taught by Roger and Linda Shamburg. This lively…

Did You Watch the Olympic Swimming in Paris?

Claire Guidas Does that make you want to restart or improve your own swimming? No matter what your experience or level, the Swim Club has something for you! Don’t know how to swim? Can swim one length of the pool but want to learn some better techniques to start lap swimming? Able to swim laps…

Move Those Feet to a Bachata Beat

Vivian Herman Bachata is a style of dance and music that originated from the Dominican Republic. In addition to being known for its romantic melodies, guitar-based rhythms, and sensual dance moves, bachata has gained popularity over the years because it’s pretty easy to learn. Join your fellow SaddleBrooke Ballroom Dance Club (SBDC) members this July…

Cool Off in the Pool!

  All summer long, the Swim Club will offer coached practices on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Two or three practices will be available on those days between the hours of 7 and 11 a.m. While all practices will offer a combination of technique and fitness work, the 7 a.m. session will place a slightly higher…

Dancers Rave About the Club

Dawn Di Leo Each quarter the SaddleBrooke Line Dance Club (SBLDC) offers lessons of various levels. Dancers without recent line dancing experience generally start with the first class, called the “Novice” class. The current Novice dancers completed their first class at the end of March, and their enthusiasm shows what makes the club so much…

You Can Do It!

Diana Wille Would you like to engage in a fun activity that will help you make new friends, increase your number of steps per day, and is the number-one activity to reduce dementia risk? Good news! We can help! Partner dancing is a wonderful way to accomplish those three things. If you tap your foot…

Looking for Something Fun to Do This Summer?

Lori Fraer Looking for something cool to do inside this summer? Why not try making music and learning to play the piano together with others? Maybe playing the piano is something you always wanted to do but never took the time. Maybe you have an instrument sitting at home, and you have been saying, “Someday…

SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Guild – April 2024

Member Spotlight on Katherine Evans Dawn Price One of the newest members to SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Guild is Katherine Evans. Evans and her husband found SaddleBrooke in the way that many do. They were traveling all over, looking for places to consider retiring in. They visited some friends who were already here, came over the…