Jane Gromelski To learn to dance! Gentlemen, we have ladies who would love to dance, and they need a partner. This is not a dating service. We just need more lead dancers for the purpose of dance only. And dancing is fun! Western dancing encompasses 2 step, waltz, and partner pattern dancing. We can add…
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October 2024, Clubs & Classes
You’ll Love Learning the Dance of Love!
Diana Wille November provides an opportunity to learn rumba in lessons from the SaddleBrooke Ballroom Dance Club (SBDC)! Rumba is characterized by its sensual and romantic feel and is therefore often referred to as the Dance of Love. Although it has a Latin feel, it is one of the most versatile dances, easily compatible with…
August 2024, Clubs & 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…
August 2024, Clubs & Classes
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…
August 2024, Clubs & Classes
SilverBelles Give a ‘Firecracker’ Performance
The SilverBelles Performance Dance Team danced their “firecracker” routines on July 4 at the Fountains of La Cholla Retirement Community. The Belles were dressed in their finest red, white, and blue “sparkly” costumes, which the audience loved. The audience sang along with the patriotic dances “Grand Old Flag” and “Yankee Doodle,” showing the Belles with…
Clubs & Classes, July 2024
SaddleBrooke Ballroom Dance Club – July 2024
Hot August Nights/Cool Dancing Vivian Herman The SaddleBrooke Ballroom Dance Club (SBDC) has some very cool events planned to shake up those hot August nights. Salsa! A vibrant and energetic form of dance that originated in the Caribbean with strong influences from Latin American cultures. Characterized by its lively and rhythmic movements, salsa incorporates a…
March 2024, Clubs & Classes
SaddleBrooke Ballroom Dance Club: Dancers in the Spotlight
Tom Marshall “We’re a social club where we enjoy dancing and also learning new dance steps,” says SaddleBrooke Ballroom Dance President Rich Adinolfi. Rich and his wife Deb became members almost immediately after moving to SaddleBrooke eight years ago. Growing up in New Jersey, Rich’s entire family always loved to dance. Growing up in Chicago,…
Clubs & Classes, March 2024
New Beginnings, New Steps
Pat Knepler Spring is the time of new beginnings. The SaddleBrooke Ballroom Dance Club is just that. We strive to keep our dances and activities varied enough so that everything seems new and fresh. April may be known as the time for showers in much of the world—“April showers bring May flowers”—but here, April brings…
Clubs & Classes, March 2024
Square Dancing Makes You Healthy and Happy!
Mary Klootwyk Dancing is a universal human experience. We dance to express joy, celebrate life events, and enact religious and cultural rituals. Dance also has physical and cognitive benefits that may exceed those of other forms of exercise. The evidence for the health benefits of exercise is indisputable. Physiologic studies have demonstrated that regular activity…
Clubs & Classes, February 2024
Boogie into Funky Town
Vivian Herman The March class is in Latin Hustle, a vibrant and rhythmic dance style that originated in New York City during the 1970s. Fusing elements of salsa, mambo, and hustle, this energetic dance, characterized by intricate footwork and spins, creates a lively and energetic atmosphere on the dance floor. Hustle instructor Steve Hess learned…