Our holiday season was filled with many fun events. The New Year promises even more to come! Many of our club dancers celebrated New Year’s Eve dancing with friends in Green Valley and some Allemanded left with their corner in Mesa. Best of all, when the Times Square New Year Eve’s ball dropped it was…
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Clubs & Classes, January 2015
Let’s Dance and SaddleBrooke Ballroom Dance Clubs – January 2015
A final note on West Coast Swing Steve Holdener During the 1940s and into the 1950s the Big Bands were very popular across America with touring, radio and television which all helped to sell records. The preferred dances were Lindy and Jitterbug for Big Band music. Towards the end of the 50s the inevitable happened…
Clubs & Classes, January 2015
Western Partners Dance Classes for 2015 and revised dates for club dances
June 2014
STS and Partners Western Dance team up
George Bidwell SaddleBrooke Troop Support receives much needed ongoing contributions from the Partners Western Dance Club. In honor of their valuable cash contributions, STS presented a Certificate of Appreciation to Jane and Stan Gomelski, the club leaders. Those contributions go directly to STS efforts in behalf of local troops and their families. Jane and Stan…
May 2014
Part II: Argentine Tango: who was Carlos Gardel?
Lidia and Hector Legrand Imagine an American crooner with the sum of the popularity of Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby, Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra all combined into one. That virtual American crooner would be as popular as Carlos Gardel is for Argentine Tango lovers all over the world. Several countries have claimed him as…