Richard Martin In 2004, I caught my wife Donna by complete surprise when I asked her if she wanted to take square dance lessons. She knew I was musically challenged (I think the term she used was tone deaf). However, I knew Donna loved to dance so when Larry Kraber, our beloved retired caller, convinced…
Jane Gromelski Partners western dance activities spring 2021: our next series of dance classes will be the Arizona 2 Step and Western Waltz. Classes will start on Wednesday, March 3. We will have six to eight classes in the series. These will be classes held outside, behind DesertView, on the volleyball courts. Our first meeting…
Diana Wille What is it like to walk into a Ballroom Dance Club get–together for the first time? Imagine for a moment you are planning on making a first trip to a place far from your familiar SaddleBrooke oasis. You have no prior experience with this new culture, and you have no idea what to…
Shirley Miller Our usual festive Christmas party with food, drinks and dancing was downsized to just dance, dance, dance. On Dec. 23, the level three dancers, dressed in their holiday attire, line danced to a playlist created by Terri Gage. The Christmas classics included “Jingle Bell Rock,” “Swinging with the King,” “White Christmas,” “A Marshmallow…
Sandy Gianotti So, what is line dancing, you may ask. In an article, Treva Bedinghaus aptly summarized “Line dances are choreographed dances with a repeating series of steps that are performed in unison by a group of people in lines or rows, most often without the dancers making contact with one another. All the dancers…
Diana Wille As the new year dawns, it might be time to set some new life goals. Goal setting is a powerful process, motivating us to dream an ideal future and act to make that dream a reality. We may remember goal setting from work, but it is important to set goals for fun times…
Jeanne Fernandez and Dottie Adams It was Tricks and Treats on Oct. 30 for the members of the SaddleBrooke Line Dance Club (SBLDC). With restrictions in mind and precautions in place the members celebrated Halloween at their regular Friday session. In their masks, of course, and boo-tiful Halloween-y orange and black attire, they danced to…
Carol Jones It’s been a tough summer for all of us, but some of the cloggers have kept our dancing alive and well. We’ve learned lots of new dances and had so much fun doing it. We are wearing our masks and dancing safely at a distance.
Diana Wille How exciting! By thinking outside the box, and a wonderful suggestion from our member, Bob Osborne, the SaddleBrooke Ballroom Dance Club (SBDC), was able to get dancing after months of just thinking about dancing! We would like to thank SaddleBrooke One administration for helping us schedule an outdoor dance for our members, wearing…
Dorothy Wood The SaddleBrooke Line Dance Committee (SBLDC) is chartered to find fun, new, fresh dances for our club. The “DC,” co-chaired by Krisse Arthur and Dorothy Wood, comprises of eight members including: Diana Carbone, Donna DePesa, Terri Gage, Charli Jackson, Shirley Miller, and Claudia Rigg. As old hands (sorry, gals!), they have each been line…