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Partners Western Dance Activities in April

Our February dance

Jane Gromelski Every Thursday in April, we will continue our series of Partner Pattern dance classes. Beginners start at 6 p.m.; intermediate classes start at 7 p.m. These classes are held in the Mariposa Room in DesertView. These are a fun alternative to our other two step and waltz classes. They are similar to line dancing, but…

TGIFriday Dance Party

SBDC dance in the beautiful MountainView Ballroom (Photo by Sheila Honey)

Diana Durham You’re invited! A Fabulous Thank Goodness It’s Friday Dance Party happens on April 17, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the MountainView Ballroom. Start off the weekend swinging and swaying to a great selection of dance tunes. This fun event is sponsored by the SaddleBrooke Ballroom Dance Club (SBDC) and all SaddleBrooke residents…

Sign Up Season for Line Dance is Now

Thursday fun in Level 1 Line Dance was much more fun several weeks ago. We’ll be returning soon but not soon enough.

Dr. Mark Magdanz What happens next? Well, we are planning on dancing in the future and would like you to join us. The calendars are not set and our Mexico vacation is canceled, so everything is fluid, but the series will begin about one week after we get the authorization to return to the facilities.…

Free Dance Classes

Instructors Tom and Mary Borkovec are dancing the Argentine tango. (Photo by Sheila Honey)

Diana Durham In April, you can register for the SaddleBrooke Ballroom Dance Club’s Beginning and Beyond Tango Rumba Fusion dance classes to be held on Wednesdays, May 6, 13, 20, and 27 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Mariposa Room at the DesertView Performing Arts Center. Two of the most romantic and beautiful of the…

Exercise with Latin Dancing

Wally Mara, President The Latin Rhythm Dance Club is in its 15th year of providing professional level instruction in authentic Latin dance styles for SaddleBrooke residents. About Dancing Taking a dance class – with its defined steps and different tempos – provides deeper cognitive and balance challenges than repetitive movement fitness training, like walking or cycling. Dancing improves…

Nightclub Two Step Classes Offered on Thursday Nights

Instructors Jane and Stan Gromelski.

Jane Gromelski We have been asked to teach nightclub two step again. Thursday, March 5, we will start a five-week series of classes at 5 p.m., in the Mariposa Room in DesertView. Nightclub two step is a dance developed by Buddy Schwimmer. It is danced to ballads like “Lady in Red,” or Alan Jackson’s “Remember When.” It is quick,…

Having Fun Socializing Maintains Our Brains

Diana Durham To maintain our cognitive function, the top three activities are having fun socializing, eating healthily, and exercising, according to Dr. Thad Polk of the University of Michigan. His expertise is cognitive neuroscience and psychology, and the Princeton Review lists him as one of the top 300 professors in America. So, we believe him…

All A Board!

Board members (left to right): Dottie Adams, Diana Carbone, Anne Romeo, Lynne Kumza, and Barbara Brunswig. Photo by Dorothy Wood.

Dottie Adams Another year, another election for the SaddleBrooke Line Dance Club (SBLDC) board. Moving up from vice president to president is Anne Romeo. Voted into the positions of vice president is Diana Carbone and member-at-large is Dottie Adams. Serving another term as secretary is Lynne Kumza and as treasurer is Barbara Brunswig. Leaving the board is…

Partners Western Dance Activities Spring 2020

Jane Gromelski Our next series of dance classes will be the Arizona two-step. The first of the five-class session will start on Wednesday, March 11, 2020. Our first meeting will be in the MountainView Ballroom at 6 p.m. The Arizona two-step is also called the rhythm two-step. It has steps that are different than the ones…