Bob White Sunday, October 9, 2016 saw the start of the SaddleBrooke Square Dance Club’s twenty-first year of square dance lessons. The club’s square dance caller, Larry Kraber, has been teaching these lessons in SaddleBrooke since the formation of the club over 20 years ago. The square dance lessons get started each year with a…
Judy Saks and Lynne Kumza What can you get for $10 these days? Not much. Unless you’re talking about the SaddleBrooke Line Dance Club. For just $10 a year, the SaddleBrooke Line Dance Club is the best deal in town! Are you brand new to line dancing and want to give it a try? No…
Dr. Mark Magdanz Just over three years ago I had open heart surgery—wildly successful. That recovery, what a bore! How fast the steps recede deep into a fog. Every dance I knew in June is a blur. Having fun with friends, exercising, listening to music – that is what line dance is truly about and…
Britt O’Grady Summer is coming to an end. Maybe not here, but up north where our snowbird friends still remain. We are eagerly awaiting our English Country Dancers among them to return. In the meantime, the few of us here keep meeting every Thursday for a lilting walk to the directions of our teacher, Enid…
Wally Mara The Latin dance secret? It’s no longer a secret. On March 4, 2016 the American Heart Association reported: “After four months of lively Latin dance classes, older adults were more physically fit and walked faster than those in a health education program, according to a University of Illinois at Chicago study. By study’s…
You’ve seen others dancing on the floor, now see how easy it is. We invite you to come and learn the Texas Two-Step and the Western waltz and experience a boot stomping, ground pounding good time! Our next series of beginner’s classes will start Wednesday, October 19 in the MountainView Ballroom at 6:00 p.m. The…
Jane Gromelski Just in time for the 50s and 60s Sock Hop on November 3, we will offer Beginning Swing lessons in the Fitness Room by the Mesquite Grill at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday evenings. If you missed out on the fun of rock ‘n roll when you were young, now is the time to…
If you are new to SaddleBrooke or just emerging from the first months of getting settled, it is time to start thinking about keeping fit, having fun and meeting new friends. Dancing has it all! A dizzying array of dance opportunities awaits you. There is ballroom dancing, square dancing, western partner dancing, line dancing, folk…
Lynne Kumza The SaddleBrooke Line Dance Club loves to party! A fun filled Fiesta was attended by 25 intoxicating senoras at the bella casa of Dolores Riccardone, just adjacent to the fifth hole of the golf course at the Preserve. Laughter and Latin rhythm music was heard throughout the neighborhood and the lush greens of…
Jane Gromelski We had so much fun dancing to 3 Jacks and a Julie last year, we will do it again! But even if you don’t dance, come and listen to the music of our youth! The Sock Hops last year were awesome. When the band played the first song, we immediately wanted to be…