Tag: dancing

English Country Dancing

Bob O’Grady Recently, some of our dancers participated in the Activities Fair. It was a lot of fun explaining to interested visitors what English Country Dancing is all about with use of both pictures and video. We described why we like it so much and the fact that it is quite easy to learn and…

Ballroom dancing times two

Stephen and Ruth Birkhead

Way back at the turn of the century Ross Stephen gathered several people together to form the first Ballroom Dance Club in SaddleBrooke. From that beginning SaddleBrooke ballroom dancers now have two clubs which have a combined membership of over 100 people. The two clubs are somewhat like fraternal twins – same genesis but different…

Square dancing is friendship set to music

SaddleBrooke Squares attended the annual Yuma Valentine Festival.

Rita Fletcher Square Dancers from all over these United States gathered at the Yuma Civic Center for the 66th annual Valentine’s Square Dance Festival. The rooms were filled with laughing and fun while dancing. What a great way to stimulate your mind while getting exercise; a winning combination. Over 40 dancers from the SaddleBrooke Squares…

New kids on the block

New club dancers (back rows) join the line.

Dorothy Wood Ah, spring! The bloom is on the rose. The lark is on the wing. And a new crop of line dancers are on the floor! The SaddleBrooke Line Dance Club is proud to welcome a host of new dancers into our club this season. Nineteen newcomers participated in a four session novice course…

Line Dance Lessons with Rebecca

Rebecca’s Beginner (Level 1) class is having a ball and already has learned that mistakes don’t matter--in fact, you have to make them or you are not learning. Fun is the ruler is these classes.

Dr. Mark Magdanz Classes started January 18 with a fun loving bunch of SaddleBrookers and Ranchers having a ball on various dance floors. The 2016 Winter/Spring class series runs through April. Rebecca’s line dance classes and happy feet sessions serve all skill levels from novice through high intermediate. Year round classes are always the rule,…

SaddleBrooke Line Dance Club

Line Dancers, ready to burn up the floor

Dance-A-Thon 2016 dance ‘til you drop On January 9 in the MountainView Ballroom over a hundred dancers proved that dance marathons — an American phenomenon of the 1920s and 30s — still live on in the new millennium right here in SaddleBrooke! Okay, we may not have endured hundreds of hours, draped exhaustedly over our…

Western Partners Dance Class and Club schedule

Jane Gromelski You’ve seen others dancing on the floor, now see how easy it is; come and learn the Texas-two-step and the Western waltz and experience a boot stomping good time! Our next set of Beginner’s classes will start Wednesday, March 2 in the MountainView Ballroom at 6:00 p.m. The series of six hour-long classes…

Swing lessons at night

Jane and Stan Gromelski

Jane Gromelski Just in time for the 50s and 60s Sock Hop on March 1, in the MountainView Ballroom, 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…