Enid Fowler With all that wonderful food over the holidays, those extra calories can certainly add on the unwanted pounds! A fun way to burn off those extra calories is English Country Dancing. It’s easy and there’s lots of camaraderie. We meet every Thursday from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. at the Vermilion Room, SaddleBrooke One,…
Mary Jo Bellner Swartzberg Patsy Chase, also known by her car license plate Tappat and email moniker Tappatsy, continues to direct the Desert Stars, her clog/tap group of five SaddleBrooke women who meet every Monday and Thursday morning from 7:00 until 8:00 a.m. to practice their routines. The five dancers, all of whom have various…
Rita Fletcher The New Year started off with a Bee Line bus trip on January 3 up to Mesa for square dancing with other square dance clubs. Having worked up an appetite, stopping at Organ Stop Pizza was well deserved. You have to stop there just to hear the organ! If you recognize anyone in…
Jane Gromelski We had so much fun dancing to 3 Jacks and a Julie at the last 50s and 60s Sock Hop, we will do it again! The night, January 14, was a rip roaring success. We fixed the sound problem from the first Hop. Did you know that sound waves bounce? One table will…
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 Aerobics 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…
Dancers, Prancers and Vixens ‘Twas the week before Christmas and all through the house, the creatures were stirring, even the mouse—was tapping his toes at the SaddleBrooke Line Dance Club’s Holiday Party! On December 15, over 45 line dancers proved that “Jingle bell time is a swell time” by donning their gay apparel to dine…
Rita Fletcher Joining together for a joint dance makes for J-O-Y! It is always good to meet new people who have the same passion as you do. So the SaddleBrooke Squares went over to join the Sun City SunDancers for some festive dancing in December. We will continue to do so as we all always…
Ruth Birkhead Gathered to celebrate a successful year of dancing, the volunteer teachers of the Let’s Dance Club ushered in the holiday season. The teachers, all experienced amateur dancers, taught Cha Cha, Fox Trot, Waltz, Argentine Tango, Rumba, East Coast Swing and several other dances in 2015. The celebration was held at the home of…
Britt O’Grady Our teacher, Enid Fowler, recently went back to San Diego for the 40th Anniversary Celebration of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society’s San Diego Branch which Enid started more than 40 years ago. In addition to the pleasure of seeing old friends and enjoying the music and dancing, Enid had a lovely surprise…
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, ground pounding good time! Our January series just started on the sixth, but the opportunity to learn is not gone; we will have a series that will…