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…
Tag: dancing
Generals, December 2015
Sock Hop returns to MountainView Ballroom in 2016!
Jane Gromelski We had so much fun dancing to Three Jacks and a Julie at the last Sock Hop, we will do it again! The night was a rip roaring success. It was sold out. When the band played the first song, they immediately had us in the palms of their hands. We realized we…
Clubs & Classes, November 2015
Give us a whirl!
Rita Fletcher Three squares plus of new dancers came to Give Us a Whirl – October’s free intro to square dancing! Major wow! Some may have seemed a bit apprehensive as they came through the door. What to expect? But that quickly dissipated. The new dancers were warmly greeted and made to feel comfy. Smiles…
Clubs & Classes, November 2015
Line Dancing with Rebecca in January 2016
Dr. Mark Magdanz It’s time to reserve space for January 2016; almost 100 SaddleBrooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch residents are currently registered. Limits are placed on student numbers for safety. The winter series are planned for 10 classes in each level of difficulty. Starting the week of January 18 classes resume. Classes begin promptly at or…
Clubs & Classes, November 2015
Opportunities to dance with the Let’s Dance Club
Ruth Birkhead The Let’s Dance Club of SaddleBrooke is offering an ambitious line up of ballroom dance lessons for the next six months. These lessons are free to members of the club. Most classes are held Wednesdays, 10:00 a.m. to noon, in the SaddleBrooke Clubhouse Vermilion Room. Beginning in December Rita and Steve Holdener will…
Clubs & Classes, November 2015
It was a graveyard smash
Dorothy Wood They’re creepy and they’re kooky, mysterious and spooky, they’re all together ooky, the SaddleBrooke Line Dance Club! Okay, we’re not exactly the Addams Family but make no bones about it, we would have kept good company with them on October 25. Thirty-six creepy dancers haunted the Vermilion Room and swarmed the floor with…
Clubs & Classes, October 2015
Fox Trot and Tango classes: register early!
Long before any of us were taking our first steps, Irene and Vernon Castle were fashioning the Fox Trot into the newest dance craze. The Fox Trot is still, over a hundred years later, one of the favorite ballroom dances. Both slow and upbeat versions are staples in every DJ’s repertoire. In October, the Let’s…
Clubs & Classes, October 2015
SaddleBrooke English Country Dancers
Enid Fowler Welcome back to all the snowbirds. We hope you had a wonderful summer. Even with the summer heat here in SaddleBrooke we were still able to get some great dancing in at the lovely, cool Vermilion Room at SaddleBrooke One. English Country Dancing is great exercise and a lot of fun. The steps…
Clubs & Classes, October 2015
Part 25 Argentine Tango and Astor Piazzolla
This is a continuation of Part 24, published in last month’s issue. Argentina born Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) was a bandoneón (see part 8 of this series) and piano virtuoso, an orchestra director and a composer. He is the best known Argentine Tango composer in the international world of music. Unlike other famous Tango composers who…
Clubs & Classes, October 2015
Western Partners Dance classes starting again in October
Jane Gromelski 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 Beginners classes will start Wednesday, October 14 in the HOA 1 Vermilion Room at…