Are you looking for entertainment for the holidays, a special occasion (i.e., a milestone birthday, wedding anniversary, etc.)? Then look no further! The Desert Stars, a clog/tap ensemble, is a group of four women who will tap and clog their way into your hearts! They have appeared in all of the SaddleBrooke variety shows and…
The Desert Stars – after a performance at the Santa Catalina Villas, Tucson, Brookdale Senior Living. If you would like The Desert Stars to perform for your event contact Barb Sullivan at 520-400-2115.
Marilyn Mitchell, Barbara Sullivan, Mary Jo Bellner Swartzberg and Tina Wrbanek What do a former operating room nurse, a former critical care nurse, a former corporate manager and a former administrator at a medical school have in common? They are the Desert Stars, a tap/clog group located in SaddleBrooke. The Desert Stars practice two times…
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…
Mary Jo Bellner Swartzberg It has been a great season for the Desert Stars and the season ended with several performances in April, including performances at Santa Catalina Villas, Sterling House and La Rose Health Center. These performances included such musical numbers as: Clarinet Polka, Orange Blossom, Way Down Yonder in New Orleans, No Business…
Mary Jo Bellner Swartzberg The Desert Stars had several performances in November and December of 2014. The troupe is under the direction of Patsy Chase who started The Desert Stars in 1997. The group’s motto is clogging with a flair. She and her husband, Bud, came to live in Tucson in 1980 and built a…
The Desert Stars, a tap/clogging group (clogging with a flair), has been on the go! The group performed in the SaddleBrooke Variety Show in March, in which it performed a dance routine to the 1960s hit song, Way Down Yonder in New Orleans, by Freddie Boom-Boom Cannon. And in April the dance group performed for…