Donna Langwig This year Catalinas Community Chorus is celebrating 10 years of the magic of making music and the joy of community. A community chorus in Oro Valley, a long-time dream of Cyndee Chaffee, began on January 16, 2006, with 16 singers and accompanist Marge Ahlstrand. By the first concert in April 2007 there were…
Dr. Steven Buchmann, Author and Entomology Professor at University of Arizona, will present Flowers: What They Have to Say for the Birds, Bees, and Us at the MountainView Clubhouse Ballroom West on March 17, 2016, from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. following Ask Your Master Gardener from 12:30 to 1:00 p.m. Dr. Stephen Buchmann is an adjunct…
Food drive March 14 This year’s SBCO’s annual Food Drive will be held the morning of Saturday, March 14 at the MountainView Clubhouse parking lot. This is a community-wide event for SaddleBrooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch. All residents are encouraged to help in this worthy, annual event. Proceeds will, once again, go to the Tri Community…
Punch Howarth Te Deum, a massive choral work for orchestra, soloists and chorus will be a featured work on the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra’s April concerts conducted by Linus Lerner. The massive refers to the full tutti parts especially with brass. However there are numerous relief passages of sublime beauty and passion. Scored for a…
Thursday, March 17 – St. Patrick’s Day The world will feel bright and gay and all eyes will be smiling! Especially those SaddleBrooke folks when they attend the St. Patrick’s Day Fun Fest on March 17. Entertainment provided by the always popular DJ Gus D Oldie and Ms. Gina. Their JukeBox Journey will be a…
Anne Movalson On Sunday, April 17, 2016, the SaddleBrooke Symphony Guild will have the last event of this season. We will attend the Tucson Symphony Orchestra’s Classic 8 Concert, Sailing with Scheherazade, at the Tucson Music Hall and then have dinner at the Café’ a La C’Art. The conductor is Mei-Ann Chen, one of America’s…
Jane Gromelski We have had so much fun this year with our 50s and 60s Sock Hops, but we want to raise the level even higher for the last event of the spring season in the MountainView Ballroom. Therefore, we are celebrating our life in SaddleBrooke with a Senior Prom on April 28! Oh, Yeah!…
Hal Dieterle Another Class AARP Smart Driver class (formerly called Driver Safety) will be presented on March 23 at SaddleBrooke HOA 1 Clubhouse from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (four hour class). The AARP Smart Driver program is the nation’s first and largest refresher course for drivers age 50 and older and has helped millions…
Strike up the Band! You’re a Grand Old Flag, so let’s Pledge Allegiance to the Stars and Stripes Forever, the Star Spangled Banner! I Hear America Singing, because This is My Country, “This is a great country—-my country, ‘tis of thee!” Oh, Captain! My Captain! When Johnny Comes Marching Home, he’ll be a Yankee Doodle Dandy.…
“Curtain up, light the lights, you’ve got nothing to hit but the heights.” That’s what happens when SaddleBrooke performers take the stage in Red Hot, Green and Blue—That’s Entertainment Variety Show. There’s singing, dancing, comedy and many surprises in this gala show at the DesertView Performing Arts Center at 7:00 p.m. March 15, 16 and 17…