Step to It! Judy Saks The Texas 2-step is a popular dance that has its roots in the country and western music scene. Characterized by its quick-quick-slow rhythm, the dance involves partners moving in a smooth, gliding motion around the dance floor. It’s related to the polka, the Texas waltz, and the jitterbug. Why not…
Wanda Bailey, President-Elect, Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke Many of us are retired or nearing retirement. As we end our working years, we create plans to make sure our financial resources are adequate. However, did we also consider how to spend our newly found free time? Healthy aging requires having purpose—a reason to get up each…
Mary Jane Wilson and Gail Bohlman The new SaddleBrooke Gardening Club (SBGC) is organized into four subgroups: Vegetable/Herb, Flower/Roses, Citrus/Fruit Trees, and Cactus/Succulents/Other. Initial subgroup meetings were held in August where like-minded gardeners started forming connections, learning from each other’s experiences, and suggesting future subgroup activities, including home garden tours, presentations, and field trips. Some…
Sam Miller Oct. 13 is the beginning of the SaddleBrooke Skygazers Astronomy Club calendar year, and we are in for a treat this month. Dr Marcia Rieke, Principal Investigator for the near-infrared camera (NIRCam) on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), will join us with details of the JWST’s performance. This Sunday, Oct. 13, meeting…
Cheri Emahiser We are always looking for new singers, and we invite you to join us on any Sunday in September. We rehearse at the SaddleBrooke One Activity Center. Come by a bit before 2:30 p.m. and meet the Singers. Singing—why do we enjoy it so much? What about singing lifts our spirits? Don’t we…
High Holy Day services will be officiated by Rabbi Daniel Price. Participating in the delivery of the services are our exceptional professionals Eliyanah Powers, cantorial soloist, and Dr. Joshua Nichols, accompanist. We are honored to have Stephen Beecher, cellist, perform “Kol Nidre” (“All Vows”) at the Yom Kippur evening service. Tashlich service will be on…
Sharon Scanlan and Donna Boring The first Fall Study begins on Oct. 2 at 9:45 a.m. in the Elizabeth Room for six Wednesday mornings. Our study will be “Experience the Travel Narrative of Acts.” Come experience the travel narrative of Acts, tracking the exciting journey of the early church from Jerusalem to Rome, all propelled…
Melanie Einbund 5785 Already? No, it isn’t a misprint! The New Jewish Year is 5784! Congregation B’nai Midbar at SaddleBrooke will be holding Rosh Hashanah evening services on Oct. 2 and morning services on Oct. 3. Yom Kippur services will be held on Oct. 11 (evening) and Oct. 12 (day). Rabbi Danny Price will be…
Jenni Long Calling all beginning or exploring artists! The SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Guild is pleased to announce another opportunity to take part in its next Art Sampler class on Tuesday, Sept. 10, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Topaz Room in the Arts & Crafts Center at MountainView Country Club. The class time…
Lynda Fraley If you, like me, are a perpetual Novice, Novice+, or Level 1 line dancer, you might be surprised, and even a little awed, to learn that there are two additional levels of dance instruction available in the SaddleBrooke Line Dance Club (SBLDC): Levels 2 and 3. The Level 3 dance classes meet Fridays…