Judy Saks On Jan. 30 the SaddleBrooke Line Dance Club held its required annual meeting. Items on the agenda included a review of finances and the listing of accomplishments of board members and the various committees. Our annual meeting is also the time we elect new board members. Our former vice president Sandy Gianotti moves…
Rockin’ Around the Tree Judy Saks On Dec. 15, 46 SaddleBrooke Line Dance Club members experienced holiday happiness at the annual holiday dance party and luncheon. As usual, the clubhouse was beautifully decorated. Thanks to our club’s Social Committee, there were also poinsettia flowers on the tables and lots of extra decorations sprinkled around the…
Judy Saks Ghosts and ghouls and goblins—Oh my! On Oct. 28 the SaddleBrooke Line Dance Club had its annual Halloween dance party. Thirty-nine seriously scary toe-tappers rattled their bones to many spine-tingling tunes like “Skeleton Shuffle,” “The Ghost of You,” and “Werewolves of London.” On the lighter side, we also danced to the fun songs…
Judy Saks Dancing, dancing, dancing. That is the main purpose of the SaddleBrooke Line Dance Club. It even says so in the mission statement on our website. “The Mission of the SaddleBrooke Line Dance Club is to … learn and enjoy the craft of line dance.” Doing all that dancing (which we love to do)…
Judy Saks Okay, so you’re not a novice anymore. Congratulations! You’ve gone through one of our three-month Novice Workshop sessions and mastered eight basic dances. Maybe you are ready to take the leap into Level 1 (Beginner), or maybe you are still a little bit unsure. Perhaps you went ahead to Level 1, are doing…
Judy Saks Maybe you have never line danced before, or it has been a long time since your boots were scootin’ across the dance floor. Now you’re thinking that you might want to learn or refresh that long-ago memory. But where, you might ask yourself, do I begin? Answer: The SaddleBrooke Line Dance Club’s Novice…
Judy Saks Dances here, dances there, dances everywhere! In fact, the SaddleBrooke Line Dance Club currently has 80 active dances. Finding and approving new dances is an important task of our Dance Committee. But just where do all these fabulous line dances come from? Like many things, the greatest source of information comes from the…
Judy Saks “April showers bring May flowers.” Well, I don’t remember any rain in April. But a lovely “bunch” of 45 SaddleBrooke Line Dance members came out for an aMAYzing dance party on Wednesday, May 25. All levels of dancers were there. There were the “tender buds” (Novice and Novice+), the “growing and maturing plants”…
Judy Saks The MountainView/Preserve Women’s Golf Association (MPWGA) was getting ready for their Member-Guest Tournament. Lady golfer and SaddleBrooke Line Dance Club (SBLDC) member Terry Kelly had been asked if she could teach a line dance at an evening event. She told them, “I’m just a novice!” But Terry knew she could call on some…
Dancing Leprechauns! Judy Saks Ever heard the phrase, “Better late than never”? Of course, you have. Well, that was the case for the SaddleBrooke Line Dance Club (SBLDC) when they celebrated St. Patrick’s Day on March 24, not March 17! But this certainly did not dim the dancers’ enthusiasm for things Irish. There was a…