Claudia Booth The SaddleBrooke SilverBelles are thrilled to welcome our newest member, Shaun Herndon, to their dance team. Shaun is a very talented and accomplished performer. She has been performing all of her life as an award-winning, competitive baton twirler. She is a two-time World National Baton Champion, an Iowa and Midwest Champion, a three-time…
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Clubs and Classes, July 2019
SilverBelles perform all year round
Summertime, and the living is easier. Vacations and graduations help break up this hot time in the city, but the SilverBelles are still busy reviewing and revitalizing current routines and putting the finishing touches on new choreography. In addition, new members are learning and perfecting the vines, pivots, turns, kicks and synchronizations that are all…
Clubs & Classes, February 2019
Shout out for tryouts for new SilverBelles
Vivian Herman The SilverBelles have been entertaining all around Tucson and Green Valley for many years, in senior living residences and for our friends and neighbors at various functions and parties here in SaddleBrooke. You may have seen us in the last seven or eight variety shows. And now we are entertaining the idea of…
Clubs & Classes, July 2017
Dressing the SilverBelles
Vivian Herman Closet coordination is a beautiful thing and each SilverBelle’s closet is a finely tuned, carefully crafted mélange of sparkly, sophisticated and flattering items that when put together make us look, feel and dance like a million bucks. Coordinating our performance costumes falls to Claudia Booth, our costume maven. Taint easy finding items that…
Clubs & Classes, April 2017
SilverBelles unveils new website
Vivian Herman Everything you ever wanted to know about us is now available on our first ever comprehensive website, saddlebrooke-silverbelles.com. Read the informational flyer to find out how and who to call to book us for a performance; see where we’ve danced, check out our costumes—even view our submission video to America’s Got Talent. You’ll…
Clubs & Classes, March 2017
Destiny calls…Silver Belles answers
Vivian Herman The adventure began last month with an email from Destiny Altvater, talent coordinator with America’s Got Talent. While browsing dance websites, Destiny saw and liked our group and left a message requesting videos of several of our dance routines. Subsequently, she asked for a video with us dancing in the style of the…
Clubs & Classes, January 2017
New Belles for the New Year
Vivian Herman The SaddleBrooke SilverBelles are excited to welcome two new dancers, Kathleen Dunbar and Tina Wrbanek. Kathleen and her husband Dick moved to SaddleBrooke in February 2016. She joined our training group, the CrystalBelles, the very next month. In addition to her love of dancing, she is greatly involved in our community and is…
Clubs & Classes, January 2017
SilverBelles start new Crystal Belle training class
Vivian Herman Did you ever want to try your hand (or feet) at learning dance routines in a fun way with no commitment? Well, here’s your chance. Once again the SilverBelles dance team is starting a Crystal Belle training class. First introduced at the SaddleBrooke Activity Fair in January 2016, our current group has been…
Clubs & Classes, December 2016
SilverBelles kick up their heels at Harvest Heritage Festival
Vivian Herman The SaddleBrooke SilverBelles, along with a host of talented performers, danced before a happy throng of festival goers at the Harvest Heritage Festival in November. Performing several dance routines to different genres of music, the western tune Trashy Women was a crowd favorite. This was the first time the Belles participated in the Oro…
Clubs & Classes, November 2016
A Bevy of Belles… silver and crystal
The SilverBelles were very proud to introduce their training group, the Crystal Belles, to the residents and patients at the Casas Adobes Post Acute Rehabilitation Center in October. Along with Silver Beaus, Sam Page and Lloyd Maritz who entertained during costume changes, the Crystal Belles performed two numbers Trashy Women and In These Shoes. The training…