Tag: SilverBelles

Whirling, Twirling SilverBelles

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…

SilverBelles perform all year round

Front row: Ann Kurtz, Dianne Bank; Second row: Tami Peterson, Vivian Herman, Claudia Booth; Third row: Laurie Page, Sandy Schoenleber; Back row: Loretta Tom, Michele Gildner, Caryl Mobley and Tina Wrbanek

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…

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…

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…

SilverBelles unveils new website

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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…

Destiny calls…Silver Belles answers

Dancers, left to right: Linda Schuttler, Caryl Mobley, Ann Kurtz, Kathleen Dunbar, Tina Wrbanek, Claudia Booth, Dianne Bank, Laurie Page and Vivian Herman

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…

New Belles for the New Year

Tina Wrbanek (left) and Kathleen Dunbar

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…

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…