Category: May 2016

Southern Arizona Symphony season finale

Punch Howarth Symphonie Fantastique of Hector Berlioz will be the major work by the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra in their season ending concert. Not really a symphony in the traditional mode, the five-movement work is a series of opium induced musical dream depictions. Along with Beethoven’s five movement Symphony No. 6, the Pastorale, depicting musical sounds…

Speakeasy piano jazz-inspired classics set for Piano Society concert

Val Bembenek A lively musical celebration of the Roaring Twenties, showcasing jazz and ragtime inspired piano classics of William Albright and George Gershwin will syncopate the stage at the Oracle Center for the Arts on Sunday, May 1. Themed a “Speakeasy Rent Party,” Dr. Stephen Cook, Oracle Piano Society founder and artistic director, plans to…

Communication Today

Internet Q – I’ve heard that Orbitel offers the fastest Internet in the area. Can you explain everything that is available with Orbitel Internet? A – It’s hard to imagine life before the Internet. All the devices we rely on: computers, tablets, smart phones, gaming systems and a growing list of gadgets are connected to…

Latin Rhythm Dance Club

DJs and Latin Dance Instructors Wally and Jeanny Mara

We dance all summer The Latin Rhythm Dance Club is SaddleBrooke’s premier dance club, offering professional-level classes in authentic Latin dance styles. These include Bachata, Bolero, Cha Cha, Cumbia, Merengue, Rumba, Salsa and Samba and others. Instruction is generally one hour in length, with a half hour of practice time afterwards. Weekly Latin Dance Classes…

4th annual Club Expo highlights

Ken Hovmiller and Eric Boulter with the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut Club

Linda Harvey This year’s Club Expo on Sunday, March 20, was a resounding hit with SBR residents and guests alike. For the fourth year members from all corners of the SaddleBrooke Ranch community came together to share information about groups with which they are involved and to learn about other groups and organizations that are…

SaddleBrooke Ranch Tennis Association hosts annual dinner

SBRTA members enjoy the annual dinner.

Sandy Schlager Under the direction of Sheila Bray, SBRTA Events Chairperson, the SBRTA annual dinner committee worked tirelessly to ensure an enjoyable evening for all. The three-course meal that was created was well prepared and delicious. Tennis themed table decorations gave the room an elegantly festive look. Chocolate tennis balls that enhanced the table décor,…

SBR Women’s Club enjoys first cocktail Meet and Greet

Friends socializing at Meet and Greet

Marlene Diskin Variety is the spice of life, and who doesn’t like a little spice in their lives? That’s why the newly formed SBR Women’s Club is including two Cocktail Meet and Greet events a year along with their monthly luncheons. The first Meet and Greet was held from 2:00-4:00 p.m. on Monday, March 14,…

SBRTA members travel to 2016 BNP Paribas Open

Eighth seeded team wins against unseeded team in a three set men’s doubles match; photo taken by Arlene Wong

Sandy Schlager A group of SBRTA tennis players recently traveled to the 2016 BNP Paribas Open, considered one of the five premier professional tennis tournaments in the world, which takes place annually in March. All the top professional men and women tennis players participate in this nearly two-week event held at the spectacular Indian Wells…

Pacific Northwest Club enjoys get-together

Corine Sturdivant The Pacific Northwest Club had its first get-together of 2016 on Wednesday, March 30. We expanded the Pacific Northwest Club to include: Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Alaska and BC and had a really great turnout; 52 of our 80 members attended! After ordering food and drinks from the Bistro, members headed for the…

Scavenging all the way to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base

Richard Williams and Jack Stebe lead the SaddleBrooke Squares on yet another adventure!

Rita Fletcher Seventy plus is not just an age but the number of Square Dancers having another active fun day. Starting the morning off everyone followed clues to find and photograph objects within SaddleBrooke and along the drive to Davis-Monthan. Everyone concurred it was indeed a hilarious blast showing off each team’s craziness, creativity, curiosity…