First time trail riders enjoy scenery in new way

New riders Mike and Janice Neal get to know Janice’s mount, Hoss.

Some new riders joined in the fun with the SaddleBrooke Ranch Riding Group seeing the Catalina Foothills on horseback for the first time at one of the group’s frequent venues, Pusch Ridge Stables in Oro Valley. Janice Neal had only been on a horse decades ago while new resident Madoka Knight had never been horseback…

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…