Jennifer Jefferis Nestled against the foothills I live and rest at your feet Buffeted by a silent strength Sheltered with a quiet grace An anchor in the storms Protector of all who wander your slopes Through centuries of storms and floods You withstand. Throughout the winds of time These faithful hills remain sentinels of courage…
Punch Howarth SaddleBrooke’s Sheryll McManus will perform Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor(m), that this writer labels his “resurrection,” with the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra with Linus Lerner returning to the podium. The reason for my descriptive label is that following a disastrous failure at the premier of his First Symphony, Rachmaninoff…
Joe Giammarino and Dominic Borland On November 14, 2015 the SaddleBrooke Hot Dog Blind Draw Partners 8-Ball Tournament was held in the SaddleBrooke Starter Shack. The tournament directors were Dominic Borland and Joe Giammarino. After a blind draw the 15 players were grouped as follows: Jim “Aviator” Wydick and Barry Lyon, Dave Brinker and Ron…
Did you play Bridge about 40 years ago and are afraid you forgot everything? Have you always wanted to learn how to play Bridge but never had an opportunity in a friendly, unthreatening environment? Did you have a bad experience with some “serious” Bridge players? If you can answer ‘yes’ or even ‘maybe’ to any…
Dr. Mark Magdanz Sign up now for winter lessons. Classes will start at the Ranch Wednesday, January 20. The 2016 winter/spring class series will run 13 weeks through April. Two skill levels are taught year round on Wednesday afternoons in the Hacienda aerobics room. Rebecca’s line dance classes provide SaddleBrooke Ranch residents with dancing for…
Barbara Starrett and Joyce Honorof We are pleased to announce that the Small Slams Bridge Club is now American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) sanctioned and will begin offering ACBL masterpoints with the first game set for Thursday, January 14, 2016. Both Joyce and Barbara started playing bridge only few years ago and rapidly became interested…