Carole Hays and Rebecca Williams On July 31, 16 square dancers from the Mesa Checkmates Square Dance Club drove down from Mesa to join the Rancheros and SaddleBrooke Squares dance clubs for a night of square dancing. It has long been a square dance tradition that if a club brings two squares (16 dancers) to…
Carol Osgood The SaddleBrooke Ranch Social Dance Club (SBRSDC) was started in January 2019 by John Hess and Mark Holden as copresidents and club officers. John Green joined the club in June 2019 as secretary/treasurer and completed the trio of officers. We are all so thankful for their hard work, insight, and fulfillment for many…
Carol Osgood Look at the tremendous fun and concentration seen on these dancers’ faces as they navigate the different steps, positions, turns, and weaves, all while keeping time with the music. There are so many benefits of dancing—learning something new, using the brain and the body, and meeting such a great group of dancing friends!
Janelle Authur Ranch residents donned their jeans, boots, and cowboy hats on June 10 for a sizzling summer evening dancing to the live music of Patrick Rayl and the .357 Band. The Sol Ballroom reverberated with boot scootin’ as 60-plus dancers filled the dance floor. Dancers wearing cowboy hats were eligible for the evening’s raffle, so…
Janelle Authur Have you recently spotted Ranchers in cowboy hats and boots at the Ranch House? If you have, they could be Ranch Country Western dancers headed to the Sol Ballroom for an evening of boot scootin’ to the live music of Tucson-area bands. On March 9, Ranch Country Western dancers celebrated an early St.…
Rebecca Williams Five members of the Rancheros Square Dance Club have graduated from 14 weeks of lessons this spring and will now be able to participate in dances at their respective level every week all summer long. Carla Marquardt and Debbie Trapp graduated at the Mainstream level, Kim Denny who is now “ambidancetrious,” in that…
Carol Osgood Dancers have tremendous fun while also concentrating to navigate different steps, positions, turns, and weaves in time with the music. The benefits of dancing include learning something new, using the brain and the body, and meeting a great group of dancing friends! The SaddleBrooke Ranch Dance Club website, sbrsbdc.club, has a full calendar…
Carol Osgood SaddleBrooke Ranch now has three dance clubs offering monthly lessons and three organized dances per month, giving all dancers options of three different venues. Come join the fun! There’s social ballroom dancing, western dancing, and rock and roll dancing, which can be everything you want to dance. Go to the website sbrsbdc.club to…
Carol Osgood Dance Club classes such as 2-Step and West Coast Swing provide tremendous fun while learning something new! You’ll navigate the different steps and positions, turns, and weaves, all while keeping time with the music. It can benefit your brain and body while you also meet a great group of dancing friends. The Ranch…
Richard Martin Thirty-five square dancers, all members of the SaddleBrooke Ranch Rancheros and the SaddleBrooke Squares, enjoyed dining and dancing at the Chaparral (D&D at C) on Jan. 2. Why did we go there, you ask? Well, square dancing has always been associated with the romanticized image of the American cowboy, and the Cadillac Chaparral…