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…
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Clubs & Classes, March 2022
Dining and Dancing at the Chaparral
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…
Clubs & Classes, March 2022
So Many Benefits of Dancing
Carol Osgood Dance and exercise your way to a strong heart and good health! Enjoy the company of others with music and movement. Dancing is good for you mentally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually. Learning the basics of dance can increase your confidence in a variety of situations without you realizing it. Take your mind off…
Clubs & Classes, March 2022
Western Dances Are a Great Time
Carol Osgood The SaddleBrooke Social Ballroom Dance Club would like to thank Bob and Janelle Authur for taking on the responsibility of the western dance portion of this club—organizing the dates, getting the bands, and making sure these dances are so successful once a month. The bands hired are fabulous, and the dances are very…
Clubs & Classes, March 2022
You, Too, Can Enjoy and Benefit from Ballroom Dance
Claudia and Max Knauss “You’d like to learn how to dance, but feel you have two left feet?” asked SBR residents Trish and Kevin Munley. “Taking lessons through our Social Dance Club will take those worries away!” Weekly Thursday night group lessons and monthly Saturday social dances are available year-round here at SBR. Beginning level…
Clubs & Classes, March 2022
Western Dancers Welcome a New Year of Live Music
Janelle Authur SaddleBrooke Ranch Country-Western dancers welcomed the new year on Jan. 19 stepping to the live music of Wild Ride, a Tucson-based band. On Feb. 4, Patrick Rayl and the .357 Band, a Southern Arizona group, played country-western music as dancers celebrated an early Valentine’s Day. The bands play a wide variety of country…
Clubs & Classes, January 2022
Social Ballroom Dance Club Celebrates a Full Year of Dancing
Carol Osgood SaddleBrooke Ranch Social Ballroom Dance Club (SBRSBDC) celebrated the first full year of a very successful group of dancers of all levels, dancing once a month to great music in the Sol Ballroom. Music for these dances is provided by professional DJs Gus and Gina, who have been putting great dance venues together…
Clubs & Classes, January 2022
Ballroom Dance Club in Full Swing
Carol Osgood The SaddleBrooke Ranch Social Ballroom Dance Club kicked off the holiday season with its second ballroom dance. DJs Gus and Gina provided fabulous music from all genres: tango, cha cha, rumba, swing, nightclub 2-step, waltz, and salsa, along with a line dance for all to enjoy! If you could name the original artist, prizes…
Clubs & Classes, January 2022
SBR Western Dancers Welcome the Holidays Country Style
Janelle Authur Patrick Rayl and the .357 Band, a popular Southern Arizona Country band, filled the Sol Ballroom with western music at the SaddleBrooke Ranch Social Dance Club’s monthly country-western dance on Friday, Dec. 3. Seventy Ranchers welcomed the holidays with an evening of western dancing and holiday cheer. As the number of western dancers…
Clubs & Classes, December 2021
Social Dance Club Kicks Off the Holiday Season
The SaddleBrooke Ranch Social Dance Club kicked off the holiday season with a fun fall ballroom dance. DJs Gus and Gina provided fabulous music from all genres—tango, cha-cha, rumba, swing, nightclub 2-step, waltz, and salsa, along with a line dance for all to enjoy. If you could name the original artist, prizes were given! Tables…