Rebecca Williams The Rancheros Square Dance Club joined its sister club, the SaddleBrooke Squares, and members of the Western Whirls and the Mesa Checkmates from downtown Tucson and Mesa at a dance held on Sept. 3. There were more than 40 people enjoying the dance. Would you like to give this fun activity a try for yourself? The…
Rebecca Williams The Rancheros Square Dance Club is working on starting a new set of lessons on Thursday, Oct. 5. There will be an opportunity to give the activity a try for free that evening, starting at 7 p.m. Square dancing is a fun activity that incorporates both mental and physical activity and lots of time to socialize!…
Rebecca Williams and Mary Spittler Graduating from a square dance class is a very special occasion for a new dancer. It signifies successful completion of a series of square dance lessons that are necessary prior to entering the activity as a qualified square dancer. It is an achievement; it is a reward; it represents a degree of…
Rebecca Williams The Rancheros Square Dance Club is working on starting a new set of lessons on Jan. 5. There will be an opportunity to give the activity a try for free that evening starting at 7 p.m. in the MountainView Ballroom over at SaddleBrooke. The Rancheros Squares and SaddleBrooke Squares have a live caller present…
Rebecca Williams The Rancheros Square Dance Club enjoyed a wonderful night of square dancing with their sister club, the SaddleBrooke Squares. More than 40 people attended the event, with several having fun in their favorite Halloween costumes. The Rancheros were especially pleased to have two of their attending couples take the top awards. Steve and Susan…
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…
Rebecca Williams The Rancheros Square Dance Club was happy to introduce three new dancers to their next level in square dancing. Having learned the 62 calls that make up the Mainstream level this past fall, the dancers are now working on the 32 additional calls involved in the Plus level, which is the level at…
Rebecca Williams The Rancheros Square Dance Club helped to graduate 15 dancers who spent the last ten Sunday evenings learning the advanced calls involved in the plus level of square dancing. The class was a total of 24, but included were some members who were just brushing up on their skills. The 15 all started square…
Rebecca Williams The Rancheros Square Dance Club joined sister club SaddleBrooke Squares at a Halloween dance on Oct. 31, at the Resurrection Lutheran Church activity hall (so the clubs could bring in finger food and desserts in abundance). Three callers—club caller Dean Singleton as well as guest callers Rick Gittelman and Scot Byars—called a fun and…
Rebecca Williams The Rancheros Square Dancers joined their sister club, SaddleBrooke Squares, and danced to the sounds of the islands on Aug 15. Dancers dressed in their favorite “island theme” attire, from Hawaii and the Caribbean. The caller, Dean Singleton, had a great selection of music such as “Island Song” from Zack Brown Band, “Sloop John B” from the Beach…