The Rancheros and SaddleBrooke Squares enjoyed dancing to Elvis music on Thursday, August 1. Dancers showed up in their best “bling” as well as “Man in Black” and Route 66 outfits. Their caller, Dean Singleton, did an outstanding job impersonating The King, dressed in full regalia, and playing and singing many favorite Elvis tunes to…
Rebecca Williams On Thursday, May 9, the Rancheros and SaddleBrooke Square Dance Clubs graduated 45 new dancers. The new dancers did 16 weeks of lessons to learn the basic and mainstream calls of square dancing. During that time, they learned over 90 calls. Club members assisted in the lessons by filling in the squares so…
Sheila Bray I saw a friend’s post on Facebook “tried square dancing last night…what fun.” “Oh, let’s give it a go,” I say to my dearly beloved! We used to be avid Scottish country dancers when we lived in LA so I thought a couple of lessons would make us proficient in Square Dancing; it…
Rita Fletcher Seventy plus is not just an age but the number of Square Dancers having another active fun day. Starting the morning off everyone followed clues to find and photograph objects within SaddleBrooke and along the drive to Davis-Monthan. Everyone concurred it was indeed a hilarious blast showing off each team’s craziness, creativity, curiosity…
Rita Fletcher Team effort: Check! Contact sport: Check! Coach: Check! Fumbles: Sometimes! Victory: Always! Fun: Check! The sport of square dancing is indeed a true team effort. A team of eight executes a variety of calls given to them as they dance and sing along. Mistakes sometimes happen, but the fun is correcting them as…