Category: Clubs & Classes

Update on Sun Lakes Italian American Club

Steve Ambroso, VP, Italian American Club Ciao! It’s time for all Sun Lakes Italian American Club (SLIAC) members and guests to get together using social distancing and COVID-19 safety measures. The Sun Lakes Italian American Club will be having a dinner meeting on Monday, March 8, at 6 p.m., at Cottonwood San Tan Ballroom. All…

Cotillion Dance Club Announces 2021-22 Season!

Pictured are John Spinele and Lillian Vale entering the Cottonwood San Tan Ballroom in Sun Lakes on Nov. 10, 2018, for the 'Sequins and Bow Ties Soiree.' This memory was from our first dance at the Cottonwood Country Club. We are looking forward to re-establishing such gatherings of fun and fellowship with all of our club members and guests. We are especially looking forward to seeing John and Lillian again next fall.

Rob Spade Cotillion Dance Club plans to present four dinner dances to be held at the Cottonwood San Tan Ballroom in Sun Lakes. Be sure to mark your calendars with next season’s dinner dance dates: Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021; Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022; Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022; and Saturday, March 12, 2022. These dinner dances…

Restless Minds Will Consider Essentials

Bill Gates What is essential? That question has been much in the news this past year as the nation grapples with coronavirus and its social and economic implications. At its March meeting, the Restless Minds discussion group will consider what “essential” means—and who decides. The meeting will be held via Zoom at 7 p.m. on…

Building Healthy Habits With Essential Oils

JoAnne Gaudioso Our lives are filled with thousands of daily habits that are second nature to us. We take showers, lock the door behind us when we leave the house, all without even thinking about it. When we do things repeatedly, the brain builds strong connections with those actions until, eventually, we hardly think about…

Reiki News

Lois Valleau There’s good news if you’re interested in hands-on healing. The Reiki Circle is meeting every week on Zoom, and there will be two Reiki talks and demonstrations offered in Cottonwood’s Fitness Center this March. As a recent transplant to Sun Lakes from Seattle in 1994, I was seeking a Reiki community like I…

Sun Lakes Writers’ Group

Life Can Be a Dream—Virtually Speaking Sue Donovan Since March, 1999 when Al Gore supposedly claimed he “invented the Internet,” the online life of both savvy techies and those of us who can barely answer our own Smartphones, has exploded. Just in time for our current health crisis, the capabilities of today’s Internet can be…

Desert Navy Update

Richard Volpe With the coming of the March winds, we appear to be seeing some positive activities pertaining to the attempts at getting the virus under control—the problem that has been with us for over a year now. During this period of time, most clubs, including the Desert Navy, have been in a “holding pattern,”…