Category: Clubs & Classes

Why join the Ballroom Dance Club?

Dodie Prescott Organized in 2004, the Quail Creek Ballroom Dance Club’s mission is to provide formal evenings for the enjoyment of area residents. We recently asked our members why they joined the club and why they continue to be members. Here are a few of the comments we received. * “We joined the club because…

It’s all natural: wood, clay and silver

Zapotec weaver Porfirio Gutiérrez; photo courtesy of Ron Sullivan

Ron and Vicki Sullivan Although there is not much sheep ranching going on in the Santa Cruz River Valley, a master of traditional Zapotec wool weaving is coming to Quail Creek in Sahuarita for three days on March 4, 5 and 6. Porfirio Gutiérrez and his family are masters of traditional Zapotec weaving and the…

Protecting yourself from scammers

Dianne Thomson The Scam Squad, a unit of the Sheriff’s Auxiliary Volunteers, evolved from the Neighborhood Watch program. Lou Sampson of the Pima County Sheriff’s Auxiliary Volunteers saw the need for a program to protect citizens who are targeted by scammers. She believes that education is the best crime prevention tool that we have. Acting…

Made in Tucson – part 2

Joyce Ann Clark On Tuesday, March 15, 2016, the Educational Trips Committee of Quail Creek will once again celebrate the entrepreneurship of southern Arizona by hosting a day trip concentrating on things Made In Tucson. Fifteen participants will tour the HF Coors factory which manufactures high quality dinnerware. The attendees will meet an in-house artist…

Wild West Lady Bandit visits Quail Creek

Shirley Pinkerton, center, with door prize winners (left to right): Janet Connell, Sandi Beach, Marjorie Williams and Diana Diou.

Diane Quinn The Madera Ballroom of the Quail Creek Clubhouse received a visit from notorious stagecoach robber Pearl Hart (aka Shirley Pinkerton) during the January meeting of The Women of Quail Creek. Often referred to as “The Lady Bandit,” Ms. Hart told the captivated audience of her background and her life of crime, resulting in…