Category: August 2019

Lets get off our seat and on our feet

Gary and Penny Marshall

With so many benefits to couple dancing, why sit? Learn to dance for intellectual well-being, exercise, fun, weddings or, like Gary and Penny Marshall, for Gary’s upcoming class reunion. Gary and Penny are the ideal students who are going to impress Gary’s classmates! Book a private dance lesson (one person or one couple) or a…

Classic Rock

Classics Rock, a show of familiar songs in a way you’ve never heard is coming to the Madera Clubhouse Crystal Ballroom on Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. A cash bar will open at 6:00 p.m., and the show will begin at 7:00 p.m. Tickets cost $26. The show is produced by Khris Dodge Production. Jkl Classics…

Where in the World is the Crossing?

Having fun snorkeling in the Sea of Cortez in San Carlos, Mexico. From left to right: Nancy Katzberg, Bonnie Dean, Tom Dean and Sandy Veydt.

Where in the World are you reading The Crossing? Submissions for the September issue must be received by August 19. No photoshopped pictures will be included and photos must include either the May, June or July issue of the Crossing. A drawing for a $50 Quail Creek Grill gift certificate will be held for submissions…

Word of the Month

Demotic David Zapatka I attend a five-day conference every summer where experts are brought in to speak about a wide variety of topics. This year’s annual gathering had 218 speakers lecturing, hosting interactive gatherings and running tournaments on 308 interesting and entertaining topics. Being a lifelong student, I’m in my element when I can learn…

Quail Creek rocks a Patriotic 4th of July

Anita Fisk The big, red fire truck from Green Valley Fire District Station No. 155 kicked off this year’s Fourth of July parade at Quail Creek. Residents and their guests found great seats along the parade route to cheer loudly from as they enjoyed more than 50 golf carts, bicycles and cars all decorated in…

Lady Putters have a busy summer

Getting five or more holes-in-one in one session were (front row, left to right): Yoshie Hennessy, Sylvia Butler, Barbara De Lange, Suzan Bryceland and (back row) Janet Wegner. Photo by Sylvia Butler.

Peggy McGee Despite the heat, the Lady Putters have come out in larger numbers this summer than ever before. They experimented with starting at 8:00 a.m. instead of 8:30 a.m. but will go back to the 8:30 a.m. start time beginning Aug. 14. Their summer brunch featured an egg salad-stuffed croissant and refreshing fruit salad,…

Put on your dancing boots or shoes

Pocket-sized LED flashlights are $5.

Peggy McGee Line dancing, chicken dance, square dancing and the hokey pokey are just some of the fun activities happening at the Javelina Hoedown on Sunday, Oct. 13, in the Madera Clubhouse Ballroom. Each October, The Women of Quail Creek (TWOQC) sponsors an annual scholarship fundraiser that awards scholarships each spring to high school seniors…

Mata Ortiz coming to QC October 11-13

Moroni Quezada

Ron and Vicki Sullivan Mark your calendars for the fall 2019 Mata Ortiz pottery, jewelry and Zapotec weaving show coming to Quail Creek’s Kino Conference Center Oct. 11 through 13. Returning to the Kino Conference Center are acclaimed potters Lydia Quezada and son Moroni. Using only the most primitive of methods, Lydia and Moroni create…