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you may bring your own special bever-
age. Hot and iced tea, along with light
refreshments, will be provided for the Tea
Dance. Guests are encouraged to bring
their own special teacup and mingle with
other members of the Ballroom Dance
Club.
Dance Classes:
We offer a variety of
dance classes on a regular basis for cur-
rent Ballroom Dance Club (BDC) mem-
bers. For more information, refer to the
BDC website or contact Jean Ann Moore
at
or 720-320-
5942 (cell)/ 512-943-4734 (home).
Membership is $14 annually and covers
admission to the monthly dances with
recorded music. Additional fees may be
charged for monthly dances featuring live
bands.
Billiards
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Billiards Center Hours
Weekdays: 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Weekends: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Contact: Phillip Pensabene, 512-868-
0103 or
The Billiards Club wishes everyone a
happy and healthy new year. Come by
and enjoy a relaxing game or two!
We are open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on
weekdays and 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on week-
ends. The Billiards Center is located
adjacent to the Veteran’s Memorial and
Pickleball courts.
The Billiards Center is open to all Sun
City residents. Monday night is Social
Billiards, a great opportunity for ladies,
couples and beginners to play with no
competitive pressure. Drop in and have
some fun.
For club members, we have an 8-ball
tournament every Wednesday at noon
and a 9-ball tournament at 5:30 p.m on
Thursdays. Members are also eligible for
lessons, league play and periodic special
billiard parties.
Our stereo system plays background mu-
sic, the television shows financial news
in the mornings and sports events other
times. We are a wi-fi hotspot too!
Our players range from beginner to ex-
pert. Annual dues are $11 per year. Ap-
plications are available in the Billiards
Center or online at the Sun City website.
resources are needed. (When normal com-
munication modes are down, ham radios
still work and can contact outside resourc-
es – locally, regionally, and worldwide.)
Drop in!
First Wednesday club meetings
normally start at 6:30 p.m. with a meet
& greet. A 30-minute business meeting
follows. A radio/tech presentation tops off
the evening.
Aviation
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Aviation Club
Saturday, January 10, 8:30 a.m., ACA
Contact: Jeff Champion, 210-383-1459
Become a member of one of Sun City’s
first chartered clubs. Aviation brings
folks together to reminisce about days
when they, their friends and their col-
leagues were more actively involved
in the industry. All are invited to
visit. Membership is not limited to
pilots, but to anyone with an interest
in aircraft, aviation history or the avia-
tion community. Dues are $12 a year.
Members meet on the second Saturday of
each month at 8:30 a.m. for a social time
of coffee and donut holes in the Atrium
of the Activities Center.
Ballroom Dance
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Dance Club
Monthly Dance
Saturday, January 10, 7 p.m., SCB
Members free; Guests $10
Tea Dance
Sunday, January 18, 1:30 p.m., SCB
Social Time (Refreshments Served):
1-1:30 p.m.
Members $2, Guests $5
Contact: John Moore at 303-956-
7646 or
We host two regular dances each month:
the monthly dance and the Sunday Tea
Dance. Both dances feature recorded mu-
sic for a wide range of dances, including
Foxtrot, Waltz, Rumba, Cha-Cha, East
and West Coast Swing, Bolero, Samba,
Night Club Two Step, Tango, and Me-
rengue. We also schedule a third “Social
Dance” every 6 weeks or so.
Guests are
very welcome – please come and
dance with us!
Ice water, plastic glasses and napkins are
provided at the regular monthly dance;
Amenity Center. Topics will include:
• Discussion of the scriptural mandate
to love one another
• Practicing compassion toward oneself,
others, the dying, and those grieving
Each week, participants will be given an
opportunity to meditate on the nature
of life and death, share their hopes and
fears with one another and gain a greater
understanding of compassion. Mary Pat
Morris will facilitate the discussion. Call
512-869-8761 to register.
The
Qigong Exercise Group
will help
you start your day with enhanced energy.
It meets each Monday, Wednesday and
Friday mornings at 8 a.m. in the Activi-
ties Center Atrium.
Amateur Radio Society
(SCARS)
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Amateur Radio Society
Wednesday, January 7, 7 p.m., CCF
Contact: Bob Frost, 682-667-6455
Calling all FCC-licensed ham ra-
dio operators, shortwave listeners
(SWLs), and radio or scanning en-
thusiasts...the Sun City Amateur
Radio Society (a.k.a. SCARS) wants
you.
You’re invited! Join us at our get-
togethers:
• First Wednesday monthly club meet-
ings (January - November)
• Wednesday morning coffee & “tech-
talk” group at City Market
• Second Saturday radio “Fox Hunt”
direction-finding field event
• “Open-shack” operating sessions
Members’ benefits:
Unique 24/7 access
to SCARS’ fully-equipped ham shack
with brand-new state-of-the-art HF/6m
& software-defined (SDR) transceivers,
and dual-band VHF/UHF rig. In ad-
dition, SCARS maintains the
441.625
MHz. Sun City repeater
(+ offset, pl
tone 103.5) – open to any FCC-licensed
amateur radio operator.
Public Service-minded?
SCARSmem-
bers are available to assist Sun City and
the local Georgetown Fire and Police
during local or regional emergencies, and
help with local and county special event
communications when additional radio
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