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House and Garden tour March 10

  Tickets for SunBird Garden Club’s annual House and Garden Tour are now available at the HOA office for $10 each. This event will take place on Sunday, March 10, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. A variety of homes have been selected for you to visit. Bring a friend for a fun afternoon of touring…

Ladies 18ers are in full swing this season

On January 13 at the Couples Net Shootout, the last teams standing were George Jones and Melissa Craig (2nd), Sue Koslofsky and Ron Morgan (1st) and Jackie Huyghebert and Fred Nixon (3rd). We also held our annual Solheim Cup event on January 22 and 29. This is a two-week net match play between Americans and…

Celebrate with Music March 6 and 7

  Jim McCutcheon The SunBird Singers will present their annual spring concert on March 6 and 7 at 7:00 p.m. in the ballroom. The theme is “Celebrate with Music,” and the numbers will include a variety of celebrations. The numbers to be performed are “Celebrate with Music,” “Sunrise,” “Riversong,” “When the Saints Go Marching In,”…

Use your golf skills to help veterans

East Valley Marines, Detachment 1296, is sponsoring their Sixth annual Charity Golf Tournament to benefit our Arizona service members. The tournament is on April 5, 2019, at the Oakwood Country Club. It is a four-person scramble with a shotgun start at 8:00 a.m. Check-in is 7:00 a.m. with coffee and doughnuts. You will also get…

Tower Point Concert Band returns February 24

The Tower Point Concert Band that first performed at SunBird in February 2018, is returning to SunBird to present another fine performance of concert band music. The date is Sunday, February 24, 2019, at 2:00 p.m. in the clubhouse ballroom. The band, whose home base is the Tower Point Resort in Mesa, is under the…

Collection for “Packages from Home” a success

  Fred Garmeson The SunBird Lions Club has completed its annual collection for the “Packages from Home” project. We are pleased to report that the SunBird residents pitched in again this year and donated 209 pounds of goods that filled 14 cartons. The SunBird Lions Club has been participating in this worthy project since 2010.…

Tennis season in full swing

Jen Walden Tennis, anyone? Our 2018/2019 tennis season is now in full swing! (No pun intended). We kicked off the fall festivities with our “Welcome Back” picnic and in-house tournament on November 17. We munched on my favorite (fried chicken) with plates full of scrumptious salads and desserts, graciously donated by our generous members. Thank…

Winner of the Holiday Light Competition

Holiday Light Competition Well, the votes have all been counted for the Holiday Light Competition. We had a total of 67 people who came up to the SunBird patio and cast their ballot. It was a fierce battle for the houses with 1549 Winged Foot (Bob and Joyce Gerber) taking first place, 6917 Oakmont (Joseph…