Category: Clubs & Classes

Get Ready for a Fun Event!

Francesca Romano The Paint & Palette Club will present a very unusual exhibition. This exhibition is more like a happening—our artists are dressing up their easels as cowboys and cowgirls in their own creative style, and including a painting according to their theme. The exhibition is scheduled for viewing Oct. 24 through 29, in the Clubhouse…

Rock and Roll Martini Group Rocks Santana

Dave Parker The House Band (host) for the September meeting of the Rock and Roll Martini Group was Cassie and Jim Richardson. Cassie and Jim picked Santana as the featured music for the evening. Carlos Santana rose to fame in the late 60s and early 70s, pioneering a fusion of Rock and Roll Latin American…

Sigma Chi Brothers Meet

Dave Parker The Robson Ranch Sigma Chi Brothers held their September meeting at the Wildhorse Grill. It was a beautiful day and 10 Brothers gathered around the usual round table. This month a signing ceremony for two of the new Brothers (Brother Dave Deibel and Brother Harvey Sands) was held as they signed the famous…

Road Runner Updates

In early October, over 100 members of the Road Runner Club traveled to the popular destination of Mowdy Ranch in Oklahoma. With our travel partner, Premier Drives Global, they traveled by motor coach to the first stop in Tishomingo, the capital of the Chickasaw country. Lunch was enjoyed at Ole Red, made famous by nearby…

The History and Art of Napkin Folding

The use of the napkin began in Europe in the 1400s, on tables of royalty, and by the 1800s napkins began to be part of the bourgeois lifestyle, mostly to protect the sumptuous dresses of the period during meals. The art of napkin folding took off around 1880 with the incoming prosperity of the Industrial…

Last Call for Dean French

Dean French recently umpired his final softball game at Robson’s Field of Dreams. He holds the record for umpiring longer than anyone at the Ranch. A native of California, Dean grew up playing basketball, softball, and volleyball. From 1975 to 1988, he played for the SecoCots softball team and participated in basketball too. His college education…