As we prepare for summer, we’d like to highlight some Member-led Club happenings and updates!

New Member-led Clubs

First and foremost, we are excited to welcome the Encanterra Clay Buddies to our Member-led Club lineup! Visit the club’s MTL page by clicking on the club name to learn more.

General Announcements 

Encanterra Cornhole Club

The Encanterra Cornhole Club is preparing for its Fall 2023 League. It’s not too early to start organizing your team. Team sizes can be anywhere from 4 to 10 people. League play will be on Tuesday nights. We currently have 2 league times: 4:15pm and 6:00pm. Email your contact info to encanterra.cornhole@gmail.com. Please indicate whether you have a whole team or that you wish to be placed on a team. More information will be announced later this summer.

Pottery League of Encanterra 

Instructor-Led Pottery Classes

The original PLOE (Pottery League of Encanterra) is excited to kick off another round of six-week pottery classes. We start sessions for Beginning Handbuilding, Next Step 1.0, Next Step 2.0, and Wheel Throwing the week of April 17th.

Each three-hour class session includes instruction by talented instructors who break down the steps for each project and provide guidance and support as you learn to love working with clay. Clay, tools, texture tools, forms, glazes and kiln firings are all included.

Flexible Mini Sessions

In June, the PLOE will begin to hold pottery mini sessions where potters will be able to work in Santorini’s Studio and have access to clay, a host of texture tools, clay forms, and glazes. An instructor will be on hand to answer any questions and fire your pieces.

Kiln Firings

As the summer heats up, so does the kiln! We’re looking ahead to keep pottery fired this summer.

If you’re interested in the six-week sessions, flexible mini sessions, or kiln firing, send an email to potteryleagueofencanterra@gmail.com to get on our email list.

Encanterra Community Service League (ECSL)

Our Annual Meeting will be held on Monday, April 17th at 3:30pm in Mallorca. At this meeting, we will elect new officers and directors and approve ongoing and proposed projects. Anyone interested in learning about and joining the ECSL is welcome to attend.

On April 27th and 28th, ECSL will be putting on a dinner/theater production of Plaza Suite to benefit students in four (4) schools in the Combs Unified School District. It is our understanding that the two shows are sold out, but tickets may be available in the event individuals who already purchased tickets cannot attend. It is our understanding that those tickets will be “advertised” on Facebook and/or MTL. In addition, even if you are not attending the Plaza Suite dinner/show, you can support this fundraiser by purchasing lottery tickets for three “prizes.” One prize is over $1,500 in liquor; another prize is the Encanterra Experience valued at $700 which includes various services at Encanterra including dinner for 4 at Palma Kitchen and Tap valued at $250; and the third prize is 50 percent of the monies collected for tickets sold for just those raffle tickets. Raffle tickets are $20 each and will be offered for sale at the Annual Meeting on April 17th and at each of the shows on April 27th and 28th.

Culinary Club

Come join Encanterra’s Culinary Club this spring! We have a variety of events where Members can come together to eat, learn, and just have a good time. Some of our upcoming event in April and May include:

• April 27th: Schnepf Farm to Table from 10:00am – 3:00pm with a hayride to the Peach Orchard to pick the first peaches of the season. There will be an al fresco lunch which will include their famous sparkling peach wine along with a conversation with Carrie Schnepf.
• Date TBD: Restaurant outing at the Arizona Culinary Institute in Scottsdale at their student-run Du Jour restaurant. Students apply their knowledge to a professional working environment. Menu will include an amuse (small appetizer), choice of appetizer, entrée and dessert. Menus change daily.
• Date TBD: Springtime Farm to Table Salad Demo. Learn to make delicious and unique salads and homemade dressings. Demo includes a wonderful caprese salad, Delizoso Italian Orange and fennel salad, and beautiful springtime salad with apples, dried cranberries, roasted pumpkin seeds and homemade goat cheese topped off with a honey mustard vinaigrette dressing. Demo will include making goat cheese.

Come join us to eat, laugh, and meet new friends!

Encanterra Dog Lovers Club 

The next meeting of the Encanterra Dog Lovers will be April 18 from 2:00 – 3:00pm on the Ceremony Lawn. The Queen Creek Police K-9 unit will be presenting. You can sign up at this meeting and you do not need to be a member to attend.

Our next meeting will be in May for a pet photoshoot. The May meeting will be the last official meeting till the fall.

 Additional Summer Updates

• Photography Club: We will be on hiatus until early fall. We are currently planning on resuming our monthly meetings in September 2023.
• Social Bocce: We will continue to play Social Bocce on Saturday mornings throughout the summer, but as the weather gets hotter, we will change our start time to begin earlier in the morning. Beginning on April 22, our start time for bocce play on Saturday morning will be moved to 8:00am instead of 9:00am.
• Chinese Mah Jong: Chinese Mah Jong group will continue to meet throughout the summer every Thursday at 1:00pm in the Ladies Lounge. We welcome new players and there is always someone available to teach new players the game.
• Fast Walking Group: We continue to walk through the summer adjusting our hours earlier as the temps rise. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings. Contact Bev at 925-899-4939 for start times.
• Euchre: Sessions will continue to meet twice a month on the first and third Tuesday of each month in Mallorca B&C.
• Quilting Club: Our meetings will continue through the summer on the second Monday of the month in the La Cocina. We gather every other month for a SEW DAY at the Sweet PZ quilt store in Gilbert. We bring our sewing machines, projects and lunch then spend the day sewing and sharing for the day. Please contact Karen Powel (714-473-1434) for the SEW DAY schedule.
• Duplicate Bridge: We will continue to meet on Monday and Thursdays throughout the summer in Mallorca B&C.
• Rubber Bridge: We will continue to meet on Tuesdays in Mallorca B&C.
• Table Tennis: Table Tennis Club will be taking the summer off from regular/scheduled Tuesday & Thursday play.
• Doodles of Encanterra: Our doodles have had a fun first play season! Our Club will reconnect the first Thursday in October.
• The Encanterra Fine Arts League (EFAL) organized events will return on October 25 with our kick-off event followed by various art classes from November through April. A schedule of events for next season will be released in the fall. During the spring and summer, the Santorini’s Studio is available on Wednesdays from 8:00am to 4:00pm for Open Studio for EFAL artists to gather, draw and paint together. Please remember to bring your own table covering and clean up the space after use. Have a great summer, keep creating unique art and we will see you in the fall!