Several times a month this volunteer group performs in nursing homes, rehabilitation & assisted living facilities, as well as senior residences. Five different themes are offered throughout the year: Western, Broadway, Black-and-White, Spanish, and Christmas.
Recently, Sonja has enthusiastically embraced line dance choreography. As well, she also provides line dance instruction at a senior residence and serves as a substitute at a local senior activity center.
Born on Staten Island, New York, she has lived in many states in the US, Toronto Canada and Moscow Russia.
Sonja currently resides in Austin, Texas, the gateway to the picturesque hill country of Texas, with her husband, Paul, and her dog, Pumpkin.
Sonja Hemmes has choreographed 212 dances, of which none have been co-choreographed. Their first published stepsheet on CopperKnob is Boot Scootin' Boogie from August 2015, with their most recent stepsheet of Niki Hoeky in June 2025.
Choreographer Stepsheets
32 Count 4 Wall Beginner Music: Boom Boom Goes My Heart - Alex Swings Oscar Sings! : (Album: Heart 4 Sale)
48 Count 4 Wall Beginner Music: Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (Jive / 42 bpm) - Studio Orchestra and Singers : (Album: Giants of Latin: Latin Impressions, Pt. 1)
32 Count 4 Wall Beginner Music: Do You Wanne Be My Friend - Alex Swings Oscar Sings!
64 Count 2 Wall High Beginner Music: Trashy Women - Confederate Railroad
32 Count 4 Wall Easy Beginner Music: Restless - Shelby Lynne
32 Count 4 Wall Easy Beginner Music: Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu - The Lennerockers
32 Count 2 Wall Beginner Music: Miss Kiss Kiss Bang - Alex Swings Oscar Sings!
32 Count 4 Wall Easy Beginner Music: The City Put the Country Back in Me - Scooter Lee
32 Count 4 Wall Beginner Music: Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out - Eric Clapton
32 Count 4 Wall Easy Beginner Music: Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce : (Album: Life and Times)
32 Count 4 Wall Absolute Beginner Music: Amazing Grace - Scooter Lee
48 Count 4 Wall Beginner Music: Lennerocker Stroll - The Lennerockers : (Album: Rustin' and Rollin')
32 Count 4 Wall Easy Beginner Music: Sway - Bobby Rydell
28 Count 4 Wall Absolute Beginner Music: On the Road Again - Willie Nelson : (Album: Willie Nelson's Greatest Hits & Some That Will Be)
32 Count 4 Wall Easy Beginner Music: Mambo No.5 - Lou Bega : (Album: A Little Bit of Mambo)
32 Count 4 Wall Easy Beginner Music: Hey Good Lookin' - Jimmy Buffett : (Live at Fenway Park)
48 Count 4 Wall Beginner Music: Choo, Choo Cha Boogie - Scooter Lee
64 Count 2 Wall Beginner Music: Please Please - Scooter Lee
32 Count 4 Wall Easy Beginner Music: Completely - Caro Emerald
48 Count 2 Wall Beginner Music: At the Hop - Danny & The Juniors
