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 159 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 Miss Kiss Kiss Bang in April 2021.
Choreographer Stepsheets
32 Count 2 Wall Beginner Music: Miss Kiss Kiss Bang - Alex Swings Oscar Sings!
32 Count 4 Wall Easy Beginner Music: I Wonder Why - Dion & The Belmonts
64 Count 2 Wall Beginner Music: Rockin' On a Seacruise - The Lennerockers
32 Count 4 Wall Easy Beginner Music: There's a Kind of Hush - Herman's Hermits
64 Count 4 Wall High Beginner Music: 1929 - Tara Oram
48 Count 2 Wall Beginner Music: High Class Lady - The Lennerockers
48 Count 1 Wall Beginner Music: Rock & Roll Waltz - Scooter Lee : (Album: High Test Love)
64 Count 4 Wall High Beginner Music: My Own Way to Rock - Burton Cummings : (Album: My Own Way to Rock)
64 Count 2 Wall High Beginner Music: Trashy Women - Confederate Railroad
32 Count 2 Wall High Beginner Music: Lookin' Out My Back Door - Creedence Clearwater Revival : (Album: 20 Greatests Hits)
32 Count 4 Wall Beginner Music: Boom Boom Goes My Heart - Alex Swings Oscar Sings! : (Album: Heart 4 Sale)
48 Count 2 Wall Beginner Music: Stuff You Gotta Watch - Levon Helm : (Album: Electric Dirt)
64 Count 4 Wall High Beginner Music: Sunny - Bobby Hebb : (Album: Sunny)
32 Count 4 Wall Beginner Music: Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out - Eric Clapton
48 Count 4 Wall Beginner Music: Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Michael Bublé
48 Count 4 Wall High Beginner Music: The Night Time Is the Right Time - Creedence Clearwater Revival
32 Count 4 Wall Easy Beginner Music: Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival
32 Count 4 Wall Beginner Music: I Dare You - Kelly Clarkson : (Album: I Dare You, Multi-Language Duets)
32 Count 2 Wall High Beginner Music: Stray Cat Strut - David Thibault
32 Count 2 Wall Beginner Music: Something In the Water - Brooke Fraser : (Album: Flags)
