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 203 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 Amazing Grace in May 2024.
32 Count 4 Wand Beginner Musik: Boom Boom Goes My Heart - Alex Swings Oscar Sings! : (Album: Heart 4 Sale)
32 Count 4 Wand Beginner Musik: Do You Wanne Be My Friend - Alex Swings Oscar Sings!
64 Count 2 Wand High Beginner Musik: Trashy Women - Confederate Railroad
48 Count 4 Wand Beginner Musik: Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (Jive / 42 bpm) - Studio Orchestra and Singers : (Album: Giants of Latin: Latin Impressions, Pt. 1)
32 Count 2 Wand Beginner Musik: Miss Kiss Kiss Bang - Alex Swings Oscar Sings!
32 Count 4 Wand Easy Beginner Musik: The City Put the Country Back in Me - Scooter Lee
32 Count 4 Wand Easy Beginner Musik: Restless - Shelby Lynne
32 Count 4 Wand Beginner Musik: Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out - Eric Clapton
32 Count 4 Wand Easy Beginner Musik: Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce : (Album: Life and Times)
32 Count 4 Wand Easy Beginner Musik: Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu - The Lennerockers
48 Count 4 Wand Beginner Musik: Lennerocker Stroll - The Lennerockers : (Album: Rustin' and Rollin')
64 Count 2 Wand Beginner Musik: Please Please - Scooter Lee
32 Count 4 Wand Absolute Beginner Musik: Amazing Grace - Scooter Lee
32 Count 4 Wand Easy Beginner Musik: Completely - Caro Emerald
32 Count 4 Wand Beginner Musik: Baby Likes to Rock It - The Tractors
32 Count 2 Wand Easy Beginner Musik: Happy Together - The Turtles
32 Count 4 Wand Easy Beginner Musik: Kiss Me, Honey, Honey, Kiss Me - Jane McDonald
48 Count 4 Wand Beginner Musik: Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Michael Bublé
32 Count 4 Wand Absolute Beginner Musik: Boogie Shoes (Glee Cast Version) - Glee Cast
32 Count 4 Wand Beginner Musik: Winter Wonderland (feat. Michael Bublé) - Rod Stewart