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 210 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 You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby in March 2025.
Choreographer Stepsheets
32 Count 4 Wall Beginner Music: Boom Boom Goes My Heart - Alex Swings Oscar Sings! : (Album: Heart 4 Sale)
32 Count 4 Wall Beginner Music: Do You Wanne Be My Friend - Alex Swings Oscar Sings!
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)
64 Count 2 Wall High Beginner Music: Trashy Women - Confederate Railroad
32 Count 4 Wall Easy Beginner Music: Restless - Shelby Lynne
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
48 Count 4 Wall Beginner Music: Lennerocker Stroll - The Lennerockers : (Album: Rustin' and Rollin')
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
32 Count 4 Wall Easy Beginner Music: Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu - The Lennerockers
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: Sway - Bobby Rydell
32 Count 4 Wall Beginner Music: Baby Likes to Rock It - The Tractors
32 Count 2 Wall Easy Beginner Music: Happy Together - The Turtles
32 Count 4 Wall Easy Beginner Music: You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby - Bobby Darin
32 Count 4 Wall Easy Beginner Music: Kiss Me, Honey, Honey, Kiss Me - Jane McDonald
48 Count 4 Wall Beginner Music: Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Michael Bublé
32 Count 4 Wall Absolute Beginner Music: Boogie Shoes (Glee Cast Version) - Glee Cast
