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.
Choreografin Stepsheets
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!
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)
64 Count 2 Wand High Beginner Musik: Trashy Women - Confederate Railroad
32 Count 4 Wand Easy Beginner Musik: Restless - Shelby Lynne
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 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 Absolute Beginner Musik: Amazing Grace - Scooter Lee
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')
32 Count 4 Wand Easy Beginner Musik: Sway - Bobby Rydell
28 Count 4 Wand Absolute Beginner Musik: On the Road Again - Willie Nelson : (Album: Willie Nelson's Greatest Hits & Some That Will Be)
48 Count 4 Wand Beginner Musik: Choo, Choo Cha Boogie - Scooter Lee
64 Count 2 Wand Beginner Musik: Please Please - Scooter Lee
32 Count 4 Wand Easy Beginner Musik: Completely - Caro Emerald
48 Count 2 Wand Beginner Musik: At the Hop - Danny & The Juniors
32 Count 4 Wand Beginner Musik: Baby Likes to Rock It - The Tractors
32 Count 2 Wand Easy Beginner Musik: Happy Together - The Turtles
