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Kendrick Brinson

Larry and Jeannie Klein, here in 2018, first met in second grade; Jeannie died last year. “Ninety-eight percent of the people [in Sun City] are open and kind and good,” says Larry.

At a Sun City Poms rehearsal for a 2013 holiday show in Glendale, Arizona, dancers display their musicality and flexibility. The group performed at 75 events in 2022.

Members of the Sun City Players Community Theater (foreground) and the Tip Top Dance Club (rear) wait in a staging area before joining a parade in March 2010 to mark the community’s 50th anniversary.

At the NextGen Club’s Halloween party in 2017, John and Carla Dykema dress as Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean King to honor the 1973 Battle of the Sexes tennis match. NextGen began as a club for residents 70 and under but now welcomes all ages.

Nearly a hundred players compete in Sun City at the Arizona Mixed Rinks lawn bowling tournament in 2010. Over the years the event has drawn participants from Sun City, the West Coast, Florida, and Canada.

A swimmer prepares to dive into the pool for a relay event hosted in Sun City during the 2010 Arizona Senior Olympics.

Mary Zirbel, photographed in 2021, is the longest running member of the Sun City Poms, at 23 years. The 81-year-old considered quitting because of her age but decided to march as long as she can. “I’ve got more energy than most people,” she says.

In 2021 Tony Trevino, 83, and dog Gigi lean against his 1965 Chevrolet Malibu SS, which is also pictured on his prosthetic leg. He and his wife are snowbirds, traveling back and forth between Sun City and Idaho.

Swimmers from the Aqua Suns synchronized team form a star shape while rehearsing for a 2013 holiday show at the Lakeview Recreation Center. Although the team disbanded as an official club in 2020, some of the women continue to gather each week, practicing routines and swimming together. Sun City has around 120 chartered clubs, including groups dedicated to square dancing, ukulele playing, fitness, woodworking, and yoga.

Jean Woods, 77, poses for a portrait at the 2020 Sun City Senior Prom at Sundial Auditorium. When she moved to Sun City, she began calling herself Purple because she loves the color. Last year she had her house painted lavender.