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News from North Fair Oaks
Mojo
ABTA Master Teacher
649 N Fair Oaks Ave #201
Pasadena CA 91103
(626) 247-4457
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This past Thursday evening we started a new session of /Bridge Basics 1
- Introduction/, our six-week course for non-players to learn bridge.
The course is offered by PCC Extension (Pasadena City College) and
appears in their catalog.
When we opened the club, I negotiated an agreement with PCC to hold
Bridge Basics 1 at the Pasadena Bridge Club, where their students would
be well served by our comfortable environment. (Previously the classes
were held in a history teacher's room at Arcadia High School. It was a
spooky place in the dark after hours!)
I set a limit of 28 students for the course. When this session was
filled a couple of days before the first class, I offered to clear the
waiting list, and added five students for a total of 33. One dropped out
shortly after, leaving 32.
Imagine my surprise when all 32 enrolled students appeared before class
time, in their seats, ready to learn at 7:00 PM! I'm looking forward to
our second meeting this week on Thursday evening!
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This past month our great friend of the club and Grand Life Master Becky
Clough lost her long time life and bridge partner Roger. They are
holding a Celebration of Life on Sunday, April 26.
When you visit the bridge club, you'll find a poster on the bulletin
board with more details. If you plan to attend, please honor the request
on the poster to RSVP.
Bridge Basics 4 - Play of the Deal
We have new courses under way for this session of classes. /Improving
Your Judgment - Doubles/ has met for one session on Wednesday evenings,
and /Bridge Basics 1 - Introduction/ is underway on Thursday evenings.
Our third course this session is /Bridge Basics 4 - Play of the Deal/,
starting this Wednesday (tomorrow) April 8 at 3:00 PM.
Here's the lesson plan
<https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/course/play-of-the-deal>, and if you'd
like to join in, reply to this email and let me know.
Next Course Schedule Set
We've set dates for our next session of courses, with three favorites
starting the week following Memorial Day.
* Wednesday afternoons: /Introduction to Defense/, May 27
* Wednesday evenings: /Two Over One Game Force/, May 27
* Thursday evenings: /Bridge Basics 2 - Competitive Bidding/ May 28
I also have a two-week opportunity on May 14 and 21, Thursday evenings,
for a two-session course on Opening the Bidding. These two sessions will
add some guidelines and subtlety to your decision to open the bidding
that you won't hear anywhere else. I'll have more information as the
dates approach.
Here's where you can find out
<https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/available_courses> about all of our courses.
Classes This Week
Our classes are best in the context of a full course, but they also
stand alone very nicely. If you can't take a full course, you can always
drop in for a single class on any topic for $25.
Here are this week's individual classes:
* Wednesday 3:00 PM /Bridge Basics 4 - Play of the Deal/ "Play of the
Deal at Notrump"
* Wednesday 7:00 PM /Improving Your Judgement - Doubles /"Responding
(Advancing) Takeout Doubles"
* Thursday 7:00 PM /Bridge Basics 1 - Introduction /"One Notrump
Openings and Responses"
The Saturday morning 9:30 workshop is on as usual, with another great
hand from Eddie Kantar's /Thinking Bridge/ series. (Attend the workshop
for free, even if you don't play in that morning's game!)
Coming up ...
*Let's have some Club Championship games! *April 20-25 all Open Pairs
games will be Club Championships, paying lots of extra black
masterpoints and featuring "overall" scoring. Best of all — no extra charge!
I'm planning to keep the new Bridgemate III scoring terminals. The
players have been giving positive feedback. For me the deciding factor
is that they appear to cut down on the number of scoring errors that
need to be corrected.
We've set dates for the next /Bridge Basics 1 - Introduction/ session.
It'll be on Wednesday evenings starting July 15.
Best regards
Mojo, Jane, Zachary, Lisa, Susan
