Pasadena Bridge Club Logo <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com> News from North Fair Oaks Mojo ABTA Master Teacher 649 N Fair Oaks Ave #201 Pasadena CA 91103 (626) 247-4457 pasadenabridgeclub.com <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com> We're planning for a busy week at the bridge club! A Sectional Tournament at Clubs kind of snuck up on me. Our novice/intermediate program is bulging at the seams. A new /Bridge Basics 1 - Introduction/ course started Wednesday evening with 24 students enrolled. And then there are the other events coming this week! Here's the rundown: Lulu Minter seminar Monday At *10:00 AM* before the memorial game, Lulu Minter will present a seminar on defense topics. We'll be using the "community room" down the hall from the bridge club, so there's plenty of room for everyone who wants to attend. No charge! Monday Memorial game FULL Monday is our special memorial game for Rosario "Charo" Holdo, and the bridge club is completely full with 19 tables expected. At the moment I have a short waiting list for seats, so it's very important to let us know if you have a reservation but will not be playing. The bridge unit is sponsoring a Mexican lunch from Vallarta for the occasion. We'll take a lunch break about 12:00. With a little time for lunch, we're expecting this game to run until almost 3:00 PM. Please allow for some extra time to play! Rosario's son Erik is graciously sponsoring card fees for all players on Monday, and the bridge club is picking up the extra sanction fee for the silver points. Silver point games all week This week is a Sectional Tournament at Clubs (STaC) for District 23. Ten bridge clubs in LA County will be playing the same boards and combining their results for high overall awards. All six Open Pairs games this week, Monday through Friday at 11:00, Saturday at 1:00, will be included in the STaC. Stratification will be Open/2500/750. Card fees are $13 to cover the extra sanction fee (except for the memorial game on Monday). Classes this week Our classes are always best in the context of a full course, but they stand alone quite nicely. If you'd like to drop in for a single topic, you're welcome to join for $25. We'll usually have the topics for each session on the front of the web site. This week's classes: * Wednesday 3:00 PM: *Improving Your Judgement - Doubles* "Responding to (advancing) partner's takeout double" * Wednesday 7:00 PM: *Bridge Basics 1 - Introduction* "One notrump opening bids and responses" * Thursday 7:00 PM: *Bridge Basics 3 - Popular Conventions* "Jacoby Transfer Bids" Saturday mornings start with a free 20-minute workshop with an interesting hand from Eddie Kantar's Thinking Bridge series. Every hand has interesting bidding, play, and defense problems to work out. Come for the workshop, stay for the 14-board game, finish by 12:15. Monday afternoon workshop cancelled We're going to have a big mess of a bridge club after Monday's game! Let's all join Zachary next Monday for the workshop. Best regards Mojo, Jane, Zachary, Lisa, Susan