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> Most of you have heard that the Arcadia Bridge Center will be closing shop soon, after 55 years nurturing bridge here in the San Gabriel Valley. Zachary and I will do our best to offer games when everyone wants to play, starting with Monday and Tuesday. We're working on plans for Friday and Saturday in the near future. I know for many players it will be an extra trek to get to Pasadena. Maybe someone will consider opening another weekly game closer to Arcadia or Duarte. There's plenty of room to grow bridge! New games Monday, Tuesday 11:00 AM Zachary will be directing on Monday and Tuesday at 11:00, starting right away! April 1 will be our first game. We'll play The Common Game <http://thecommongame.com/> hands, with hand records and Bridgemate scoring. We'll plan to offer as many of the special games as possible, including STaC, fund raisers, instant matchpoint games, club championships, and NAP Qualifiers. Our weekday start time is designed to get people on the road before I-210 gets too awfully busy. Add yourself to RSVP Groups The reservation system on RSVP Bridge is designed with weekly games and classes as "groups" of regular players and students. When you add yourself as a group member, the weekly games will appear on your RSVP calendar, and other players will be able to invite you to play. You'll be able to see who has signed up to play, and you'll get a weekly reminder email. Once you let me know that you'd like to play, I create an account for you on RSVPBridge. You can log in and change your profile. Here's how to add the games you would like to follow: * Log in to https://rsvpbridge.com/ * In the top bar, look for "My Clubs" * Under Pasadena Bridge Club, you'll see the groups where you're already a member * Click additional groups you'd like to follow, and click the "Join" button. Classes this week Individual classes are available to join for $25. No need to sign up for a full course. This week features some great practice hands around each course topic — well worth your time! Here are the topics this week: * Wednesday, 7:00 PM, /Bridge Basics 2 - Competitive Bidding/ "Practice Hands" * Thursday, 7:00 PM, /Improving Your Judgment - Opening the Biddin/g "Practice Hands" The workshop this Saturday will continue the Defensive Signals series with "Suit Preference Signals." Saturday morning we're inviting our Bridge Basics 2 students to come hang out and practice competitive bidding. Feel free to join us at 9:30. Come practice with Jane Winer and Michael Blottin. Coming up ... Our next *Bridge Basics 1 - Introduction* course will be on Saturday mornings starting April 6. The course is live on the PCC Extension <https://pasadena.augusoft.net/index.cfm?method=ClassInfo.ClassInformation&int_class_id=66999&int_category_id=0&int_sub_category_id=0&int_catalog_id=0> web site now and available for registrations. (17 students already enrolled!) Robert Todd is returning to the Pasadena Bridge Club on *Sunday, April 14*, for a one-day seminar. We have topics and will be taking reservations for the seminar soon! I'll be posting a flier on the bulletin board at the club. Three great classes will be starting up in the first week of April: Bridge Basics 1 - Introduction, <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/course/bridge-basics-introduction> Bridge Basics 3 - Popular Conventions <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/course/popular-conventions>, and Improving Your Judgment - Doubles <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/course/iyj_doubles>. I'll announce the full schedule to my "classes" email list very soon. You can sign yourself up <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/contact/course_enrollment> for any of the classes now. Best regards, Mojo, Jane, Zachary