Katherine Ewing President 916-395-1987 [email protected] ACBL UNIT 505
Ed Estberg SACRAMENTO Vice President 916-488-7865 APRIL 2018 [email protected]
Jim Coke Secretary 530-409-3361 Table of Contents [email protected] Page 2 President’s Message Margaretha Logus-Audit / Treasurer Page 3 Unit Game April 8 Highlights In This Issue 916 966-4296 [email protected] Page 4 Spring Sectional Unit Game SBC Sam Sandusky Page 5 199’r Table Education, co-Tournament Ch. April 8 916 705-5557 Page 6 New Rankings [email protected] Page 7-8 Folsom Bridge Center Spring Sectional Harry Struthers ORANGEVALE Comm. Ctr Marketing/Membership Page 9 Foothill Bridge Center 916 977-0478 May 4-6 [email protected] Page 10 Sun City Lincoln Hills
Pat Ingoglia Page 11 Bridge Works Club Philadelphia NABC Membership/Parliamentarian 916-456-3343 Page 12-19 Sacramento Bridge Club Team OSMO & Friends [email protected] Page 20-22 Team OSMO-Philadelphia Miriam Steinberg Bridgeworks Swiss Team Publicity/Partnerships 916 971-4947 NABC Game April 10 [email protected]
Marc Grunseth Folsom Bridge Center Partnership 916 971-3988 Classes Begin in April [email protected] District 21 Reps Katherine Ewing, Pres. Sharon Neff-D21 Rep 916 395-1987 916 543-8897 [email protected] [email protected] Dave Willmott
Tournament Chair Craig Stalker 916-709-8958 916 337-7608 Newsletter Created by MoraBeyondMarketing.com [email protected] [email protected] 11230 Gold Express Dr. #310-187 Gold River, CA 95670 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 916 635-5234 Katherine Ewing, President Unit 505 Board of Directors
April showers bring May flowers . . . One way to stay dry and have a little fun is playing bridge at one of the local bridge clubs. Hope to see you there, not only on rainy days but also on cloudy or sunny days, too.
Overall winners of the last Unit Game were: 1. Dave Willmott / Nancy Cook 2. Gary Soules / Jan Soules 3. Judi Callaham / Rich Perry Congratulations to them and all of you who attended and earned points. Remember it only takes 3 tables (6 pairs) to have a separate section for those under 500 points. Please attend our next Unit Game on April 8th, at the Sacramento Bridge Center.
There was no Board meeting in March. We will have one this month at 9:30 a.m. before the Unit Game at the Sacramento Bridge Center. These are open Meetings, so if you are curious, please stop by and have a listen.
Our Sectional is coming soon, May 4th – 6th. It is never too early to plan on attending and spreading the word for folks to attend. It will be at the Orangevale Community Center. Flyers are out, so please take a look and plan on attending as many sessions as you can.
Any new player to the ACBL and our Unit should have received a letter welcoming you. There is a coupon in it to use at a Unit Game, so please use it. Remember Unit games give more points than a club game so if you need points this is a nice way to get them.
See you at the bridge table, Katherine
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SUNDAY, April 8, 2018 Sacramento Bridge Center Cost $10 Pot Luck Lunch 11:30 am—Game at Noon
LOCATION
Games include: Sacramento Bridge Center
2035 Hurley Way For Partnerships call: Stratified Pairs A/1500+, B/1500-750, Sacramento, CA 95825 Miriam Steinberg C/750-0 / Ph: 916 925—6322 916 971-4947 or by attendance [email protected] Separate NLM Game Director: Or ask at the partnership desk (under 300 pts) Ted Muller with 3 or more tables See website for details at: www. playbridgesacramento.org Sacramento Unit 505 Orangevale Community Ctr 2018 Spring Sectional 6826 Hazel Avenue Suggested Hotels: Friday, Saturday & Sunday Hawthorn Inn, Rancho Cordova May 4th, 5th & 6th Hwy 50 and Hazel Avenue Tel: 916-351-9152 Friday, May 4th only Lake Natoma Inn, Old Town Folsom 9:30 am Tel: 916-351-1500 Non Life Master Seminar Entries $12 per Session Master point awards are silver Presenter TBD Unpaid & Non-members $15 Sanction # S1805080
Friday, May 4th Saturday, May 5th Sunday, May 6th 10:30 am and 3:00 pm 10:30 am and 3:00 pm 10:30 am Play Through (mid-game break for lunch) 2 Session Open Pairs 2 Session Open Pairs: Game over around 5:30 pm Strats: 2500+ / 1000-2500 / 0-1000 Strats: 2500+ / 1000-2500 / 0-1000 2 Session A/X Swiss Teams: 2 Single Session Side Pairs: 2 Single Session Open Pairs: Strats: 4000+/0-4000 Strats: 2500+ / 1000-2500 / 0-1000 Strats: 2500+ / 1000-2500 / 0-1000 2 Session B/C/D Swiss Teams: 2 Single Session 2 Single Session 1000-2500 / 500-1000 / 0-500 Non Life Master Pairs: Non Life Master Pairs: No one over 2500 MPs may play Strats: 200-500 / 100-200 / 0-100 Strats: 200-500 / 100-200 / 0-100 10:30 am No one over 500 MPs may play No one over 500 MPs may play Single Session 299er Swiss Teams Partnerships Tournament Chair Strats: 200-300/50-200/0-50 Miriam Steinberg Dave Willmott No one over 300 MPs may play Cell: 916-607-4947 916-709-8958 [email protected] [email protected] Hospitality Chair Or at the partnership desk Sharon Neff Co-Chair Unit 505 welcomes you Marc Grunseth All Events Use Pair/Team Averages with coffee, tea and snacks 919-971-3988 Friday, Saturday and Sunday All Strats may be adjusted [email protected] by the Director Sandwich Lunch available Daily Based upon attendance A Zero Tolerance Event Results Daily at Please avoid wearing perfumes and Director in Charge fragrances that may cause allergic Playbridgesacramento.org Diane Barton Payne reactions in others. and at ACBL Live Your place for events, lessons and recognition of achievements!
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CUEBIDS Welcome!
199’rs are IMPORTANT A "cuebid" is a bid of the opponent's suit. This is not the same as a to our Unit! "control" bid as in this auction:
WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Each club has daily Here 4 shows the ace or king (or a open and stratified 1 Pass 3 Pass singleton or void) in diamonds and games. 4 slam interest.
We should use the term "cuebid" only when bidding a suit which the 199’r games are: opponents have bid. Folsom Bridge Center Tuesday, 10:10 am These cuebids come in many flavors, the main ones being:
Wednesday, 9:00 am Michaels Cuebid Thursday, 11:00 am Fridays, 9:00 am This popular convention uses the following RACE FOR THE POINTS! scheme:
Foothill Bridge Center WEST NORTH Mini-McKinney Wednesday Non-Life top 3 in each category 3-6-18: 1 2 MAJORS Masters (0-500) 10:00 am Thursday Non-Life Masters 1 2 MAJORS 0-5 Jane Plocher 5.61 (0 - 500) 10 am Jane Blum 3.72 1 2 +minor Alice Woodside 3.42 Sacramento Bridge Center 5-20 Judy Orchard 20.92 299’r Tuesday, 11:00 am 1 2 +minor Kasondra Gerth 10.40 299’r Saturday, Noon Geri Douglas 9.09
Cuebid after our takeout double: 20-50 Rona Sherriff 11.92 Go to: www. James Sherriff 11.03 WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH playbridgesacramento Mike Edelstein 8.37 for more information. 1 Double Pass 2 50-100 Julie Chenu 10.72 South can't want to play in clubs (he Dana Daugherty 8.98 Dana Daugherty 2.76 Club Championship could have passed the double). This bid and Unit Games award 100-200 Takwah Tsang 19.49 shows a good hand with no clear direc- Gary McCormick 18.47 more points! tion. Partnerships need to discuss how George Han 14.42 high this bid is forcing. More articles 5 CONGRATULATIONS!
NEW SAPPHIRE LIFE MASTERS NEW SECTIONAL MASTER Steve Kolodney Joseph Albert Teri Smoot NEW CLUB MASTERS NEW GOLD LIFE MASTER Dianne Conforti Stanley Shamitz Catherine Curran Geri Douglas NEW RUBY LIFE MASTERS Mary Fahel Bill Allgood James Monnin Susan Savage Judy Orchard Jack Uppal NEW JUNIOR MASTERS Betsy Jennings NEW SILVER LIFE MASTER Ray Lindstrom Richard Pankopf Jane Plocher NEW NABC MASTER Annette Ruby Kathy Van Sickle Alice Woodside
6 Nellie Curdy’s Birthday Party!
On Wednesday, March 28th we held Nellie Curdy’s 98th Birthday party! Congratulations!!
* * * Notes: Pot Luck Swiss is last Thursday of every month, as usual: April 26th * * * Folsom Bridge Center is a Mutual Regular Game Price is $10. Includes lunch. Benefit Non Profit Corporation All old tickets will be honored at $10.
8680 Greenback Ln., Suite 107 Bridge Classes Resume After Easter
In the California Family Fitness Center More Commonly Used Conventions will begin on Phone: 916-353-1139 Tuesday, April 10th and on Wednesdays, Email: [email protected] beginning April 11th, both Beginning Bridge and Website: bridgewebs.com/folsombridge Defense will be offered All Classes are 2:30-5. (Stay on Weds. for the NLM game at 5:30) $79 for 9 Lessons (Classes are free to those who have prepaid them in the past.) Drop-ins $10; Books $15 Sign Up at the Club or call
Susan Haynie: 916-212-9130 Ongoing Lessons by Al Beckner:
Tuesdays at 10:15 Free Open Forum Fridays 9-10:30 Playing the Hand, $5 No partners needed for any lessons.
Pot Luck Swiss Team Champions! February 22nd NLM Games: Bill Allgood, Bill Martin with Bob Donaldson & Bob Null Score: 55 April 15th, M/M & April 29th Coaching Sundays All Weds. 5:30 pm (includes a light dinner) Thursdays, April 5th, 12th & 19th Special Dates for April 2018 at 11 am (last Thursday, April 26th, will remain Pot Luck Swiss, as usual.) April 1st Easter Sunday Closed! And Fridays at 11 am following the lesson, April 3rd Taco Tuesday Club Championship! $5 with 2 or more tables April 5th Thursday NLM Pairs As well as any day there are 2+ tables April 8th Sunday SBC Pot Luck Unit Game NLM Pairs w/ lesson Sun. April 22nd FBC Closed! *Mentor/Mentee Sunday April 18th April 12th Thursday NLM Pairs Coaching Sunday April 25th April 15th Sunday *Mentor/Mentee Pairs *Advance sign-ups required. If you sign up, show up! April 18th Wed. Club Championships 11 & 5:30 April 19th Thursday NLM Pairs Game Times April 22nd Sunday NLM Pairs w/ Lesson Monday through Friday: 11 am Open Pairs April 26th Thursday Pot Luck Swiss Teams Thursdays 11 am NLM Games April 28th Saturday Hot Dogs & Chili (Last Thursday Pot Luck Swiss, as usual.) April 29th Sunday *Coaching NLM Pairs (Fri. Open & NLM game w/2+ tables) Sat.(Open) and Sun. (Special Games): 12 Noon Wednesday afternoon NLM: 5:30 pm *Advanced Sign-ups required. If you sign up, show up! Call the Center for partnerships & See Website for Calendar Masterpoint/Charity Week was March 4th - 10th
We Raised $456 for Twin Lakes Food Bank!
The Raffle Prize Winners were:
Karen Nelson won the $100 bill. Jack Blyskal won the $75 Gift Certificate to Scott’s Seafood as well as the $40 Gift Certificate to Waves Hair Salon (for his wife!). Jackie Hutton & Jeremy Maurer won their choice of art from the Feb./March Art Wall (Photography by Dave Willmott). Bob Houghton won the 10 Free Plays. Regan Johnson won the 6 Bottles of Wine from Nelson Vineyards. And Linda Steffan won the Set of 6 Larry Cohen Books.
A total of 167.80 Masterpoints were awarded during the week!
The top MP winners that have their names on the 2017 plaque are:
From Monday - A Joanne Merry & John Jefferson B Norm Bessette & Bob Shiner C Susan Haynie & Charles Smith From Tuesday - A Dick Wilson & Marvin Arnold B Bill Allgood & Dennis Uthe C Jim Kraus & Charles Smith From Wednesday A.M. - A Gary Soules & Bill Sanford B Hildie Kroeger & Bob Houghton From Wednesday P.M. - A Charles Peer & Dan Humphries B Lou Ann Wiles & Ron Hoffman From Friday - A, B & C Jim & Susan Haynie From Saturday - A Dave Willmott & Judi Callaham B Bill Robertson & Elizabeth Smith C Cynthia Fredrickson & Kathryn Le Gro From Sunday’s Unit Charity Gme - A Dave Willmott & Nancy Cook B Dennis Uthe & Ginny Curtis C Janice Levin & Nancy Fisher
* * * SAVE THE DATE!
*Requires you to sign-up with [email protected]* Welcome April 6, Friday 6:30 pm ACBL Membership Game New Foothillers April 16, Monday Noon Open Pairs, Club Championship April 22, Sunday 1 pm Swiss Teams Game David Davis April 25, Wednesday 6:30 pm Open Pairs Unit Level Game Cecilia Finch
Karen Killackey Good news! Margaret Sandy Wold is recovering from Lockwood neck surgery nicely. Hope to have her back at the table soon! Robin Renfrew
Good to see John Dutton doing well and back at the bridge table!
March Swiss team winners: L to R Al The Foothill Bridge Farrar, Suzi Bogan, Center Bill Taggart, Jim Coke. And no, I Barry Wold, Manager didn’t make a Foothill Bridge Center, mistake, this team 236950 has won 2 months in 4050 Durock Rd, Shingle Springs CA 95682 a row! Way to go, www.bridgewebs.com/ guys! foothillbridge 530 391-3743 Thank you to Jim Coke for submitting this month’s Foothill news in Partnership Barry Wold’s absence. He says the competition has been cutthroat this Barry Wold 530 391-3743 past month – no 70% games! In fact we’ve gone a bit the other way – Sandy Wold 530 906-8506 on Friday the 16th, the winning score was a tie at only 54% by 2 A pairs and two B pairs tied with 52%. Considering it was only a 3 table game, it was a real rarity, in that master points were paid to 2/3 of the players!! 9 SUN CITY LINCOLN HILLS DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB by Lynne White The SCLH duplicate bridge club is an invitational club with games open to residents of Sun City and their invited guests. Our games are played in the Kilaga Springs Lodge on Wednesdays at 12:30 p.m., (includes a 199er sec- tion), Fridays at 5:00 p.m., and Saturdays at 12:30 p.m. (includes a 299er section). Our game table fees for non-members who are invited guests are $5.00. For additional information about our club, please visit the club website: www.bridgewebs.com/lincolnhills.
Is it true that April Showers bring May flowers? April isn’t a rainy month across the United States and flow- ers begin blooming a lot sooner than May in many parts of the U.S. It turns out, the saying originates in the United Kingdom where it can be pretty soggy in the spring. Lucky for bridge players! April is great weather to play! Our Lincoln Hills Bridge Club players come out in all weather.
THE LIFESTYLE EXPO, FEBRUARY 27TH Our Club participated in the Lifestyle Expo at Orchard Creek. We can’t thank our Association enough for such a great opportunity to participate. Because of their terrific staff, we were able to have our Club reach out to the community. Our committee of 4, Lynne White, Sharon Duley, Sue Schmidt and Sandy Sullivan had so much fun. We worked hard to organize our tables and worked even harder to introduce our Club. We had time before the crowd arrived for a quick picture.
ROSEVILLE EXCHANGE, March 9th Every year we host Sun City Roseville for a brunch and an afternoon of bridge. This has been a long standing tradition between our two Clubs. It’s a day when we get to visit with our friends from Roseville. Our social committee works hard to make it a special day. Of course, the bridge is fun, but our social time with Roseville is what the day is all about.
LINCOLN HILLS BRIDGE DAY, MAY 9TH Our next social event will be something NEW for all the bridge clubs in Lincoln Hills. Here are the details: All bridge players are invited, Duplicate and Social Bridge players This will be held in Orchard Creek Lodge with a brunch at 10:30 and bridge to follow. Reserve a spot for this amazing and fun game. Call Joanna for Social Bridge 10 Bridge Works ACBL Unit 505 Lincoln, CA With entries closing on April 3rd, please get your teams submitted to Bridge Works, as soon as possible. We currently have 18 teams that have entered and are in need of several players and pairs that wish to play in our "B" and "C" stratifications. Please contact Joe Blackford at [email protected] for any further information.
SWISS TEAM GAMES PARTNERSHIP DESK:
Contact Joe Blackford at: Bridge Works will be hosting two Swiss Team Games during 2018, the
first on Tuesday, April 10th. Please start forming your teams for a 916.206.0313 special day of bridge! QUESTIONS? Entries are to be submitted NO LATER than Tuesday, April 3rd. Contact Manager/ Director Joe Blackford at: The day will begin with a lunch PROVIDED by Bridge Works at 11 am, bridge- along with the usual snacks and beverage. Swiss Team games usually [email protected] require slightly more playing time, so we would hope to get the actual game started by 11:30 am. GAME LOCATION The game will have three stratified sections based on the total average Granite Springs Church MPS of the four players as follows; A = 4000+ MPS, B = 1000 - 3999 MPS Main Conference Room and C = 0 - 999 MPS. Hopefully, each stratification will only participate 1170 E. Joiner Pkwy against other teams within their respective groups! Lincoln, CA 95648
TUESDAY GAME So what about the Bucks ($$$$)? Sign in 11:00 In addition to lunch and bridge, Bridge Works will reward the winning Game 11:30 team members, in each stratification, free play certificates to any future game of their choice. Imagine having all this for a very nominal entree fee of $10 per player!
Should any pair be in need of partners, or for further information, CLICK HERE for please contact Joe Blackford at
11 2035 Hurley Way, Suite 270 916-925-6322
WEDNESDAY - 6:30 pm Stratified Open Pairs SUNDAY - 12 p.m. Carl Oeser Stratified Open Pairs 916-241-6155 Ted Muller, Director [email protected] 916 359-6688 [email protected] Ted Muller THURSDAY - 11 a.m. MONDAY - 11 a.m. Stratified Open Pairs Carl Oeser Stratified Open Pairs & Ali Topcu, Director Invitational Pairs 916 925-6322 John Hughes, Director [email protected] 916 965-7695 [email protected] THURSDAY - 6:30 p.m. Stratified Open Pairs John Hughes TUESDAY - 11 a.m. Charles Smith, Director Stratified Open Pairs & 916 967-1105 199'er Pairs [email protected] Albert Chow, Director 916 878-7566 FRIDAY - 11 a.m. Charles Smith [email protected] Stratified Open Pairs & Invitational Pairs WEDNESDAY - 11 a.m. Albert Chow, Director Stratified Open Pairs & Invitational Pairs Albert Chow, Director SATURDAY - 12 p.m. Stratified Open Pairs Albert Chow 916 878-7566 [email protected] Ali Topcu, Director 299’r Pairs-John Hughes, Dir Ali Topcu Confused? We’ve got you covered!
BIDDING IN THE 21ST CENTURY
INSTRUCTOR- JIM BOWMAN
Tuesday, February 13th, 10:00 am—Noon
CLASS HELD IN THE LESSON ROOM AT SACRAMENTO BRIDGE CENTER 2035 HURLEY WAY – SUITE 270
This class is designed for BEGINNING STUDENTS wanting to learn bridge or refresh their bidding skills.
Some of the SUBJECTS COVERED are: Hand Valuation Points needed to open 1 NT Responding to 1 NT Rebids by both Opener & Responder Overcalls & Takeout Doubles
JIM BOWMAN: Phone: C 916-599-1842 – H 916-359-0161 E-mail: [email protected]
Sunday April 1 EASTER—Bridge Center Closed Sunday, April 8 Noon Unit Game at SBC—Potluck! Tuesday, April 17 11:00 am Club Championship—Open & 299’er Friday, April 20 11:00 am Club Championship—Open & Invitational Monday, April 23 11:00 am Club Championship—Open & Invitational Wednesday, April 25 6:30 pm Club Championship
Here are the 2 quilts by Jan Soules now on display at SBC:
Jan calls this quilt, "Wine Country". It is 46” W and 47” L. June 2012
“Total Eclipse of the Sun” by Jan Soules, February 2014 This quilt is 67 “ wide and 77 1/2 “ long.
Come and see these quilts at the UNIT GAME on APRIL 8th at Sacramento Bridge Center!
14 NEW CLASS Book: Advanced Beginners and Intermediates Two Over One Bidding System Not Required, but it is suggested that you purchase
25 Steps to Fridays, April 6—April 27, 2018 Learning 2/1 (4 Weeks) by Paul Thurston 9:00 am to 10:30 am
Instructor: Sam Sandusky [email protected]
916-705-5557
Cost: $40
Sacramento Bridge Center Introduction to the 2/1 bidding system. 2035 Hurley Way This system is very similar to standard bridge Suite 270 but does allow you to reach games and slams much more easily Sacramento CA 95825 than with standard. 916-925-6322 You will become familiar with game forcing bids and forcing 1NT responses.
You are always welcome to ask questions during and after the lesson. Pat Ingoglia shared pictures from the “Sacramento Girls at the Kona Hawaii Sectional” Feb 23-25 - check our team shoes!!
Eileen Hayes, Cindy Daugherty and Mary Kay Hjelmeland enjoy bridge in Hawaii
Also Celebrating Mary Kay’s birthday!!
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The winners of the March Unit Game in Folsom:
Dave Wilmott and Nancy Cook
Teri Smoot’s artwork will be featured in an art show called “OUT THERE” in Placerville from May 25 through August 12. Teri’s artwork is images of sky, space, and planets—digital data that is processed into images (they look like photos) of astronomical objects.
See more at: http://motherlodeshow.com/ and at: https://www.mtdemocrat.com/prospecting/ heavenly-news-imaging-the-heavens/ By Joy O’Dell . . .
Joel Lesser was honored with three cheese cakes for his birthday on Monday, March 12th. I am not sure if that is his exact date or not. We sang happy birthday to him and of course we all enjoyed the cheese cake brought by Judy Travis. Joel is one of the younger players at our club and really enjoys the game.
Below is a picture of the Saturday 299er game. We regularly have six tables and can run up to seven or eight.
This game was set up for new players and also for the working players. You will find that most of the players have well below 50 points.
Right now there is a Defense class at 10:30 before the game. When the Defense class ends Joy will offer a free mini class which offers many different subjects. The players often bring questions about hands they have had during the game.
This is a friendly game and includes players from as far away as Stockton. Any player who has taken the Bidding in the 21st Century class will enjoy this game.
Come join us for a fun day. A light lunch is served.
18 HAPPY 92nd BIRTHDAY, Eldon Raber celebrating with bridge partner, Cindy Daugherty !!!
Saturday game 3-10-18
Play Ball!
Opening day of the Baseball season on Thursday, March 29, 2018, Jim Bowman taught his Play of the Hand class decked out in gear appropriate for cheering on his favorite team!
19 OSMO OTRA 505’ers at the Philadelphia Nationals
by Mary Ose & Teri Smoot
Unit 505 players spotted in Philadelphia at the NABC include: Ronnie McMurdie, John Chan, Chris Panos, Teri Smoot, and Mary Ose.
The biggest news of the entire tournament is that Ronnie and her partner, Mark, performed stunningly in the Rockwell Mixed Pairs event. This is a 2-day, 4-session event with many top players from around the world. Ronnie and her partner came in second. Congratulations, Ronnie!
Runners-up in the Rockwell Mixed Pairs: Mark Itabashi and Veronica McMurdie. (NABC Daily Bulletin, Thursday, March 15, 2018, p.5) 2 days after her birthday Ronnie and Mark came in 2nd of the 192 pairs in the finals of the Rockwell Mixed Pairs and won 75 Masterpoints. Ronnie earned a total of 155.87 Masterpoints for the tournament, the most she has ever won in a tournament.
In other news, John Chan and his team tied for 3rd overall and 1st in X, and came in 1st in Y in the Sunday A/X/Y Swiss Teams. Congratulations, John!
What’s more, former 505-er Tony Barre and his team won the 5-day 0-10,000 Knockout Teams. Way to go, Tony!
The tournament was held at the downtown Marriott, John Chan with Alfred Lee a very nice venue, and was well attended. It seems that people from other countries came in droves to this tournament. There were bridge events for players at all levels, with quite a nice turnout of folks in the 299er and below range. 20 Bridge players occupied two full floors of the hotel plus a large space in the convention center for the bridge games and related activities. Every night there was some sort of snack after the evening session (10:30 PM), and on several nights there was live entertainment. On one night, the tournament organizers re-created the Atlantic City boardwalk in the common area. We enjoyed boardwalk games (similar to Santa Cruz), magicians, balloons, and dress up photography. We ate hotdogs, cotton candy, salt water taffy, sno-cones, and funnel cake. It was FUN!!
21 On other nights, there was dancing and a marvelous a capella group from the University of Pennsylvania.
Sightseeing around Philadelphia offers something interesting for everyone. Of course, there is so very much pertaining to US history as well as the Postal Service and the US Mint. The Philadelphia Art Museum is well known for not only it’s marvelous collection but also its Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) steps.
Philadelphia has also a program for painting murals on buildings; there must be 30 to 50 large murals around town.
American Flag Tree of Life
“It seems the origins of the game of Monopoly were in the greater Philadelphia area (many of the street names were actually in Atlantic City, home of the games originator and summer playground of many Philadelphians): the Reading Terminal (take a ride…), the federal penitentiary (go to jail...), Waterworks, and more...”
All in all, a terrific experience! Mark your calendars for the Atlanta NABC in July, and for the NABC in Honolulu in November. See you there!
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