[News] Special game for Charo Holdo

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 had a great couple of weeks of NAP Qualifiers and Club Championship games at the club! There are still a couple of Club Championships to take advantage of at the Friday and Saturday open games. *How about the 4th of July?* We're planning to open the club for our regular schedule. I'll host the morning 299er game with the workshop at 9:30. Zachary and I will be there for the afternoon game at 1:00 PM. The Pasadena Unit Game hosted by our local bridge unit will be held as usual on July 5. Traditionally we find that games held on holidays tend to be pretty well attended. For those who don't have holiday plans, a bridge game can be its own kind of celebration! *Play with joy, humility, and good humor.* That's the club motto, from right there on the front page of our web site <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/>. In some ways, this is the gist of the Zero Tolerance Policy which we announce before each game and event. Once in a while we need to remind ourselves of just what this means. If you've never read the actual text of the policy, please do so! It's posted on the web site at this link <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/zero-tolerance>. The document is structured for tournament play, but applicable to bridge clubs as well. We expect all of our players to abide by this policy, including its penalties, so it's worth giving it a read! While enforcing zero tolerance is truly the most difficult part of our job, it's also cited by players as one of the best features of the Pasadena Bridge Club. Rosario Holdo game July 20 We all mourn the loss of Rosario "Charo" Holdo who passed away a few weeks ago. Many of us will be at the memorial service this Saturday, June 27, at 11:00. (Cabot & Sons Funeral Home, 27 Chestnut St, just a few blocks from the bridge club.) Rosario's son Erik has made an extraordinary offer in honor of his mother. He will be paying the card fee for those who want to play in a memorial game at the bridge club. To honor the memory of Charo, we'll be hosting a game in her honor on Monday, July 20. There will be no card fee, and we are limited to 16 tables. The game will be an "Upgraded Club Championship," with its big masterpoint awards. Make your reservations as soon as you can on RSVP. This game may very well reach our capacity! 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. This week we have three courses that are wrapping up with their final sessions. For 2/1GF and Competitive Bidding, that means "practice hands," which might be the best use for a single visit I can think of. For Defense, it means "second hand play" which is also a dynamite single-class topic. Here are this coming week's individual classes: * Wednesday 3:00 PM /Introduction to Defense /"Second Hand Play" * Wednesday 7:00 PM /Two Over One Game Force /"Practice Hands" * Thursday 7:00 PM /Bridge Basics 2 - Competitive Bidding /"Practice Hands" 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 ... On July 15 we'll start up with three new courses. I'll tell you all about them next week! I'll be traveling to Minneapolis on July 5th to attend the American Bridge Teachers Association convention. I have a nomination and application for "Teacher of the Year." I'll let you know how it goes! Then I'm looking forward to a few days of great bridge play at the North American Bridge Championships with Dawn Lee. Back home on the 14th. *Registration is open* for the /Bridge Basics 1 - Introduction/. It will meet on Wednesday evenings starting July 15. Click here to register for the session <https://pasadena.augusoft.net/index.cfm?method=ClassInfo.ClassInformation&int_class_id=71634&int_category_id=0&int_sub_category_id=0&int_catalog_id=0> with PCC Extension. Best regards Mojo, Jane, Zachary, Lisa, Susan