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> I challenge any other bridge club in the country to top our program for student and novice bridge players! The full schedule starts up on Monday, March 3. We've added another session for social/supervised bridge on Friday afternoons, as well as another class session on Wednesdays from 3:00-5:00. The new class session should help meet a demand for daytime classes for students who don't want to drive at night! The full student/novice schedule is now available on the web site: https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/schedule#novice We're now taking reservations for the Monday workshop, Wednesday class, and Thursday novice game. No reservation required for Tuesday/Friday social/supervised play. New courses starting this week Introduction to Defense The best class for exploring the logic of a bridge deal, and learning to work with your partner to win as many tricks as possible on defense. * Six Wednesday evenings starting Feb. 26, 7:00-9:00 PM * Cost $120 includes textbook by Eddie Kantar * Single classes available for $25 * Full description and lesson plan <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/course/intro-to-defense> * Register for the class <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/contact/course_enrollment> Improving Your Judgment - Doubles Most newer players miss discovering good opportunities to use a takeout double. Experienced players know the double as the most flexible and useful call in the bidding box. * Five Thursday evenings starting Feb. 27, 7:00-9:00 PM * Cost $100 includes textbook by Audrey Grant * Single classes available for $25 * Full description and lesson plan <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/course/iyj_doubles> * Register for the class <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/contact/course_enrollment> Next week (March 3-8) *The new student/novice schedule starts!* Plus ... Wednesday morning seminars with Lulu Minter Join the first Wednesday morning session at 10:00 AM for this free presentation by Platinum Life Master Lulu Minter. Get some insights to how he continues to dominate club games with Fredy! Bridge Basics 3 - Popular Conventions Our first Wednesday afternoon class will be Popular Conventions from 3:00-5:00 PM. * Six Wednesday afternoons starting March 5, 3:00-5:00 PM * Cost $120 includes textbook by Audrey Grant * Single classes $25 * Full description and lesson plan <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/course/popular-conventions> * Register for the class <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/contact/course_enrollment> Coming up ... Our next *Sectional Tournament at Clubs* will be the week of March 10-16. We'll be offering silver point games every day that week! Card fees will be $13 to cover extra sanction fees. *Save the date* for our next *Robert Todd* seminar: Sunday, March 30, all day. We're starting to take reservations for the event. This is a first class bridge seminar. Robert features a bidding topic in the mornings, and a card play topic in the afternoon. The seminar fee will be $90. The next /Bridge Basics 1 - Introduction/ class starts Thursday, April 3. It's open for registration at this link <https://pasadena.augusoft.net/index.cfm?method=ClassInfo.ClassInformation&int_class_id=68489&int_category_id=0&int_sub_category_id=0&int_catalog_id=0>. If you get the PCC Extension catalog in your mailbox, you'll find our class listed! Best regards, Mojo, Jane, Zachary