Sprots how's the directing going
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macrae1234
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Sprots how's the directing going
having fun?
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SportsFan68
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Re: Sprots how's the directing going
Thanks for asking.
Yes, I am having fun. I have a pretty good advantage, though, since I direct the Thursday afternoon 199er group. The participants tend to be more relaxed than the more competitive Tuesday evening and Friday afternoon groups, and the director calls are often procedural. For example, I had one newbie East smoosh her cards together with North's cards, and I pulled a hand record to sort them out. Fortunately, it was a hand I had already played. Otherwise I would have had to recruit somebody else who had already played it, creating a delay for two tables.
My chief difficulty is playing at the Senior Center. The price is right (free), but the canasta players are right next door, and they use an automatic shuffler. The people with hearing aids can't abide the racket, so we have to close the door to give them a little relief. Two doors away is the line dancing class, and the instructor uses the Center's sound system, so we close the big accordion doors between the line dancers and the canasta players, which the canasta players don't like because they like to watch the line dancing, and they often re-open the doors.
I am taking very seriously Ace's suggestion about directing on bridge cruises in exchange for room and board, and when SteelersFan retires, I will move it way up on the priorities list.
Yes, I am having fun. I have a pretty good advantage, though, since I direct the Thursday afternoon 199er group. The participants tend to be more relaxed than the more competitive Tuesday evening and Friday afternoon groups, and the director calls are often procedural. For example, I had one newbie East smoosh her cards together with North's cards, and I pulled a hand record to sort them out. Fortunately, it was a hand I had already played. Otherwise I would have had to recruit somebody else who had already played it, creating a delay for two tables.
My chief difficulty is playing at the Senior Center. The price is right (free), but the canasta players are right next door, and they use an automatic shuffler. The people with hearing aids can't abide the racket, so we have to close the door to give them a little relief. Two doors away is the line dancing class, and the instructor uses the Center's sound system, so we close the big accordion doors between the line dancers and the canasta players, which the canasta players don't like because they like to watch the line dancing, and they often re-open the doors.
I am taking very seriously Ace's suggestion about directing on bridge cruises in exchange for room and board, and when SteelersFan retires, I will move it way up on the priorities list.
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macrae1234
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Re: Sprots how's the directing going
I love the senior centre story. Maybe they will let you work an newcomer game at the Denver NABC next fall and you might consider this I am sure it will be given in Denver as this is from the Providence and most NABC's give this course
Club and Cruise Directors Course (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, November 24, 25, and 26)
This comprehensive course prepares candidates for directing club and bridge cruise games. Anyone interested in becoming a club director or a director aboard a cruise ship is invited to participate. Study materials may be purchased through Baron Barclay Bridge Supply (www.baronbarclay.com). Pre-register online by November 19 here, contact Joyce Stone at 662-253-3138 or send an email to directorcourses@acbl.org.
Fee: $50
Date: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday – November 24, 25, 26
Time: 1-10 p.m. Monday with dinner break
9 a.m.-10 p.m. Tuesday with lunch and dinner breaks
9 a.m. – noon Wednesday followed by lunch break and testing
Club and Cruise Directors Course (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, November 24, 25, and 26)
This comprehensive course prepares candidates for directing club and bridge cruise games. Anyone interested in becoming a club director or a director aboard a cruise ship is invited to participate. Study materials may be purchased through Baron Barclay Bridge Supply (www.baronbarclay.com). Pre-register online by November 19 here, contact Joyce Stone at 662-253-3138 or send an email to directorcourses@acbl.org.
Fee: $50
Date: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday – November 24, 25, 26
Time: 1-10 p.m. Monday with dinner break
9 a.m.-10 p.m. Tuesday with lunch and dinner breaks
9 a.m. – noon Wednesday followed by lunch break and testing
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.