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2021 SPRING CLASSES WITH JOSÉE ON ZOOM
BASICS BEGINNERS BRIDGE SERIES with Josée
- Wednesdays 4 pm to 6 pm (EST) beginning on March 24th for 8 weeks
Price: $240 CDN ($188 USD) Price includes taxes and Barbara Seagram Basic Bridge textbook.
Learn the basic elements of the game of bridge: how to take tricks, how to work with a partner, how to open the bidding in a suit and in No Trump, how to respond, how to compete and more.
Opportunities to play and practice online will be provided. Lessons are recorded and can be watched on your own time.
INTERMEDIATE I BRIDGE SERIES with Josée
- Tuesdays 11 am to 1 pm (EST) beginning on March 23rd for 7 weeks.
Price: $210 CDN ($165 USD) Price includes taxes and Barbara Seagram Intermediate I textbook. See below for payment instructions.
For those who feel rusty and need a refresher and for those moving up from Basic lessons. Opportunities to play and practice online will be provided.
Lessons are recorded and can be watched on your own time.
BID AND PLAY RETURNS – THE CONVENTION SERIES!
- Tuesdays 7 to 8:30 pm (EST) beginning on March 23 for 7 weeks.
Pay as you go - $20 CDN (15 USD) or pre-register for all 7 lessons - $120 CDN ($90 USD)
These 7 weeks will be spent on Conventions: DONT over 1NT Opening Bid, New Minor Forcing/Checkback Stayman, Reverse Drury, 4-way transfers and more!
Handouts of supporting material and hands played on BBO will be provided.
Lessons are recorded and can be watched on your own time.
LEARN TO PLAY TWO OVER ONE – A TWO DAY COURSE
- Monday May 10 & Tuesday May 11- 9:30 to 11:30 am (EST)
Price: $65 CDN ($51 USD) Includes taxes and Barbara Seagram 2/1 textbook
Learn the system that most of North America now plays. It makes it much easier to get to a better contract, easier to find slams on fewer values and easier to know when to stop in a part score.
Learn the forcing No Trump bid.
Lessons are recorded and can be watched on your own time.
PRE-REGISTRATION FOR ALL CLASSES IS REQUIRED
Contact Josée preferably by email at mjhammill@rogers.com, indicating your choice of course or by phone at 416-300-9140
Include First and Last Name, email address, mailing address if you require mailing of the textbook.
Canadians:
Payment by etransfer to email address mjhammill@rogers.com
Otherwise, a cheque to:
Josee Hammill, 418-1717 Avenue Road, Toronto, Ontario M5M 0A2 Canada
How do I get my book?
- Pick it up at the address above, in Toronto (two weeks before the class starts).
- By mail: add the postage costs to the course fee ($5.74 CDN). Please allow for 3 weeks delivery to avoid delays.
For Students Outside of Canada:
Please mail your check to:
Josee Hammill, 418-1717 Avenue Road, Toronto, Ontario M5M 0A2 Canada
Alternatively, you may choose to pay in US dollars via PayPal to email address mjhammill@rogers.com
and also by clicking on this link, http://bit.ly/JoseePaypal.
Please contact Josee to find out correct amount including postage of text book* and Pay Pal admin fees.
*Textbook included & shipped by regular mail. Please allow for 3-4 weeks delivery. Post offices in USA and Canada are very slow at this time.
 NOTE: You can also check in with Josée on: www.bridgebase.com
- Tuesday evenings from 7-9 pm
FORMAT:
- 4 players play 2 hands, with Josée advising on the proper bidding once you have finished bidding. Then you play the hand.
- After two boards, 4 new players join.
For those not actually playing a hand that round, you can watch and listen to the bidding and playing commentary. There may be opportunities to ask questions after each hand.
Be sure to get an account with www.bridgebase.com
- Log in to BBO at www.bridgebase.com. This will take you to the lobby. If you have not joined BBO yet, you will need to register with a user name and a password. Registration is free.
- Once you log on to BBO, the first screen you will see has a menu that includes Play or Watch Bridge.
- In order to find where I am teaching you will need to add me as a friend . My user name on BBO is JoseeTeach. To add me as a friend, look to the right of your screen, and you will see a tab that says People. Click on this and at the bottom of that screen, where it says Add Friend, add my user name JoseeTeach. Once it shows me online, you can click on my ID and my profile will appear.
- Go to the top of the profile and click on the blue "Join" button. That will take you to the teaching table.
This part is definitely new for all of you and is very important.
This will be an BBO audio (voice) lesson. When you get to the table you will see a yellow button that says Voice. Click on that button. If you have trouble hearing, make sure that you have your volume turned up. If you don't see the yellow button, you may need to log off and change browsers. Chrome and Firefox seem to work well.
If you are using a tablet to access BBO you can't take advantage of the voice feature from the app. Best to open your browser on our tablet and go to www.bridgebase.com/v3/. Then you will be using the site as if you are on a laptop. I highly recommend you do it this way so you can listen to my wonderful bridge tips :)
Doug Cowan will be joining me to help out. His user ID is wdoug1 so you can always ask him questions privately. Add him as a friend also. If you require more help over the phone ask either one of us.
Let's have fun playing some bridge and connecting again! We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday evenings!
Check out Josee's website www.bridgewebs.com/josees or email Josee at mjhammill@rogers.com or call 416-300-9140. | 
