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2021 WINTER CLASSES WITH JOSÉE ON ZOOM
BASICS BEGINNERS BRIDGE SERIES with Josée
- Tuesdays 11 am to 1 pm (EST) beginning on January 5th for 8 weeks
ZOOM LINK: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89796634744
Price: $240 CDN ($185 USD). Price includes taxes and Barbara Seagram Basic Bridge textbook. See below for payment instructions.
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
- Thursdays 4 to 6 pm (EST) beginning on January 7th for 7 weeks.
ZOOM LINK: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89796634744
Price: $210 CDN ($162 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.
INTERMEDIATE II BRIDGE SERIES with Josée
- Tuesdays 4 to 6 pm (EST) beginning on January 5th for 8 weeks
Price: $240 CDN ($185 USD) Price includes taxes and Barbara Seagram Intermediate II textbook. See below for payment instructions.
Weak Two Bids, Strong 2 Club Bids, Slam Bidding, Cue-Bidding First Round Controls, Preempts, Unusual NT, Michaels Cuebids, Opening Light in 3rd seat, Balancing, End Plays, Cross-Ruff, Loser-on-loser play, Introduction to defence, ...and MUCH more!!
Lessons are recorded and can be watched on your own time.
NEED EXTRA HELP?
From Josee:
After my lessons end at the end of October, I will have some limited availability to help you alone or you and your partner with some private coaching. Please email me at mjhammill@rogers.com with your requests. Please be as specific as you can be. e.g. partner and I want to work on our 2/1 auctions or could you come and watch partner and I play and provide feedback. This is not in lieu of all the offerings above! It is just a bit of extra help.
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
Canadians:
Payment by etransfer to email address mjhammill@rogers.com
If you are uncomfortable with this approach, you can always mail me a cheque to my home:
Josee Hammill, 418-1717 Avenue Road, Toronto, Ontario, M5M 0A2 Canada
For our American friends:
Unfortunately I am not set up for Paypal or cannot receive money through Zelle. It seems the only way is by way of cheque. So very sorry about this. Feel free to send one cheque for all the lessons you have taken after the series has ended.
 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. | 
