(ABIN) 20" BUSI It Ceri BRIDGE TEACHERS’ Pac 200 ASSOCIATION “oj UARTERLY MAGAZINE Kathie Walsh 2011 ABTA/MPP Teacher of the Year <= DUES ARE DUE! <= ce CUR SUC Como Also In This Issue — POUR rom ets ocd 2011 Applebasket Winner BSR ry as Ter PERO ccm onuue SRAA NOTE FROM AUDREY Presenting Two-Over-One Game Force in a manner that informs and excites our students is important. Many come to this course because they think they have to; everyone seems to be playing this new system, and they feel they might be lett behind. Since they think it's a large revision to what they've been playing, there is apprehension that there will be a lot to digest. As teachers, we have to focus on general concepts, and deliver material that has the potential to empower and ‘amuse players the next time they play bridge. This book will bring you just that! 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How do you plan to handle the trump suit? ‘AUDREY GRANTS BETTER BRIDGE MAGAZNE guides you through the play in deals like this in the regular Playing Detective feature. DEFENSE: |s it better to lead away from aking, a queen, or a jack? Jerry Helms discusses the advantages and disadvantages of leading away from various honors in his regular article in the BETTER BRIDGE MAGAZINE. Bippinc, PLAY, DEFENSE....a well-balanced diet of tips ready for your students in the Better Bridge Magazine. It's worth its weight in goid...and it's only $20 a year! ARON To order magazines contact Baron Barclay: PARCLAY BRIDGE SUPPLY 4-800-274-2221 www.baronbarclay,comBT. 4 The American Bridge Teachers’ Association Quarterly Magazine The American Bridge Teachers’ Association Quarterly Magazine (ISSN 0891-6462) is published quarterly by The American Bridge Teachers’ Association. Office is 490 North Winnebago Driv Lake Winnebago, MO 64034-9321. Annual subscription of $30 is. included in $35 annual membership dues paid to The American Bridge Teachers? Association, Periodical postage is paid at Kansas City, MO and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to the American Bridge Teachers’ Association Quarterly Magazine, 490 North Winnebago Drive, Lake Winnebago, MO 64034-9321 Officers President JOYCE PENN 2800 Squires Ridge Columbus, OH 43220-6201 penn @columbus.r.com Vice President BRENDA SIMPSON 11725 East Glenview Circle Spokane, WA. 99206-5716 Dsbridge@aol.com Recording Secretary GLENNA SHANNAHAN 3026 Woods Edge Way Fitchburg. WL 53711 ‘gkshannahan@gmail.com Special Officer Business Secretary/Treasurer KATHY ROLFE 490 North Winnebago Drive Lake Winnebago, MO. 64034 krolfe5@eomeast.net Regional Directors ‘MB ON PQ NB NL NS PEL KATHIE MACNAB 5 Wren Street Halifax, NS B3M 2R1 Canada ‘kmacnab @ eastlink. 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VSP 116 Canada delmabridge@live.ca Midwest IA KS MN NE ND SD Wy ‘TED APPLEGATE 309 West 21st Steet Hays, KS 67601 frapple@ruraltel.netTABLE OF CONTEN’ President's Message Penn 6 New Members Rolfe 8 Our Lesson Plan Recipe Dufresne & Ellingsen 12 Software Review Simpson 14 Party Time at ABTA Seagram 18 2011 ABTA Master Teachers Abbott 19 Book Review Berry 20 ABTA Online Activities Sparrow 21 ABTA/Master Point Press 2011 Teacher of the Year Kalbfleisch 2 |] 2011 Book & Software Awards Sparrow 25 | lf) ABTA 2011 Conference Report Abbott 26 2011 Applebasket Winner Montague 30 Money in the Bank Braunstein 30 | J] Annual Membership Survey/Dues Bill Rolfe Center Insert ADV ERS EDITOR & PUBLISHER Baron Barclay 2&3 RALPH “CHARLIE” WILLIAMS Great Game Products. 10&11 331 Market Street East #154 Master Point Press 31 & 32 Gaithersburg, MD 20878-6410 slamhand@ verizon.net Note to advertisers, columnists and regular contributors: Please send your submissions to Charlie Williams or Leslie Shafer. Their email is slamhand@verizon.net or they can be reached by telephone at 301-977-0314. Their mailing address is 331 Market Street East #154, Gaithersburg, MD 20878-6410. FUTURE ABTA QUARTERLY PUBLICATION DEADLINES Fall: October 15,2011 Winter: January 15, 2012 Spring: April |President's Message Joyce Penn Toronto was a fabulous venue for the 54" Annual Conference of the ABTA. Kudos to hospitality chairman and hostess for the meeting, Barbara ‘Seagram, program co-chairmen, Steve and Amy Nellissen, Applebasket chairman and timer, Brenda Mont: gue, brochure design and printing, Sandy Stevens, audio-visual manager, Sheridan Colbourn and gift bag and tokens, Nancy Abbott Coordinating the entire meeting was Kathy Rolfe, our business secre- tary-treasurer who managed to over- see a mountain of hotel and organiz tional details, as first-time conference manager. It’s not an easy task but Kathy orchestrated our arrangements, with professionalism and grace. One hundred and five attendees enjoyed the labors of the above individuals, all of whom helped make my last year of presidency an enjoyable success. Our generous donators included the Barbara Seagram Bridge Studio, Master Point Press, Baron Barclay Bridge Supply, John Rayner, Cana- dian National Champion and Teacher, ACBL Unit 166, and the ACBL Edu- cational Foundation. Attendees loved receiving this year’s Book of the Year Award winner: Bridge With Bells and Whistles by our own Mary Ann Dufresne and Marion Ellingsen. Our gala celebrations during our meetings included lunch and wine, provided by Audrey Grant at her downtown private club on Wednes- day afternoon, Audrey entertained us with a group bridge tips discussion and distributed bookmarks for atten- dzes. During the evening hours, we splashed around in an amphibious bus, viewing many of Toronto's downtown historic sites, followed by dinner at Joe Badali's. Our generous donators provided wine accompany- ing an award presentation to Gerry LaChance, from Blue Mountain, ON, a Teacher of the Year inalist. Thursday afternoon found us in a very high elevator trip to the top of the CN ‘Tower, where we en- joyed a wonderful luncheon and looked through the glass floor 1 to view Toronto be- low. At our Thursday evening ba quet at the Royal York, once again we enjoyed a gourmet dinner accom- panied by our generous donators’ glass of wir Looking forward to a new year, with Brenda Simpson and Chuck Hodel at the helm, we hope to sur pass this year’s record attendance in Toronto. Mark your calendars forMarch 13 to March 16, 2012, at the Memphis Marriott Downtown Hotel. Itis the ACBL’s 75” anniversary and they invited us to share in the festiv ties. Note that our annual conference Il take place early, instead of pre- ceding the summer NABC. Congratulations to our new Mas- ter Teachers, our Book-Software winners this year and our Applebas- ket winner, Richard Braunstein (see page 30 for Richard's winning en- try). As my presidential term comes to an end, I thank our officers and com- mittee chairmen for making my task an easy one and wish Brenda and Chuck much luck in the future. You are reading this and other articles because of the efforts of our profes- sional and extremely competent edi- tor, Charlie Williams and his wife, Leslie Shafer. They spend an enor- mous amount of time and effort writ- ing and editing this first class publi- cation and deserve all of our thanks. Thope to see all of you in Mem- phis and thank you for supporting this wonderful organization. ‘Our current President Joyce Penn and ‘our next President, Brenda Simpson at the ABTA Conference in Toronto Meet Us in Memphis ABTA Conference March 13 - 16, 2012 Our 2012 Conference has been moved from the summer to next spring. We will meet in Men phis, March 13 ~ 16, 2012, pre- ceding the spring NABC. This is because the ACBL invited us to participate in their 75" anniver sary celebration Plans are underway to tour the new headquarters of ACBL and Graceland, Our program chai man, Dee Berry, will be schedul- ing notable speakers for your en- joyment Mike Lawrence has committed to a 2-hour presen- tation and Eric Rodwell is also scheduled to speak to us. Mark your calendars now — you'll have a wonderful time! Take the TAP in Memphis - For Free! Any ABTA member may take the ACBL Teacher Accreditation Program (TAP) for free at the 2012 Spring NABC in Mem- phis. (ABTA dues and ACBL membership must be current.) Please use this offer as a recruit. ment tool! For more information contact Dana Norton at 662-253- 3161 or dana.norton@ acbLorg.New Members Karen Barrett Sandra Lewis 61 Roton Avenue 126 Seaton Street Norwalk, CT 06853 kebob@oponline.net Robert S. Colbourn 534 Saint George Road Danville, CA 94326-6230 sheridan_colbourn@sbeglobal. Steven Conrad P.O. Box 1090 Manhasset, NY 11030 steve@mathleague.com Eileen Cripps 727 Wilder Drive Madison, WI 53704-6011 mursec727@aol.com Betsy Dubose 21 Townhouse Court Bellaire, TX. 77401-3315 betsydubose@ gmail.com Lynda Beryl Flanger 6300 Pasture View Place Gainesville, VA. 20155 flanger01 @comeast.net Elinor Hood 10360 SE Waverly Court, Apt 106 Milwaukie, OR 97222 elinor17@aol.com Carol Kerr 4 Leamington Lane Hilton Head Island, SC 29928-5150 ekerr2989@roadrunner.com Toronto, ON MSA 2T3 Canada sllewis@sympati ill M. McCormick #3-252 Melrose Avenue Halifax, NS_B3N 2E7 Canada jmariem@eastlink.ca Lynn M. Noss 37063 Royalton Road Grafton, OH 44044 nosse46@ gmail.com Barbara Phillips 4882 Arrowhead Drive Rushville, NY 14544 (Ma through ewer 6080 S.E. Martinique Drive #102 Stuart, FL 34997 (November though Apri) bongeop@aoleom John J. 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The in- opens 1, partner passes and aredients are: right-hand opponent bids 2s. © Akey concept or idea; Will you overcall 34? No. At the © A tabletop sample hand to illus- three level you need very good trate the idea, ideally with a few ivalussanda veryigued. cult =— al least an invitational opening hand and a self-sustaining suit of at least six cards. Given the auc- variations; and, + Some leading questions. To illustrate, here's a quickie we tion, partner can’t possibly have concocted recently as a review of much and you don’t want to be overcall basics. playing 3¥ opposite a weak dummy with a possible singleton ‘The Key Idea: or void. If we added another king The higher the level of the over- and a sixth heart, you could call, the more you need in terms of overcall 3¥ safely — though strength and suit quality. there’s a pretty good chance ; . you'll be down one. A Tabletop Example: & Suppose: jour night hand oppo- 474 YAKB42 #Q64 #1082 nent opened 26 — preemptive. Will you overcall 3¥? That's a ‘Some Leading Questions: tougher decision. When the op- + Ifyour right-hand opponent opens ponents are trying to steal, you 1, will you overcall 1¥? Yes. have to take some chances. Most ‘This is about the bare minimum good players will overcall 3¥ ‘you need for a one-level overcall with few reservations. Why? Be- — a five-card suit with two top cause this time there's no reason honors and 8+ points. to assume that partner is broke. * If your right-hand opponent opens If he has a fair share of the out- 1@ will you overcall 2¥? No, standing points, nothing catastro- that’s not enough for the two hic is likely to happen in 3. level. Let's add the ¥J and the +A so the hand looks like this: Got more than 15 minutes? Add a practice deal. We like this one for 2 RARER #1082, overcall basies (see next page):North aKi42 v5 #31092 (Dealer) 4.41063 West East 4AQ876 4953 ¥762 vK 1093 +KQs #843 4kK7 BADE South 410 vAQUS4 #AT6 4Q852 West opens 14, North passes and East raises to 28, South correctly passes because he isn’t strong enough for a three-level overcall. He's re- warded for doing the right thing be- cause North-South easily set 24, Had he overcalled, he and partner would be the ones going set Got still more time? Add more practice deals or introduce another key idea — with its own example and leading questions. With a Tittle prac- tice you'll be able to whip up a lesson in nothing flat! ABTA web site: www.abtahome.com Stay updated by checking our site regularly. If you would like your name to be linked to email on the members page, please send your permission to our web master, Luise Lee at: webmaster@ abtahome.com Limited-Time Offer to ABTA At the ABTA Conference in To onto, Steve Tover gave the specifies of his limited-time offer to the ABTA. Steve is President of Bridge Teachers’ Resource, an internet-based customer relationship management platform with many uses For those of you who didn’t attend ‘our conference, the ABTA has negoti ated a promotional special with the company which will help you with the following things: 1. Create courses and classes: 2 Generate reports on attendance for games and courses: 3. Consolidate and manage informa tion about your students; and 4. Help you market courses, events and planned activities. ‘The ABTA obtained a 50% dis- count off the retail price of Steve's Bridge Teachers’ Resource product, for a limited time. To learn more about the proxluct, please go to www.bridgeclubresource.com and click on the “features & benefits” link to evaluate its usefulness for you, ‘The discounted price is $10/month for a full year, with the first 30 days free, when you sign up. /As this is a limited-time offer, please verify that these prices are still available 10 ABTA when you enroll. — Edivor] This product will help you maxi- ‘mize communications with your stu- dents and manage on-going activities with them. On the website, click on “sign up” and enter your name and ABTA number to take advantage of this offer. If you do not know your number, please email Kathy Rolfe at krolfe5 @comeast.netRTE Calta) By Brenda DANEEL) Learn to Play Bridge with Audrey Grant Bridge Basics 1 By Audrey Grant Audrey has put her best seller Bridge Basics 1 ina software format where we can hear Audrey's voice teach us the lessons as the visual is given of the narrative. David Lindop lends his voice on the Walkthru of the practice hands section. ‘One of the reasons I am the re viewer of the software is that if I ean do it, anyone can, This is the most user friendly format that T've run across. Your beginner students will love it as will the advancing student. Great Game Products has done a great job with the art as well as ease of interacting. The next button is highlighted when I'm to click it and there are neat features such as utoBid” and “Claim” (after you have the contract made) I especially like the colors and animations with all of the Better Bridge characters. — Ace, King, Queen, and Jack. There is a ladder on the side of the script that you scroll up LEARN TO PLAY BRIDGE down if you Some need a review The Bidding Ladder is visi- ble throughout the bidding with the bids ies. highlighted as you make a bid. Also highlighted are the game bids which help the bidder see how high they are. Any time a word is first introduced it is in italics and the definition is given. Or you can look up terms in the al- phabetized Glossery. ‘There are four main parts of the software that we ean control. First is the option button that controls the sound which can be on or off. The speed of the lesson and the speed of the hand as it’s played can be con- trolled with this button also. Second ~ there are 32 practice hands you can play against a. skilled ro- bot and then do the Walkthru if you wish, Third is the Quiz after each lesson which you can skip and come back to whenever. The progress section keeps a record of how you do in the quiz. Fourth is the overall structure of the Table of Con- tents which is divided into four les- sons. ‘The four lessons are: 1) The Basics; 2) No Trump openings and re- sponses: 3) Major Suit openings and re- sponses; and, 4) Minor suit openings and re- sponses.Afier each concept in the lesson, there is a practice hand. As soon as the contract has been bid and the lead made, the declarer has the ABC Plan Diagram made visible on the screen. | particularly like this feature as the hardest thing to have the beginner do is pause and make a plan, The ABC acronym for Declarer’s Plan stands for: A—Assess the Situation; goal, sure tricks, extra tricks needed B—Browse Declarers Check I promotion, length, finesse, trumping in dummy. C—Consider_the Order; be in the right place at the right time, develop extra tricks early, draw trumps, high ‘ard from the short side first, keep enough trumps in dummy, take tricks and run, At the end of the disc is a section called “For the Curious.” Scoring is covered there — along with other concepts such as: opening leads; 2nd Do you need an updated 2011 Membership Roster? Have you recently moved? Do you know if it’s time to renew your membership? Please send questions and updates via email to our Business Secretary: Kathy Rolfe 490 North Winnebago Drive Lake Winnebago, MO 64034-9321 Home: 816-237-0519 Email: krolfe5 @ comcast.net and 3rd hand play; and attitude sig- nals, The regular price for this software is $34.95. Great Game Products sells the software for $17.50 for ABTA teachers. They also only charge for the actual postage when they mail items to you. Great deal, huh? ‘Their number is 1-800-426-3748 or email them at sales@ bridgebaron.com Spread the Word!! Recruitment of new members should be a priority for everyone in our organization. You can download a membership form for your friends from our website ‘There is a supply of back issues of the Quarterly available if you are planning a teacher’s workshop in your area, Make it your goal to recruit at least one new member this year!Many of the teachers arrived in Toronto on Monday in time to go to the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the- Lake on Tuesday. 47 teachers joined in and John Raynor and Patti Lee (both are very talented) were in charge of entertainment aboard the bus. We had sing alongs and quizzes and it was all a lot of fun, We had time to shop and walk around this beautiful little town and then toured the theatre backstage At noon, one of the actors, Patrick Galligan, came to talk to us and we were spellbound by his enthusiasm and eloquence. He was masterful. We had lunch backstage and then saw the excellent performance of Heartbreak House, a play by George Bernard Shaw. En route home, we bribed the driver to take us via Niagara Falls, for the benefit of those who had never been there. ‘On Wednesday evening, 80 of us hopped aboard two Hippo buses and toured downtown Toronto for an hour. Then the bus plunged into Lake Ontario and we “sailed” for a half hour. It was a blast. 90 of us then dined out at Joe Badali’s Ristorante ‘The aptly named Hippo Bus Party Time at ABTA Ret e At noon on Thurs- day, 80 of us headed to the CN Tower (No, folks, it is not the CNN Tower! CN stands for Canadian National!) This had been the tallest free- standing structure in the world for many years until Dubai got in the way! We all hed lunch in the revolv- ing tower, getting a great view of the city and then took time to walk on the glass floor and check out the observation deck. There is @ new “ride” atthe ‘Tower where you can hang off the edge of the platform, in a secured harness. I forgot to tell the teachers about that opportunity so y'all come fon back!!! A big thank you to all the teachers who came to Toronto to enjoy our city and thank you for getting in- volved. Thank” you 93 pon also to the sponsors SANE who made this possi- es) ble by subsidizing our =~ events financially Baron Barciay Bridge Supplies Better Bridge Great Game Products John Rayner Unit 166 ACBL (Southern Ontario) ACBL Educational Foundation Master Point Press Barbara Seagram BridgeCongratulations to the 2011 ABTA Master Teachers: San Jose, CA, ‘an Antonio, TX Pat Peterson, Hernando, FL Laurie Levin comes from a Bridge playing family from South Africa! Now that’s getting some vari- ety into the membership! However, now Levin lives in “exotic” San Anto- nio Texas and teaches as many as eight classes per week. That's a full schedule. She is an ACBL certified TAP teacher who teaches at the Turtle Creek Duplicate Bridge Club. She is an San Antonio Unit Goodwill awardee. She plays regularly with a 91-year-old partner and is a mentor to others in the regular San Antonio Mentor/Mentee games. She plays in the Unit's Pro-Am game and was a speaker at the local 4th of July Regio Her greatest thrill is following the progress of her students in their dupli- cate career and getting their e-mails relating how bridge has brought such joy to their lives. Congratulations on becoming an ABTA Master Teacher Presenting ABTA’s New Master Teachers ena Pat Peterson of Hernando Florida has been named as one of 2011's Master ‘Teachers. Peterson has been teaching bridge since 1975, but since moving to Florida in 1997, she has devoted herself to it almost full-time. In addition to her classes, she is the Director at Citrus Hills Duplicate Bridge Club where she supervises games for all lev els of player as well as the annual Sectional. She yearly gets out as a Bridge Director on various cruise lines, Peterson is a Gold Life Master, an ACBL Star Teacher, an EayyBridge! and Better Bridge certified Ps teacher. She can now add ABTA Master oe Teacher to her re- JM sume. Congratulations! Pat Peterson Wendy Dewell of San Jose Cali fornia became a Master Teacher in Toronto. Congratulations! [We hope tw present a short bio of Ms. Dewell in a fuiure issue. —Editor]Book Review Leo The Pocket Guide to Bridge World Standard By The Bridge World, © 2011 ‘This concise 72 page paperback would provide high intermediate- advanced students (and their teach- ers) with an excellent summary of “modern expert standard” in regard to bidding and defense. The first chapter, entitled “General Understandings and De- faults” is definitely aimed at experi- enced players and includes such discussions as: "bypass rule,” “doubles subject to no explicit agreement,” “five no-trump,” “foreing vs. non-forcing,” “four no- jumps,” “lead directing doubles,” “opposing doubles,” “passed hand situations,” “passes over redoubles,” “redoubles,” s ments,” “suit jumps,” and “two notrump.” Wow — how about most of | — those as topics for lessons? The second chapter deals with slam- bidding methods, the third chapter spotlights partnership-bidding —meth- ods, the fourth chapter covers com- petitive-bidding methods, the fifth chapter, defensive-bidding _ methods and the last chapter, Bridge World Standard Defense. Again, any of these chapters could be used as the basis for an entire course or courses. ‘The 4 by 6” pamphlet, published in June, 2011, is available from Bridge World for $8.95 each: The Bridge World, PO Box 299, Scarsdale NY 10583, 800-366-1939, www.bridgeworld.com This reviewer already had ordered a Dues Are Due!! ‘The address label on this ABTA Quarterly issue contains your ex your label indicates you are expiring soon, please send in your membership dues US Funds: $35 for one year; $90 for three years; or $49 per year for a household membership. Canadian members may pay in Canadian funds by sending: $45 per year: three years for $115; oF S62 per year for a household membership. ABTA offers this option asa convenience and fees may be higher than the conversion rate indicates due to US bank fees. If you have any questions, please contact Kathy Rolfe via email krolfeS@ comeast.net ‘Your check or money order should be made out te ABTA and mailed to: Kathy Rolfe, 490 North Winnebago Drive, Lake Winnebago, MO. 64034-9321ABTA Online Acti eo uae ae Be sure to stay connected with other teachers through our online act ABTAhome, Check our website regularly at www.abtahome.com ‘Are you listed on the teacher page, $0 that prospective new students may find you? ABTAdiseuss. Join our email discus- sion list and send in questions and comments by email. This is a great way to discuss bridge teaching with others. Sometimes the list is very quiet, other times there is a flurry of activity. Once you have joined the ‘group you can read all the past mes- sages, and we've had some interest- ing discussions. There are also some very useful things for you to find in the files. http://games.groups.yahoo.comv group/ABTAdiscuss ABTAchat, Come to our once- ‘month chat (usually the fourth Si day evening) at Bridge Base Online, Download the windows based BBO program ahead of time from www bridgebase.com Topics are pre-set and you will re- ceive an email reminder a few days in advance. But don’t be fooled, we get through a surprising amount in just one hour, so feel free to jump in if you have a pressing question. Here's a list of the next few months’ Chat dates and topies: Sunday, September 25, 2011. What do you do about students who want to repeat classes — do you charge them less? What about students who miss classes — do you give them the hand- outs they missed? Any other operating procedures you'd like to discuss with fellow teachers? Come and chat. Sunday, October 23, 2011. What new books and web sites have you found recently that help you with your teach- ing? Do you have a list of favorites that you refer your students to? Sunday, November 27, 2011. Do you find teaching stressful? If so, how are you managing to cope with the stress? Do you have some good tips to pass on to other teachers? If you are NOT receiving regular monthly reminders by email about the Chats it’s because Maggie Sparrow doesn’t have your correct email ad- dress, Send it to her if you would like to be reminded. If you miss a Chat you are particularly interested in, you email her for the transcript at msparrow@csolve.netNy Creat Ce 8 ay Congratulations to Kathie Walsh, winner of the 2011 ABTA/Master Point Press Teacher of the Year award. Kathie teaches at the Hilton Head Island (HHI) Bridge Club, Hi ton Head, South Carolina, She is fol- lowing in the steps of Tina Radding, last year’s winner, also from South Carolina, Is there something in the air in South Carolina that produces such fine bridge teachers? Kathie was selected asthe Teacher of the Year from a group of eight very qualified finalists from across North America, As winner, she received a crystal plaque and a cash award. Kathie’s bridge playing began in the 60°s when she and her husband, Jim, played bridge with other young couples in their neighborhood. ‘The children were taken along and put to bed so that the parents could play bridge for hours. “And we thought ‘we were good,” Kathie says, only to learn later that perhaps they weren't 2010 Teacher of the Year, ‘Tina Radding, Denise Hoff and 2011 Teacher of the Year, Kathie Walsh Kathie gave up playing. bridge when she returned to teaching full- time as a high school English teacher. She earned her PhD in 1990 and she worked as a college English professor until her retirement in 1998, The fam- ily moved from the — Philadel- phia area to Hilton Head in 1999 and she began playing bridge again at the local HHI brid club. When partners asked if she played certain conventions, she real- ized that the modern game was quite different from the one she played in the 60's. As she believes that the best way to learn something is to teach it, she accepted an offer to begin teach- ing at the club in 2003 and she hasn't looked back since. In 2003, she started with 14 stu- dents, once a week. Now she larly teaches three classes a week at the club and two other classes in the community, with up to 250 students. Her classes range in skill level from the absolute beginner to the advanced player. Students show up early con- cerned that there won't be room. Her classes often have 80 students, the number increasing to over 100 during the winter with the influx of snow- birds. Many snowbirds now come to Hilton Head, not for the golf but for the bridge, thanks to Kathie's efforts and reputation,-ABTA QUARTERLY —__PAGE23____________ Summer 2011 ‘Armed with diagrams, handouts and practice hands, she comes into the class and the magic begins. With such large numbers, she has to be the mas- ter she is at maintaining classroom decorum, Students appreciate her sense of humor as she brings some- times dry topics to life. If she sees her students are not understanding, she will say, “I can see it in your eyes that you're not getting it, Oka over it again.” Prior to her weekly lessons, Kathie sends an email to all students giving them a preview of the upcoming le: son, At class she provides a write-up of the topic, complete with examples and exercises. She sends post class quizzes to everyone. Then she cor- tects the quizzes that arc returned, When an answer is incorrect, she takes the time to give a personal ex- planation. Kathie always welcomes questions from her students, whether face to face, by email or telephone. One week this past winter she re- ceived and responded on an individual basis to 72 of her students’ emails. In her teaching program she has used materials prepared by Pat Har- rington, Eddie Kantar, Audrey Grant, Barbara Seagram = and—-Bdith MeMullin. But the meat of her lessons she prepares herself from hands she's found in newspapers, tournament bul- letins, the ABTA Quarterly, Leslie Shafer’s newsletter and the Bridge Bulletin to name a few. She has at- tended every ABTA convention since 2005 and uses much of the material picked up from ther Kathie personifies the teacher who really cares about her students, She speaks to everyone indi as they assemble for class. She knows them on sight by name. She knows the strengths and weaknesses of each. She follows their learaing progression. She encourages students individually to participate in tourna- ment play, recognizes their su cesses, verbally and by email In addition to her weekly classes, Kathy organizes weekend workshops when she sees the need. This past June she ran a successful Bridge Teachers’ workshop for anyone ‘wanting to teach bridge. Kathie has served on the board of the HHI Bridge Club and written the club newsletter, In 2007, she re- ceived an ACBL Star Recruiter Cer- tificate for signing up 100 ACBL members. After having directed regularly at the club for several years, she gave this up two years ago because of her teaching load. She has recently begun teaching on bridge She annually gives free (Continued on pege 24) Kathie Walsh enjoying herself at the ABTA Conference in Toronte-ABTA QUARTERLY __PAGE 24__Summer 2011 (Cominued from page 23) bridge lessons in support of at least twelve charities. She writes a bridge column for the local paper twice a month. Many students tell her that they are attending her classes be- cause of what they read in the col- umn, some even coming to class with a folder filled with her columns. In 2008, Kathie organized a bridge land cruise to a 6" Century farmhouse in Tuscany, Italy, for 16 lucky bridge students. They would sighisee in the morning, have a bridge lesson in the afternoon and play bridge in the evening, after a gourmet dinner prepared by their host. She hopes to organize a similar yearly retreat to Cancun, Mexico, beginning next year Kathie’s uninhibited passion for teaching and bridge seems to capture and hold her students? imagination and to focus their learning experience. Her stu dents love her! She is an outstanding teacher who truly exhibits an_in- depth knowledge of bridge while passing on her love of the game to her students. As one student puts it, ABTA President, Joyce Penn, ‘athie Walsh and Barbara Seagram “Thanks to Kathie, I've ¢: bridge bug. She teaches with pa- tience, humor and clarity. We on Hil- ton Head are so lucky to have Kathie Walsh to teach us how to be success- ful bridge players while having fun at the same time.” Who could ask for anything more in a teacher? Congratulations again to Kathie for her outstanding achievement as a bridge teacher and as the well-deserved winner of the (Wf 2011 Teacher of the Year ~\ award. Congratulations, — Iso, t0 the other seven finalist exceptional bridge teachers in their ‘own right. Of course the true winners are all of their students! ABTA members can order a magnetic name badge with the ABTA logo in black and red on a white background by contacting: 4 Alliance Bivd., Ui Barrie, ON L4M 531 Canada Phone: 705-726-1101 Fax: 705-726-1103 Price is approximately $15 US, in- cluding shipping, Pay by credit card to avoid currency problems, either by phone or fax. Fax is preferred to ensure your_name_is_spelled_cor- rectly. Allow at least 7 days for ind 10 days for shipping.The 2011 ABTA Book and Software Awards Commit- embers. were: Sparrow (chair); Harriet Buel Jerry Helms; Brenda Montague: Joyce Penn; and Karen Walker. The follow- ing submissions were received for consideration: (In the Book Category) Bridge 301 By John Randall Bridge with Bells and Whistles By Mary Ann Dufresne and Marion Ellingsen Cards with Gram By Janie Mohler By David Bird The Pocket Guide to Bridge Conventions You Should Know By Barbara ‘and Mare Smith (In the Software Category) Learn to Play Bridge with Audrey Grant By Audrey Grant Mike’s Advice, Volume 1 Perplexing Bidding Problems By Mike Lawrence Planning the Play of a Bridge Hand By Barbara Seagram and David Bird The Real Deal, Intermediate & The Real Deal, Advanced By Larry Cohen The ABTA Book of the Year for 2011 is: Bridge with Bells and Whistles By Mary Ann Dufresne and Marion The ABTA Software of the Year for 2011 is: The Real Deal, Intermediate & The Real Deal, Advanced By Larry CohenThe 2011 Toronto Conference started Monday evering with the “bag filling” party in the Whistler Room at the Royal York. We had bright red bags with a maple leaf surrounding the ABTA logo and 2011 Toronto beneath. We had 2011-2012 academic planners with reminder on the fron: of the Spring Memphis meeting, credit card mag- nifiers and ABTA logo’ed high- lighter pens, some leftover pink bags from New Orleans, some small travel bags with small size bottles, Toronto information booklets & maps, Conference folders: red with terrific stick-on id’s [designed by Sandy Stevens} and Conference pro- ‘grams with a special insert with a knowledgements of our most genei ous donors. Our donors this year: Baron Bar- clay, Better Bridge, Great Games, Master Point Press, ACBL Unit 166, ACBL Educational Foundation, Barbara Seagram Bridge Studio and John Rayner made possible the breakfasts at the Strathcona Hotel and the special luncheon at the Ver- ity Club. Additional contributions by Barbara Seagram and her fantas- tic hospitality committee cannot be underestimated. The success of an ABTA conference is primarily on the shoulders of the hespitality com- mittee and, in Toronte, we had one of the best committees. in recent years. ABTA 2011 Conference Report By Nancy Abbott, Virginia Our first full day was our “outing” to Niagara-on-the-Lake and the Shaw Festival. This 50-year-old Festival celebrates the long, successful career of George Bernard Shaw who has proven to be one of the major playwrights of the late 19" through mid-20" centuries. The Festival presents new staging of Shaw plays each year as well as plays by Shaw's “contemporaries from 1856-1950] and even plays written about the period. This year the three theatres in Niagara-on- the-Lake are presenting three Shaw plays, two musicals, including My Fair four plays by Shaw contempora ies and, in their new Studio playhouse, two new plays. They manage to get all these plays ready for a three-month season in only seven months. The total ensemble numbers 96 with 18 not ap- pearing in this year’s works. Each actor appears in two plays each year. There are apprenticeship programs in acting, costume design, stage design, lighting and sound design. This is a very pressive $26 million a year enterprise, Jane Waleroft, Ontario and Rosalind Hack, California at the Shaw Festival Luncheon-ABTA QUARTERLY __PAGE27___ Summer 2011 The town of Niagara-on-the- Lake is charming with lush plant- ings in a beautiful park and lovely Victorian buildings lining a couple of nice walking streets. We had a walk about town, a back-stage tour, a delightful interview with Patrick Gallagan who is appearing in this year's Shaw Heartbreak House and in My Fair Lady based on Shaw's Pygmation and a delicious lunch at the theatre served on the shady patio. The afternoon was climaxed by a magnificent performance of Heartbreak House by George Ber- nard Shaw in the main theatre. Joyee Penn at Niagara-on-the-Lake We returned via Niagara Falls [Canadian side] in time for the Pre: Convention Board Meeting. This is always the long, _business-filled meeting during the Conference. We have to hear reports from the Re- gional Directors, from the President, the Business Secretary-Treasurer and all the committee chairpersons. We are still working on bringing our By Laws and Standing Rules up-to- date and we had revisions and addi- tions this year as usual, The following morning the Confer- ence began in the Imperial Room of the Royal York Hotel. This was the main showroom when the Royal York was Toronto's principal showplace, It is a marvelous room for us with space for vendors around the room and speakers and a power point sereen in full view of the whole audience. Everyone had special name tags done by Sandy Stevens. The opening speaker was Ray Lee of Master Point Press with his new of- ferings for 2011-2012. Sounding really good! The second presentation was by Marilyn Kalbfleisch who headed the 2011 Teacher of the Year Committee. The fi were all in attendance and the winner was Kathy Walsh, Hilton Head. A special report on the Teacher of the Year by Marilyn Kalbfleisch is in this issue. Jerry Helms gave a short presenta- tion on the use of Puppet Stayman over 1. No Trump openings with 34 used for Puppet and 2 for standard Stayman, Interesting thoughts! We then left the Royal York for Audrey Grant’s luncheon at the Verity Club. This was another outstandit success: a chance to mix with the spon- sors and sit with new members or some we had not met before. The food was ie and it was a good break. (Continued om page 28)(Continued from page 27) Back to the Imperial Room for the afternoon program with Julian Laderman on the Missing Link in Bridge and ACBL’s top director, Mike Flader, on Opening 24 & Psy- ches. We always learn a lot from these speakers. The evening was spent on a tour of downtown Toronto and the lake: front on the Hippo Buses and dinner at Joe Badali’s. We were really ready for the delicious meal on offer and anxious for bed earl ‘Thursday began with a continen- tal breakfast at the Strathcona Hotel and the ABTA Annual Membership Meeting. Thursday morning was presentation by Audrey Grant. She always has good ideas and this year she has new materials available for classes with differing skill levels All the Cruise Bridge Directors were especially interested. ‘Thursday noon was a luncheon at the CN Tower at the revolving res- taurant with magnificent views of Toronto. Great food and a real treat! By afternoon we were ready for John Rayner, Marilyn Boden and Steve Tover. John Rayner is a local Toronto club owner, teacher and nationally ranked Canadian player. His presentation on Opening Leads with excellent handouts was a great demon- stration of one way to teach this chal- lenging subject. Marilyn Boden is an accomplished and successful Bridge Cruise Director who gave the best pres- entation ABTA has ever had on the Joys and woes of Cruise Directing Well prepared and every word infor- mative! Steve Tover is an Israeli- American with a new computer soft- ware program that he is testing for marketing to teachers and club diree- tors. We look forward to finding out how the testing goes. Some of our ‘members were interested in becoming testers The banquet was in the Upper Terri- tories Room on the 18" floor of the hotel. A very nice site set with 11 ta- bles for eight and a bountiful buffet w/ chicken, beef, fish and vegetarian of- ferings. ‘The awards part of the evening be- gan with the Applebasket award for the year's best teaching tip from Richard Braunstein, Lancaster PA. He and his wife, Rosalind, are faithful attendees at ABTA Conventions. His tip encour- aged teachers to help students think of long suits like money in the bank. ‘The next awards of the evening were from the BOOK and SOFT- WARE committee. This year the com mittee judged only five books, but five software entries. Chairwoman Maggie Sparrow announced that Larry Cohen had won the 2011 Software of the Year Award for The Real Deal, Inter- ‘mediate and The Real Deal, Advanced.ABTA QUARTERLY. AGE 29 Summer 201 ‘The book of the year was from Master Point Press Bridge with Bells & Whistles by Mary Ann Dufresne & Marion Ellingsen. Their previous book from MPP was We Love the Majors. These are two really enthu- siastic teachers whom, I hope, we have recruited for membership. Of course, the highlight of the evening was the announcement of the 2011 MASTER TEACHERS. This well-earned recognition of a level of achievement other members of the organization aspire to attain is, a teaching credential that only the ABTA can offer. Our Master Teach- ers for 2011 are Wendy Dewell, San Jose CA; Laurie Levin, San Antonio TX and Patricia Peterson, Hernando, FL. All 28 first attendees were indi- vidually introduced and appeared before the banqueters. They were a lively bunch and most thought that they would attend future confer- ences. This is a real tribute to the hospitality of our Toronto welcom- ing committee. Friday's session was devoted to the pros: Mel Colchamiro and the George Jacobs panel: David & Lisa Berkowitz, Mel, David Lindop and Haig Tchamitch, They were amus- ing and insightful as always. The questions were some of the best we've had in several years, probably due to the extra time members had to compose them. The Friday morn- ing slot for the celebrity panel was a good choice with everyone bright- eyed and alert. Attendance at this Conference was the highest in several years and, by far, the largest number of Canadians in re- cent memory attended. We can only hope that they will want to see Spring in Memphis, March 13 - 16, 2012. A highlight of our Spring Confer- ence in Memphis will be the tour of the new ACBL Headquarters Building and Bridge Museum, ACBL celebrates their 75" Anniversary in 2012 and ABTA will be 55! All ABTA Conven- tion attendees will be entitled to free admission to the ACBL TAP course This is an outstanding opportunity par- ticularly if it has been some time since you have taken this course. It’s fabu- ious and really gets you ready for your classes for the rest of the year. Looking forward to seeing you there! Election Results From Toronto The ABTA Annual Membership Meeting was held on Thursday, July 21, 2011, at the Strathcona Hotel in Toronto, Ontario. The following Slate of Officers was approved as of October 1, 2011 President Brenda Simpson Washington ‘Chuck Hodel California Regional Directors Sandy Stevens—Southwest Delma Murray—West Canada Ted Applegate—Midwest Terry Jones—North Atlanticyer Xe iece mL Oe OU CCMA L Uo gue, Massachusetts First Place Winner! Richard Braunstein Lancaster, Pennsylvania Money in The Bank ‘The following is the way I intro- duce a lesson on developing long, suits. Sometimes when discussing bridge hands, long suits are shown with x's for the small cards: For Example AK xxx or QUxxxx When I look at suits like this, what I see looks more like thi AKSSS. or QUSSss Long suits are an often over- looked source of tricks when declar- Richard Braunstein accepts the Apple- basket Award from Brenda Montague little cards very well may be money in the bank. All you need to do is to figure ‘out how to cash in When you deposit checks in the bank, you need (wo things to turn the checks into cash. You need the checks to clear and you need to go to the bank when it is open, or use a 24 hour ATM. In other words, you need to wait until the money is available and you need to have a way to access the money. With long suits, you have to es- tablish the Jong suit and then you need an entry to the hand with the Jong suit to cash your tricks. Estab- lishing the suit means making all of the remaining cards you hold in the suit winners, ‘The rest of the lesson has illustra- tive hands where the students can practice establishing long suits and cashing the winners. Come Join the Fun! Make Your Memphis Reservation Now! 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