New beginner courses:
(all but one of our beginner classes are held at our West 57th Street club.)
Each class is ten sessions. Eight lessons and two supervised practices.
February 2012 Schedule.
Tuesday 2/14......7:15pm - 9:15pm.
Thursday 2/23...........10am - noon.
Sunday 2/26...10:45am - 12:45pm.
Monday 2/27......6:45pm - 8:45pm.
(This course is held at our East 65th street location.)
Any of the above...$240.
If you are in a hurry.
Why not try our weekend Crash Course?
Saturday and Sunday February 25th & 26th.
10am - 4:30pm.
(Includes buffet lunches, great book, and two practice sessions.)
$200.
Dear potential bridge student:
After forty years at the bridge table I still feel a rush of excitement each time I pick up a hand. I can't help wondering what new adventure awaits me.
I love this beautiful game.
I also love teaching it.
At my clubs we teach bridge like no one else does.
Two reasons why...
Reason One:
As strange as it seems few teachers seem to remember that it's a game.
We don't make that mistake. We certainly don't adhere to the old fashioned rote way of teaching that requires a powerful memory, endless blackboard work, and copious note taking.
We take a much more user friendly, common sense approach. We assume nothing, not even that you know an ace from a deuce. We begin by playing "War", a game you probably played as a child. Step by step we build on that until midway through the session you find yourself playing bridge. By the end of that first session you will have a basic understanding of how tricks are won and lost and you'll be starting to bid and play without having memorized a thing!
After eight lessons you won't be a great player, but you will have an insight into what it takes to become one. Hopefully we will have done our job and passed on to you our love of this remarkable, exciting game.
Reason Two:
Four, five, or at most six students to a teacher.
That's as close to private lessons as you can get. (Bridge requires four players.)
That's for the eight sessions that make up the lesson portion of your beginner course.
Also included are two supervised practice sessions. These are held Monday or Friday evenings and Thursday mornings at our West 57th Street location.
These are group sessions where you'll get to meet other new players, players starting out about the same time as you. Here you'll get to play for two hours, practice what you've learned, and get additional instruction. Each hand you play is carefully prepared to highlight principals taught in those first eight lessons.
This combination of semi-private and group lessons works.
We have an outstanding track record. A high percentage of our students go on to become players. Each week hundreds of our new students play in one or more of our practice sessions and/or novice games.
In the past thirty-odd years our club has probably graduated more players than anyone else in the country. The classes are fun. The instruction is first rate.
And I know you're going to learn. Almost everyone does.
The Beginner's Package:
Our complete beginner's program, designed to have you playing in either our club practice sessions
or on your own with family and friends, includes the following:
Eight 2-hour semi-private lessons.
Two 2-hour supervised practice group sessions.
A great beginner book (mine).
Coffee, tea, and both heathy snacks and junk food.
The cost is...$240.
Our Weekend crash course:
Learn bridge in two days!!!
Two 3-hour sessions each day with a half hour break to enjoy our buffet style lunch.
Beginner book and two supervised plays included.
The cost is...$200
For more information or to reserve a spot please call me at 212-845-0153.
Or email us at manhattanbridgeclub@gmail.com.
Endless adventure and enjoyment await you!
Yours truly,
Jeff Bayone,
Manhattan Bridge Club
250 West 57th Steet
The Fisk Building, Suite 1427
New York, NY 10107
(212) 845-0153
E-mail: manhattanbridgeclub@gmail.com