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JOIN FELLOW BRIDGE TEACHERS IN
NASHVILLE JULY 17-20
The American Bridge Teachers' Association (ABTA) will sponsor its annual
Seminar and Convention at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel prior to the NABC
this summer. All bridge teachers are invited to register:
signup form here
If you are told by Mega Housing that the
Renaissance, Sheraton and Courtyard are
full, ask if ACBL has put aside any rooms for ABTA. Also see the
ACBL website for more details.
ABTA
NASHVILLE
SCHEDULE
ABTA SEMINAR
JULY 17-18, 2007
TEACHING AND THE BUSINESS OF TEACHING
Tuesday July 17th
1:15 Amy Nellissen Building your teaching business with a free introductory
lesson
2:00 Ginny Schuett Heads up
2:30 Break
2:45 Dennis Scott The bridge thinking process
3:30 Joan Anderson FUNdamentals
4:00 Break
4:15 Mickie Rineheart School bridge league
4:45 Matt Mariani Abridged
5:15 Closing Announcements
Wed.
9:00 Norma Sands
10:00 Break
10:15 Teaching Panel Audrey Grant, Pat Harrington, and Dennis Scott
Noon Announcements
ABTA
CONVENTION JULY 19-20, 2007
Wednesday Afternoon, July
18th
1:15 Registration (only for those
who did not attend Seminar)
Bruce Greenspan has the following speakers lined up.
He doesn't have times or topics yet.
Agenda pending - speakers in no particular order:
Audrey Grant
Barbara Seagram
Julie Greenberg
Ray Lee, Master Point Press
Evening City Tour -
Nashville highlights include Historic Downtown,
Fort
Nashborough,
State
Capitol,
Parthenon, Music Row
and
Studio B, Bicentennial
Mall and Vanderbilt
University area. Then we go to the
Loveless Café for
genuine home cooked southern food with a family style dinner with a choice
from three entrees and three sides with unlimited homemade biscuits and soft
drinks. Price includes all taxes and gratuities at the restaurant. After
dinner the bus will take us to Downtown Nashville where we can visit the
Honky Tonk bars. It is a short walk back to the hotel or you can meet the
bus at 10:15 and return to the hotel at 10:30PM.
Thursday Morning, July 19th
Agenda pending - speakers in no particular order:
Larry Cohen
Sabine Auken
Zeke Jabbour
George Jacobs
Frank Stewart
Brent ManleyBanquet
Dinner followed by Awards and The Max Hardy Memorial Panel: David Lindop,
Zeke Jabbour, George Jacobs and his infamous partner Claude Vogel
Friday Morning, July 20th
Jerry Helms 9AM - noon
Noon Closing
Announcements
Speakers and times are tentative.
Some schedule changes may occur.
Also see the ACBL Website
- The North American Bridge
Championship begins after our ABTA Conference
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