Johanna Kaufman PebbleCreek Recreational Mah Jongg Club welcomes graduates of the twenty first class to its ranks. Throughout the community on any day one can find eager Mah Jongg enthusiasts gathered in homes, on patios or in the clubhouses shuffling, drawing, racking and passing tiles hoping to collect a hand that will result in the…
Tag: Mah Jongg
Clubs & Classes, February 2015
9th annual Mah Jongg tourney coming in March
Johanna Kaufman Janet Day, President of the PebbleCreek Recreational Mah Jongg Club, announces it is time to enter the upcoming tournament: Who: PebbleCreek homeowners and renters What: Annual Mah Jongg Tournament Where: Tuscany Falls Ballroom When: Thursday, March 12, 2015, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Cost: $30 entry fee covers lunch and cash prizes…
Clubs & Classes, February 2015
Holiday Mah Jongg brunch and playday
Every December Barb Chilton and Sharon Johnson invite friends from various Mah Jongg groups that they play with to one of their homes for a Holiday Brunch and Mah Jongg play. Sixteen ladies attended the event at the home of Barb Chilton. Brunch was served with salad, quiche and fresh fruit along with mimosas. Afterwards…
Clubs & Classes, December 2014
Welcome, Mah Jongg class #20
Johanna Kaufman On November 9 twelve more Creekers completed the introductory Mah Jongg class joining more than 200 of their neighbors who have taken the course. Anyone walking by meeting rooms in Eagle’s Nest Clubhouse or Tuscany Falls Clubhouse on any given day might hear what sounds like a strange language including terms like “crak,”…
Clubs & Classes, December 2014
Pebble Jongg, anyone?
Three avid Mah Jongg players, Sue Fortunato, Nancy Hume and Sue White, were playing Marvelous Mah Jongg one morning recently and realized that they could develop a card just for PebbleCreekers who love to play Mah Jongg and gear the card specifically towards our community. They decided to call the card Pebble Jongg! What is…
Features, September 2014
More Mah Jongg players graduate
Johanna Kaufman Millions of Mah Jongg players throughout the world are tackling this challenging game that originated in ancient China and has become very popular in the United States. As the game moved west, it emerged in many forms. In 1937 the National Mah Jongg League in the United States was formed to standardize the…