Tag: Mah Jongg

Ready to play!

Front row from left: Instructors Johanna Kaufman, Janet Day and Marsha Lisle; second row: Mary Alice Joyce, Laurie Scott and Bette Hanson; third row: Karen Stone, Betty Tomtan, Enice Speed and Linda Schmillen; back row: Sharon Schmitz, Nan Perkins, Linda Brisnehan, Carol Ohman (face mostly blocked) and Deb Riley

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…

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…

Holiday Mah Jongg brunch and playday

Standing, left to right: Peggy Bjornson, Susan Bentson, Liz Fergione, Jackie Schlenker, Vickie Bangs, Pat Murray, Bonnie Stuto, Diane Galewski, Geri McClindon, Irene Bates, Diana Hull and Barb Chilton; seated: Sharon Johnson, Pat DeMatties, Virginia Kitchel and Sue White

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…

Welcome, Mah Jongg class #20

Back row from left: Kathy Smith, Gloria Fulton, Gary Lord, Nancy McSwiggan and Pat Lipetzky; third row: Marilyn Phelps, Flora Conley, Barb Purpua and Beverly Hume; second row: Jan Ruder, Bev Cummings and Yvonne Little; front row: Instructors Johanna Kaufman, Janet Day and Leslie Miller

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,”…

Pebble Jongg, anyone?

Sue Fortunato, Nancy Hume and Sue White

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…

More Mah Jongg players graduate

Back row from left: Mary McMahon, Dave Maybey, Linda Labenz, Tony Sacks and Patti Casey; Third row: Wendy Neely, Michelle Hundt, Jeannie Schimmelpfennig and Gladys Maybey; Second row: Kim Holmes and Charlotte Krause; Front row: Instructors Johanna Kaufman, Janet Day and Liz Gray

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…