Georgia

Intermediate Bridge at Historic Jekyll Island Club

Program No. 11602RJ
Join experts to improve your bridge skills and learn new techniques amid the Gilded Age splendor of Jekyll Island. Plus, enjoy behind-the-scenes access to the Jekyll Island Club!

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At a Glance

Come to Georgia to master your bridge skills and to experience the fascinating nature and history of beautiful Jekyll Island. Each morning, learn from our bridge expert who provides practical instruction on leads, defense, signals and more for intermediate players. Spend your afternoons practicing what you’ve learned during round-robin play, and learn about Jekyll Island’s Gilded Age history and ecology on field trips. Then in the evenings, continue to refine your bridge skills in sessions of “no agenda” play, with the instructor on-hand to answer questions and give pointers.
Activity Level
Easy Going
Walking up to one mile over varied terrain, through museum, and boardwalks. Step on and off the trolley. At the hotel, there are steps leading from the Bellstand to the veranda at the entrance (there is a handicap lift available). There are also four steps leading to the front desk. There is a gift shop at the hotel that has steps as well, which includes three steps up and three steps down.

What You'll Learn

  • Improve your bridge skills under the tutelage of a Ruby Life Master of the American Contract Bridge League.
  • Enjoy your stay at the historic Jekyll Island Club, and go behind the scenes to learn about its past as a resort for wealthy Americans like the Rockefellers and Vanderbilts.
  • Learn about Jekyll Island's rich history and culture on a visit to the Jekyll Island Museum and guided trolley tour through the National Historic Landmark District.

General Notes

This intermediate bridge program requires basic familiarity with hand valuation, opener and responder general guidelines for bidding and rebidding, and basic guidelines for play and defense. Please note that it is not suitable for beginners. Also, this program covers all the requirements required to participate in the advancing program, "The Fun Way to Serious Bridge for the Advancing Player" (#13192). Due to the nature of this program, listening devices are not available.
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Faith Willis
Faith Willis retired from a 25-year career as a professor and administrator, but continues work as a consultant, providing research for community, governmental, and non-profit agencies. Faith is a certified ACBL teacher and has taught Bidding, Modern Conventions and Defense for three years. She enjoys tournament play and taking bridge lessons from nationally known teachers, and is a Silver Life Master. She served as Board Chair of the YMCA and was named YMCA volunteer of the year. Faith is an active swimmer and Pilates student.

Please note: This expert may not be available for every date of this program.

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Faith Willis retired from a 25-year career as a professor and administrator, but continues work as a consultant, providing research for community, governmental, and non-profit agencies. Faith is a certified ACBL teacher and has taught Bidding, Modern Conventions and Defense for three years. She enjoys tournament play and taking bridge lessons from nationally known teachers, and is a Silver Life Master. She served as Board Chair of the YMCA and was named YMCA volunteer of the year. Faith is an active swimmer and Pilates student.
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JoAnn Buisson is a retired elementary school teacher from Boston, Mass. After college, she was employed as a nursery school teacher until 1981. She remained at home until 1994 in order to raise her children. In 1994, JoAnn accepted a position with a local elementary school as an art teacher, eventually retiring in 2014. Upon retirement, she moved to Jekyll Island with her husband. She continues her interest in the arts, taking several classes in pottery.
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Jim Gensheer has taught watercolor for more than thirty years in a variety of settings, including as a private instructor in his own studio, workshops in France and Croatia, as a high school art teacher, and as an invited guest artist in art programs across Georgia. Jim has studied with Skip Lawrence, Don Andrews, and Charles Reid, and his paintings have been collected internationally.
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