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Scrabble Tournament Practice
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Madison Family Literacy invites teams or individuals of all ages to play Scrabble & record their top scores at various city locations through 2/22, with top performers moving on to a fund-raiser tournament at Hilldale Shopping Center (Individuals on 2/23; registration 11:30 am, challenge matches noon & tournament 1-4 pm, $19; sponsored teams 1-4 pm, 2/24). Practice locations: www.thedailypage.com or 220-8650
When: Daily until 02/24/08
Call: 220-8650
Email:
maryannjackson@charter.net
More Information:
Schedule for All City Scrabble Tournament
Benefiting Madison Family Literacy
Saturday February 23rd
at Hilldale Shopping Center
11:30 Registration, Family Activities
12:00-1:00pm Mayor Dave plays the High Bidder; Also, Challenges take place
- Relaxed Rules Game, $7 person min. donation
1:00-4:00pm Individual Tournament, 3 games, $19 person
4:15 Awards Ceremony
Sunday February 24th
1:00 Sponsored Teams Tournament, 3 games,
Minimum Sponsorship $100
*Other Scheduled Challenges on the hour
4:00 Awards Ceremony
RULES: All games 50 min; turns 3 min; standard rules, 4th edition Scrabble Dictionary; Play English or Spanish boards; Teams/Direct Challenges must be pre-registered (placross@madison.k12.wi.us); Patti 220-8650.
Madison Family Literacy is organizing a City and Campus Wide Scrabble tournament with practice sites cultivating teams to be compete on sponsored teams February 23-24 at Hilldale Shopping Center.
Practice anytime January- February 22 on game boards located at:
- Harmony Bar, 2201 Atwood Ave.
- Borders Books, 3750 University & 2173 Zeier Rd.
- Escape Java Joint & Gallery, 916 Williamson St.
- Mother Fool's, 1101 Williamson St.
- Fair Trade Coffee House, 418 State St.
Steep 'n Brew, 544 State St.
- Lazy Jane's Cafe, 1358 Williamson St.
- The Froth House, Allen St. at Regent
- Ancora Coffee, 1859 Monroe St.
- Ancora Fitchburg, Fish Hatchery and Lacy Rd. Fitchburg Technology Center
Record your scores in ledgers provided. Top scorers from these and other sites will be sent into the tournament. Games may be played in English or Spanish in the tournament. For details contact Mary Ann Jackson (maryannjackson@chartner.net) or Patti La Cross (220-8650).
There is no charge for practicing; folks are encouraged to practice ahead of time at home before recording scores as well. The teams will be sponsored from a variety of sources (coffee shops themselves, fellow players, local businesses such as University Bookstores, etc). Individuals not on a team are also invited to simply join in. We request that each try to have at least $50 in sponsorship.
BID TO PLAY MAYOR DAVE! NOON SATURDAY FEB 23 **
There are a number of ways in which you could support this effort. The seat opposite Mayor Dave and across a Scrabble board can be yours if you submit the highest bid, starting at $500; email placross@madison.k12.wi.us or call 220-8650. All bids due by 4:00pm on Friday, February 8.
You may prefer to make a donation to help sponsor a student team, or simply support our program. If any of these opportunities interest you, please use contact information above. All donations are tax deductible and receipt will be provided.
Individuals are invited into tournament play on Sat Feb 23; at Noon one game with Relaxed Rules will be played; from 1-4 pm a series of 3 games with standard rules will determine the individual winner.
Sunday 1-4 pm Sponsored Teams are invited into a 3 game standard rules series.
We invite local businesses, University departments, school, church, service and other clubs to form teams in preparation for this event. Teams and supporters are asked to find sponsorships of $500-$1000; a team is expected to send its 3 top players into the competition. Teams must pre-register email maryannjackson@charter.net.
Challenge Games will be scheduled throughout the weekend; pre register maryannjackson@charter.net. Current Challenges will be posted at this site.
To Date: MATC Math Department challenges MATC English Department.
Madison Family Literacy's mission is to assure that families who begin with a low level of education are able to participate in the full life and economy of our city. We empower families through an integrated program of early childhood classes, basic adult education, and parenting and pre-employment instruction. Comprehensive outcome studies have shown that this intensive approach has enabled participants to become integral members of our local economy while their children have been able to close academic gaps that often accompany poverty and low parental
literacy.
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