Wow Ann! A big congratulations, that is fantastic! How very exciting for you...
tan. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Sanfedele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 11:33 AM Subject: Re: a small feather in my cap - yes, I used a Pentax > frank theriault wrote: > > > Hi, Ann, > > > > Congrats!! That is way cool. > > > > I thought about you and your Scrabble, as CBC (our state-owned tv network) > > showed a mini-doc on the Scrabble tournie in Vegas (was that the most recent > > one?). Were you there? I looked in vain for you, but alas, couldn't see > > you (otherwise, it wouldn't have been in vain, right?). > > Um, right :) > > > Seems there are a couple of Canadians who are pretty good at it, eh? I > > think a music prof from McGill got to the finals (he was defending champ, > > but couldn't repeat). Man, the words these people come up with! Quite > > amazing! > > > > Anyway, that's great news. You must be thrilled. > > > > cheers, > > frank > > I wasn't in Vegas at the Super Stars, but I knew everyone playing in it , and a number are good > friends. Joel Wapnick is the music prof - my picture of him is on the back of his (now out of print) > book about Championship strategy and there is a link to his CD (that was basically that > book revised) from my homepage - the CD has a bunch of my photos in it but Joel's > musical and Scrabble talents far exceed his skills at putting together a CD visually. > > I've heard it is pretty good and the filmmakers did visit our New York club, I may in > fact have been a blurry figure in the background :) > > If you look at the stuff about my WINNERS calendar you should now recognize a few > of the faces from that film you watched. > > The Vegas tourney was back in 1995, but the same guy won it that won the ALL STARS > that has now been on ESPN2 a bunch of times - sadly, the Canadians don't get to see it > because your gov won't show ESPN stuff for some reason. Especially regretful as one > of the better things about the ALL Stars broadcast was Robin Daniel's color commentary > Now I KNOW you saw her in the documentary and if you she didn't stand out we have to > examine your priorities :) > > The Canadians certainly have their share of champs, but Wapnick was NY born, though > he hasn't lived in the states for over 20 years. > > My days of Scrabble glory are probably gone forever - but I've played all those guys > and have come in 2nd or 3rd to both the Joel's a couple of times. I played David > Gibson in what may have been is first tourney win - I don't think I ever beat him, though. > > ann > >
