Hi Canasta Lovers,
Yesterday was the second lesson of my two beginner groups. The girls all walked in looking as confused as they did when they left last Monday, all these strange rules bouncing around in their brains. With no time to lose we attacked the Tricky Threes, the Sexy Sevens and the Crazy Aces. I demonstrated how the threes can enhance you hand or damage your score. Moving on to those ("I just don't get them") Sexy Sevens, we discussed how important it is to watch the discards for seven signals, how important it is to keep those two sevens if you signaled them, how you can safely discard your sevens in if your partner has signaled them? Finally we moved on to those Crazy Aces. Why can you use them with wild cards on your initial meld, but not later on? Why can't I lay down those three pretty aces in the middle of the hand? Why are we penalized for holding more than two sevens or aces when the game ends?
We put these lessons into practice as we dealt the first hand. Don't forget to replace your threes! We played on, everyone was very conscious of who was discarding those Sexy Sevens and how many were in the pack.
I am happy to say those confused faces disappeared by the end of the first hand. Everyone seemed to develop a rhythm to their play. One team made a joker canasta (always exciting). Everyone was very protective of their sevens, but those crazy Aces still need a little work. The time flew by and all the girls are looking forward to next week's lesson.
Next week we will talk about holding some cards back, not laying everything down at once. New players and even some seasoned ones are often too fast to meld and to empty their hands. I like to hold on to a few cards in case of emergencies. What do you think?
Thanks Canasta Goddesses, I appreciate all the feed back last week and hope to hear from more of you this week.
Love, Barbara
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