Spade Friends May Newsletter









WEEKLY EVENTS

*Every Sunday @ 12 NOON with Mystic_River: Sports Special Reg Full NBN +20K

*Every Sunday @ 7:30 with Mystic_River: Unscramble Special w/ Reg @ 8 featuring weekly specials

*Every Sunday @ 9 PM with Sizz: The Boston Tour +20K

*Every Wednesday @ 7:30 PM with Mystic_River: Trivia / 8:00 PM Reg full NBN + 20K

*Every Wednesday @ 9:00 PM with Kitty_Cat: HellNight

*Every Thursday @ 9:30 AM with evil_pj: Trivia

*Every Saturday @ 5:00 Just Peachy with Peachy +10K

*Every Saturday @ 8:00 PM: RUNG tournament

*Every Morning @ 10:00 AM with evil_pj: Reg 8H NBN with varied specials

*Mon-Fri @ 5 PM with Selsi, PJ, and name_unknown: hApPY HouR






MONTHLY EVENTS

MAY 3 @ 8 PM: MEMBERS APPRECIATION +10K

MAY 6 @ 5 PM: THE HAPPIEST HOUR + 20K

MAY 7 @ 8 PM: KING & QUEEN + 20K

MAY 10 @ 8 PM: BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION + 10k

MAY 12 All Day * Random Female Player wins Diamond for Month

MAY 14 @ 8 PM: ANGELS VS DEVILS

MAY 20 @ 9 PM: ALT TOC (Platinum to Winners)

MAY 21 @ 8 PM: BATTLE OF THE SEXES

MAY 28 @ 8 PM: SWISS 3 RD TOURNAMENT

MAY 31 @ 8 PM: REG TOC

 




SPECIAL CONTESTS WITH WHIPPY

SPRING TRAINING: 3 AM Tournament Only / May 15th - 31st!! COMPETE TO WIN A $25 E-GIFT CARD and a $15 E-GIFT CARD.

MOST TOURNAMENTS PLAYED! PLAYER WHO COMPETES IN THE MOST TOURNAMENTS IN MAY RECEIVES $20 E-Gift Card.

GAME OF THE MONTH FOR MAY WILL BE THRIZZ / WINNER OF MOST THRIZZ TOURS WINS DIAMOND.

SPECIAL THANKS TO: * LADYSPADER01 *WHISPER *_HOPE_ & *WHIPPY FOR FUNDING MAY GAMES!

 

 

***NEWSLETTER CONTEST:

Here are 15 facts about Beltane or May Day. Some are true and some are not.
Win a $25 gift certificate by emailing Selsi (selsi9901@gmail.com) with a numbered list, and the word True or False by each number.
First correct response wins!

  BELTANE: TRUE OR FALSE?

1. Driving pigs between two Beltane fires is believed to make them more fertile.

2. The Puritans outlawed Beltane celebrations.

3. Tradition says that women who want to conceive should go out naked in the moonlight on April 30 and bathe in a body of water.

4. May Day was the date of the defeat of Tuatha de Danaan.

5. People of Cornwall decorate their doors on Beltane with hawthorn and sycamore.

6. Emily Stowe, Kate Smith, Giovannino Guareschi, Joseph Heller, Napoleon Buonaparte, and Tim McGraw were born on May 1.

7. Beltane originated as a holiday to mark the coming of summer and fertility.

8. Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote a short story about a maypole which was blessed by a Puritan minister and honored each year by the village of Merrymount.

9. Beltane originated in Celtic Britain.

10. Many people in the southern hemisphere celebrate Beltane on November 1.

11. The Maypole was traditionally made of oak.

12. Tradition says that washing one's face in the dew of May Day morning will improve the complexion.

13. The international distress signal "mayday" derives from this ancient pagan holy day.

14. The word "beltane" derives from the celtic word for "fire" and from the name of the Celtic sun deity.

15. Traditionally, Beltane was celebrated midway between the spring equinox and summer solstice.

 

 

WELCOME TO NEW MEMBERS WHO JOINED IN APRIL:

* Bella_eh * doctorstrange * gatorcountry * Its_Acer * Lucky14 * McAttack * pickupman_21 * PITA2U
* rambalina * rigg53 * SalleBella * shagy915 * spockx * spookymouse * TRESHA67 * va2vp1 * zargon *
*** REMEMBER THAT IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE A BIRTHDAY TOUR, CONTACT JOYCE OR CLARA!





LITERARY CORNER



'Tis May Now in New England

'Tis May now in New England
And through the open door
I see the creamy breakers,
I hear the hollow roar.
Back to the golden marshes
Comes summer at full tide,
But not the golden comrade
Who was the summer's pride.
--Bliss Carman



Redolence

Summer's scent is everywhere
Brown earth yearning
Rich and fragrant
Dandelions rioting
Bitter sweet, aromatic
Lilacs swaying
Purple intoxication
Rain falling gently
Winter's absolution
Mixing all the fragrances
Into a Beltane potion
--Selsi

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MAY YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL MAY DAY!