Most of you know that one of the other hats I wear is President of The Villages Apple User Group (TVAUG).  We have a special event coming up in April that some of you may be interested in…

March is Multiple Sclerosis Awareness month. Tommy Vee’s annual tournament to benefit the MS Society is approaching!  Tommy has had some health problems recently but his tourney is still on!  The tournament is full. But drop in and make a donation to this worthy cause.

On Friday, March 27, it will take place at the Truman Rec. Center at 3:00 pm. The Format will be Round Robin Short Rack Straight 8-Ball Mixed Doubles. Click the Read More button for more details and how to contact Tommy…

This could probably also be a One-Hit Wonder post but I think they may have had another hit other than “Take On Me“.  I’ll have to root around a bit more.  This is typical mid-80’s, made for music video pop but it is still a catchy song.

The album, Hunting High and Low,  peaked at number one in their native Norway, number two in the UK, and number 15 on the US Billboard album chart.

Sherree Rifenberick sent in the Week #4 standings for her 8-9 Ball League for Advanced Women players.  They play Thursdays at the Canal Rec Center at 1 PM.  Laura moved up into 1st place with 21 wins, Judy is in 2nd with 19, and Elena and Chris are tied in 3rd with18 wins. 

Stats and information about the league are posted on her page here…

Week #2 standings from today are now posted.  Dan and Fred showed up this week and with Bill Bonhage’s 15 put together an impressive 60-40 win over Larry’s team.   Vince led Greg’s team to a 57-43 win over Dave Bowmer’s team to move into 2nd place.

Current detailed standings for this session can be found here…
The league details and history can be found here…

Stu sent in the Week #3 standings of the Intermediate Straight Pool league that he runs at the Canal Rec Center on Wednesdays at 6PM.   Matches played ahead are not included.  Lou Martarano is still alone and undefeated in 1st place. Larry Hicks, Roger Pollock and Ron Taylor are in a 3-way tie for 2nd.  Stu still has the High Run of 11 so far.

Here are the latest Weekly Results from This Session.

Stan Martin sent in the latest standings of his Sur de 44 league.  

Here are the standings for Week 6 Session XIII:
Session XIII   Current High MSP Scores:  
1st            Bill B         110
2nd          Rich G        99
3rd           Rich G        98

Their schedule along with a description of the league, its format and complete, detailed standings are posted on his page here.

Week #2 results are now in Rich’s Google spreadsheet.  It’s a 3-way tie amongst last season’s winner,  Dave Watson is out in front with 4 wins.  Larry Stuart is in 2nd with 2 wins but has a makeup to do yet.  Tommy Maffatone, Mike Rood and Mike Bass also have 2 wins.  If you have some free time on a Tuesday, I suggest you drop by and check out this game.

The league plays on Tuesdays at Sterling Heights and the latest standings along with info about the league are posted on their page here.

Sherrie Aly runs a Tuesday Afternoon 8-Ball league at various Rec Centers – Bacall, Bridgeport and Canal – at 2:00.  The top three teams in order are:
— Team 2 – Marcie Barrett
— Team 3 – Kris Tygrett 
— Team 10 – Chris Miller

They had 6 players with perfect 50’s: Team 2 had three players (Sherrie Aly, John Greer, and Joe White – this may be a record for one team); Mike Dunn; Lenny Luciano; Bob Larocque.

Complete standings can be found here.  You can also contact her via her site here if you are interested in playing.

Did you know we have a league operator who also plays guitar in a duet in-and-around The Villages?

Sherrie Aly wants to invite you all to something outside the bubble for a nice afternoon of music and relaxation.   She and her music partner, Mark (also a Villager),  are playing a Springtime Market and Craft Fair at Citrus Hills Country Club in Citrus Hills Hernando County.  It’s a nice country drive.  If the weather is nice, it would be an enjoyable day trip out to a show with 50 vendors.  They will be playing music for this festival at 10 am – 2pm.    If you can make it, be sure and come by the music tent and say hi!   Click Read More to see flyer.

I think we’re way overdue for another Playing for Change (PFC) song so let’s go with a Ben E. King classic that features musicians around the world recorded by the Playing For Change team during their travels. This song continues to remind us that music has the power to break down boundaries and overcome distances between people.

To learn more about the work of the PFC Foundation, visit http://www.playingforchange.org

After 11 weeks of play, the top 5 teams are as follows:

First Place –Don Hunter – 45.5 wins
Second Place tie — Shar Roberts and Roger McEvoy with 43.0 wins
Fourth Place — Joanne Sowell with 38.5 wins and
Fifth Place — Tom Garafalo with 38 wins

Perfect scores of 50:
Shannon Dunn, Bill Melvin, Shar Roberts, Don Hunter and John Stackpole.  
Shannon also had a break and run.  

Latest scores and complete standings can be found on her site here.

Don Hunter’s Bank Pool Leagues played their Week #12 matches this past Monday.  In Div-1 at Hibiscus it looks like the order stayed the same –Don Hunter (#1), Don Simpson (#2) and Brian Bedford (#3).  In Div-2 at Allamanda the order also stayed the same – Walt Zarnoch in 1st, Bill Canty in 2nd, and Roger Pollock in 3rd. There are quite a few makeups in this Division so things may change…

Check out the detailed standings for both divisions here…

After 12 weeks of play, Doug Edwards’ team is still in 1st with 110 points now.  Jim Turner’s team is in 2nd with 108 and  Frankie Lamberti’s team is in 3rd with 105. 

The latest detailed stats are now posted on Bill’s website.  My page here has links to his site – the Current Schedule, Roster, Member List, Latest Standings, etc.

Info about the league is on Bill’s website.

We believe this may be the largest Singles Billiards Event ever in The Villages!

We have 56 players playing a Round Robin Event with 8 groups of seven players at each table. From that we will advance the two highest point players from each group to play in a 16 player Single Elimination Event. Click the Read More button for more details…

Let’s do another Smooth Jazz Sunday and listen to some from Grammy award winner Earl Klugh.  If you enjoy acoustic jazz guitar, you’re probably already familiar with this artist. 

He has 3 albums I really enjoy – Finger Paintings (1977 Best Recording Award for Performance and Sound), One on One (with Bob James on keyboards) and my fave, Heart String.  The video below is the title track.  Enjoy…

Week #5 standings for Ron Boyle’s Advanced 8-9 Ball league that plays Fridays at 9:30 at La Hacienda Rec Center are now posted.   Jerry Keating’s team is still in 1st with 179 wins now; Zeb’s team in 2nd with 165; Jim Cupilary’s team in 3rd (152) and Tom Lindbeck’s team in 4th (144).

More info about his league and the complete Latest Standings can be found on his page here… Roger Vigrass sent over some pics of these guys playing at Hacienda.  Check them out on their page if you haven’t seen them yet.  Nice job, Roger!

This season has wrapped up.  Jerry Keating’s team ended up in 1st with 314 wins.  Mike Asselin’s team was in 2nd with 309 wins.  Tim Dill’s team slid into 3rd with 266 wins and knocked Mike Grooms’ team down to 4th with 263.

Click here to go to their web page with a description of the league and the complete stats.  Contact Ron Boyle here if you are interested in playing in this Advanced 8 & 9-ball league that plays on Tuesdays at Silver Lake.

Week #11 Final standings of Ginger’s 8 & 9-ball league that plays on Tuesdays at the Odell Rec Center are now posted.  Tommy Maffatone ended up in 1st with 68 wins.  Al Hooper finished in 2nd with 57, and Stu LoGuercio came in 3rd with 51.  Well done all.

The latest results and other info are now posted on her league’s page here.

This is a Two For Tuesday but both songs were in the same concert. Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1970 by multi-instrumentalists Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood and drummer Bev Bevan.

After Wood’s departure in 1972, Lynne became the band’s sole leader, co-arranging and producing every album while writing nearly all of their original material. During their first run from 1970 to 1986, Lynne and Bevan were the group’s only consistent members. During ELO’s original 13-year period of active recording and touring, they sold over 50 million records worldwide. The band also holds the record for having the most Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 hits (20) without a number one.

Here’s 2 of their many hits – “Strange Magic” from Face The Music and “Livin’ Thing” from New World Record. My personal favorite album was Eldorado but I’ll save that one for later.