You are invited!!!
Come celebrate with us!!!

In our Many   Birthday Celebrations with  Gift Cards, Bux,  Rating Points, SHG membership, Gold Membership and Mugs to be won! 
 

Stealth Shark ... What is that: one of Jan's favorite specials!
 

Bingo ... ForeversKaren is calling out bingo all week long!
 

Candles ... Crabby Maggy lighting candles!
 

Daily Trivia 1 x a day 9:30am ...  ForeversKaren!
 
Clovers ... Find the  4 Leaf Clovers and the Pot of Gold! with our very own Td Manager Forevers_Char is holding the Pot of Gold!
 
 

Each and everyday at  8 pm  one of the following specials;  Just so you can Celebrate!
 

Whiz Happy 12th Birthday Tour Monday March 16th 8 PM
 
Mega Bux Tuesday March 17th! 8 PM
 
Walking  the Plank  Wednesday March 18th 8 PM
 
Swiss Bounty Tour Thursday March 19th 8 PM
 
Trivia ... Friday March 20th 8 PM
ForeverSpades Gold Special ... Reg No Bnils Saturday March 21st  8 PM
 
Jans Appreciation Tour  Sunday March 22nd 8 PM
 
Congratulations First Tour Ever! for ForeverSpades 1st held  tour March 23rd 2003! March 23rd 2015 8 PM

Where did Birthday Celebrations Come from? Here's a bit of Birthday History...

Birthdays are original, personal, noteworthy traditions. Some people like to forget them. Others prefer smaller celebrations. But for some, the day must be a flag waving, band-playing joyous merry making occasion. We are so used to celebrating our birthday every year that it seems like it's been a tradition almost for forever! But there too is a birthday history, and a place and time it all began... 
 
When early people had no way of keeping track and marking time (except by the moon, sun or by some important event) little attention was paid to the anniversary of a person's birth. Everyone realized, of course, that people grew older as time passed; but they didn't mark any special milestone for it. Only when ancient peoples began taking notice of the moon's cycles, did they pay attention to the changing seasons and the pattern that repeated itself over and over and so they began to mark and note time changes. That's the start of birthday history.
 
The first calendars were formulated in order to mark time changes and other special days. From this tracking system came the ability to celebrate birthdays and other significant anniversaries the same day each year. It is also said that Birthday celebrations began as a form of protection. It was a common belief that evil spirits were more dangerous to a person when he or she experienced a change in their daily life, such as turning a year older. To protect them from harm, friends and family would gather around the birthday person and bring good cheers, thoughts and wishes. Giving gifts brought even more good cheer to ward off the evil spirits. Noisemakers are thought to be used at parties as a way of scaring away the evil spirits. The birthday history custom of lighting candles originated with people believing that the gods lived in the sky and by lighting candles and torches they were sending a signal or prayer to the gods so they could be answered. When you blow out the candles and make a wish this is another way of sending a signal and a message.
 

Even though historians are certain that people have observed their birthdays for quite some time, there are very few records of such celebrations that still exist. The only ones documented in birthday history are those birthdays of kings, high-ranking nobility, and other important figures. Common people and especially children never celebrated their birth when the idea came about. This trend has been explained by a theory that nobility were the only people wealthy enough to throw such celebrations, and quite possibly were the only ones thought to be important enough to have been written about or remembered. Some historians believe these early birthday bashes resulted in the custom of wearing birthday "crowns" as time went on .In today's world the birthday party is eagerly awaited by every grownup and child. And that's why we here, to celebrate ...

ForeverSpades 12th Birthday!!

Congratulations

Wedding congrats go out  to Damon Smith and his wife Larylea! Newly Married on Feb.14 2015

Engagement Congratulations go out to  Jen and James aka reacall and prezedent! Someone says we are invited to an August Wedding!

 

The Stork is on his way: Best wishes for a Happy Healthy Baby go out to Butterflyqueen aka Skye

 

 

Want to do more for ForeverSpades?
If you're an active member and have time to run one or more tourneys per week;
How about being a Tournament Director?
 Just click here for the application!

 

Do you know all the links to the main page! Personally designed by Jan herself! Just follow these quick links or email any HTD or Admin for assistance!  

            

 

 TIME FOR SOME BIRTHDAY UNSCRAMBLE!

Remember to email the correct spelling of all 10 words to crabby_maggy@yahoo.com
Each correct ten word submission is worth 100 bux!

Unscramble words

yahbdrti
traoncelbie
telwev
resay
rpiesz
maegs
lednacs
seprnste
ognib
niotcedroas
 

 

Do you have something you would like to share in the next newsletter?  It's simple and we want to hear from you!

Just email Maggy, Karen or Shelly
crabby_maggy@yahoo.com
 foreverskaren@yahoo.com
 txshelly2012@yahoo.com
 

"Any game played with friends is a Good Game!"
 

Your Newsletter team
crabby_maggy aka Maggy
foreverskaren aka Karen
txshelly2012 aka Shelly