The DALLAS OPEN
March 9–11, 2007
Organized by Chris Cree

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2007 Dallas Open Photos: Before the Tournament

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Bryan Pepper does it all!

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John Chew sets up the Internet table.

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Carla Cree (Dallas, TX; 1610) on red goodie bag duty.

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Tulips, glorious tulips! (or as John says UPLIT).

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Michael Early (Fort Worth, TX; 1734) inserts the Chris Cree (Dallas, TX; 1870) CD in contestant folders.

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Chris Lipe (Rome, NY; 1717) and Samantha Southard (Albany, NY; 1305) give Zyzzyva a whirl.

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Judy Newhouse (Houston, TX; 1651) and Mary Rhoades chat it up.

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Stuart Goldman (Riverhead, NY; 1624) checks out the song list on his new CD.

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Carla Cree (Dallas, TX; 1610) greets Jim Geary (Phoenix, AZ; 1854) at registration.

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Michael Thelen (West Jordan, UT; 1637) and Michael Stevens (Salt Lake City, UT; 1590). Mike is in an event T-shirt made by a first-time tournament participant!

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Checking out first-round pairings.

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Quackle cocreators, John OLaughlin (Sun Prairie, WI; 1882) and Jason Katz-Brown (Cambridge, MA; 1922).

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Bruce Shuman (Wilmington, NC; 1274), Mady Garner (Sevierville, TN; 1192), Kristina Simon (Plano, TX; 1653), and Chris Cree (Dallas, TX; 1870) moments after a four-way group hug.

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Sam Kantimathi (El Dorado Hills, CA; 1800) prepares his wares for his vending table.

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Denise Mahnken (Long Beach, NY; 1069) and Woody Chen (Flushing, NY; 1367).

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Bruce Shuman (Wilmington, NC; 1274) squeezes by Bryan Pepper and Carla Cree (Dallas, TX; 1610). Yes, those are John Chew's gams in the background.

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Steve Pellinen (St. Louis Park, MN; 1693) and Paul Avrin (New York, NY; 1742).

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Jacqueline Camper (Memphis, TN; 1415) and Avis Topps (Memphis, TN; 500) looking fine in Dallas!

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T J Jeng (Dallas, TX; 1463) and Bruce Shuman (Wilmington, NC; 1274) check out the pairing sheet.

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The new and improved pairing sheet! Now you know how to find your opponent!

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Jean McArthur (Austin, TX; 1619), Michael Willis (Midlothian, TX; 1801), Jeff Reeves (Woodworth, LA; 1713), Stuart Goldman (Riverhead, NY; 1624), and Denise Mahnken (Long Beach, NY; 1069).

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Travis Chaney (Fort Smith, AR; 1651) and Robert Gillis (Owens X Roads, AL; 1495) chat about SCRABBLE® while Travis' son Julius reads a book.

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Shirts by Jess Mickelson (Murray, UT; 0).

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Tom Kowalik (Chicago, IL; 1071) checks out the back and chuckles.

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Chris Cree (Dallas, TX; 1870) as he winds up his opening comments.

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Bryan Pepper, at the microphone for less than a minute, mentions three things and then the games begin!

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Part of the room from the stage.

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The other half of the room from the stage.

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Ben Withers (Houston, TX; 1714) and Peggy Altazan (Zachary, LA; 925) at the annotated table 1 right before the game began. Dee Segrest's laptop and Kate Watson have kissing laptops for the event annotation.


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