Back in my village we play card game called Pinochle. We
play it by the hours…actually it is an excuse to get together with family….eat…drink…and
have fun chatting and telling each other how we should be raising our mini
cannoli’s. So when I was asked to play
BUNCO, I was most curious as to what this game was. Turns out it is a dice game…and
is great fun, almost addicting and is most definitely an excuse to get together
with family and friends, eat, drink and chat!
The BUNCO game I went to was a fundraiser for a church here
in Lehigh called 1st Community Congregational Church and it is
literally the first church built in Lehigh. It is on Leeland Heights Blvd and
is often called the pumpkin church. Now when I was told that I thought it then
was shaped liked a pumpkin but that is not the case…apparently it cause of its
color and that they have pumpkins patch out in the front during the fall
season.
This being a fundraiser, they also had vendors…a 50/50 and
sold food for $5. Let me tell ya that was a deal…hamburger/hotdog, spaghetti
with meat sauce or soup…chips…drink and chocolate cake…for $5 what a deal!!!! I met this one vendor Veronica….Let’s
Create. She brings the artist out in you…she told me that she can teach me how
to be creative and paint on glassware….no small task considering cannoli’s are
known for not being able to paint.
So this crazy dice game is simple…you just have to roll the
number of the round…round 1 roll 1’s and score 1 point for each one…. get 3 1’s
you get 21 points and you yell BUNCO...get 3 of any other number you get 5
points(mini bunco)…each round you move to another table if you lose and switch
seats if you win so that you always play with somebody new….each table of 4 has
2 teams so you always have a new partner. There is a tad more to it but that is
the basic idea. Now for this cannoli it was pretty hard to roll dice so I had a
designated roller…considering I won 5 games and lost 7 and never got a BUNCO…I
need to find a new designated roller! They give out prizes for all sorts of
things including most losses and a just
so you got to win something prize…I did not win any of those but I did win the
50/50 so that is cool!!!!!
I hear tell….that they will be doing this the first Monday of
each month at this church. If you want to have a good time, make new friends
and maybe win a prize….then come join me as I plan to play again, providing I
can find a new designated roller!!!! Any volunteers????
Carmen
