Muddle some mint in a mojito and puff on a cigar for the annual Manny Madruga Memorial Domino Tournament. The benefit raises money for the Sunset Rotary Club’s scholarship fund as well as suicide prevention efforts in honor of the late Manny Madruga, who was chief assistant state attorney when he died in 2016.
The tournament funds Key West Sunset Rotary’s Key West High School scholarship for a student going into a legal field, as well as suicide awareness and prevention organizations.
Players can pay to participate individually or may buy a table. Past events have raised more than $8,000 for the cause.
The event takes place at 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12 at the Coffee Butler Amphitheater.
Domino tips for beginners from 2017 Champ Jon Crane:
1. If you need your partner to throw a low bone to help you out, wink twice with your left
eye, if you need a high bone thrown, wink with your right eye twice. Don’t get caught. … I’ll be
watching.
2. If you’re lost and have no idea what’s going on, simply play connect the dots; the more dots you connect the better.
3. Attempt to start with nine bones instead of ten. Look at that, you already got a lead!
4. Want to look and act like a veteran? Use terms such as bones, big nine, domineeecheeewhenitreachme, game’s locked, pollo, wash the dishes, and last but not
least, capicu (pronounced copy coo.)
5. When you have a chance to win and Domino with your final bone, take it all in, savor the moment, and slam that domino down as hard as you can and yell “DOMINO mother(CENSORED)!”
