MOTTO FOR NWGC/CGGC - ''THE GUITAR AT IT'S MOST PROFOUND PLAYS THE SOUND OF TRUTH . . . . WHISPERED'' Martin Quittenton This was given to us by Martin a few years ago - a lovely talented man who had a passion for Classical Guitar (who also wrote Maggie May!) Permission has been given for us to use it as our motto - it is solely for our use as of January 2016.

NUMBER OF PERSONS PRESENT 20 
(a mixture of players and non players)
7.00 pm - Classical Guitar Ensemble practice
7.45 pm - arrival of other members and drinks time
8.00 pm - short guitarry chat (extended a little this month)
8.20 pm - chance to mingle/practice
9.00 pm - opportunity to perform

Luthier, Carlo Errico, was present with two of his handcrafted Classical guitars.
One of which was his recently completed Flamenco Guitar -  which is on sale NOW!!! 
For further information on Carlo's guitars/ restoration work, visit his websites www.carloerricoguitars.com and www.facebook.com/carloerricoguitars


1. DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
We mainly discussed various concerts and festivals - a list of which is below.
Neil Browning was abscent this evening as he had been drafted in at last minute to tour Europe for 19 days. 
We look forward to hearing more from Neil at our next meeting.
Andy MacKenzie joined us this evening and kindly stepped into Neil's shoes for our end of evening Django Jam.
(*COVID UPDATE - PLEASE CHECK PRIOR TO ATTENDING ANY OF THE BELOW EVENTS*)

Thursday 19^th March – Rhisiart Arwel (Classical) – 14.30 – Y Galeri, Caernarfon  https://galericaernarfon.com/

Friday 15^th May – Sunday 17^th May – Red Dragon Music Festival, Llangollen - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-llangollen-red-dragon-music-festival-v-tickets-85549784709 

Friday 12^th June – Sunday 14^th June – Tradfarm Music Festival, Llandudno - https://www.tradfarm.com/ 

Friday 24^th to Sunday 26^th July, 2020 GUITAR ORCHESTRA RETREAT in Newtown, Mid Wales  - organised and lead by Avril Kinsey http://www.avrilkinsey.net/guitar-orchestra-retreat/ 

Friday 7^th August - Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain – St Pauls Church, Colwyn Bay   https://www.ukuleleorchestra.com/index.php/upcoming-events/

Friday 25th to Sunday 27th Sept -  Llyn Acoustic Guitar Festival organised by Paul Brett.
A line up of recitals and Masterclasses to include Gary Ryan, John Ettheridge, Andy MacKenzie, Billy Thompson and many more. 
This will be held in Criccieth Memorial Hall
Website is currently under construction.
If you require further information contact Paul Brett guitbrett@gmail.com

2. VISITING CAJON PLAYER At our concert in November, there was a request from a member of the audience of attending one of our meetings with his Cajon. Tonight was the night :-)
Derek was welcomed to accompany Jane in playing La Feria 

3. VITTORIO ROSSI  - has written a new composition entitled 'The Gem of North Wales' dedicated to LLanfairfechan. He has kindly donated a few copies to NWGC/CCGC along with an accompanying cd.

4. PICK UP FOR CLASICAL GUITAR DEMO - A couple of members had purchased a pickup for a classical guitar and has proven to work very well. Mandy bought hers in to show us how it worked.  The ''kna NG-1  descibed on the packaging as ''encased in lightweight tone wood, NG-1 ensures the natural amplified sound of your guitar without modification to the instrument. Held in place by the tension of tuned strings, NG - 1 install safely and securely on the tie bar. NG - 1 may remain installed on your instrument when not in use. It comes with a complimentary detachable and easily replaceable cable''

5.  LIBRARY Our library has grown over the years into a very varied collection of books, cd's, magazines, manuscript, tablature - covering all genres of guitar from Baroque to Rock.


Players in Ensemble this eveing Mandy B, Alan D, Jane S,  LLew O, Delmi B, Andy McK and Geoff T

A big thank you to all who make our evenings run smoothly and making it fun.
To Andy MacKenzie for taking us through our end of evening Django Jam (arranged for us by Neil Browning)
Also, thankyou to Jane and John Mills for accommodating and looking after us at Split Willow. x


LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU/HEARING YOU AT OUR NEXT NWGC/CGGC MEETING
Tuesday 7th April, 2020 
(UPDATE ON 23/07/ 2020  OUR NEXT MEETING WILL HOPEFULLY BE IN SEPTEMBER)

Jane x  

 OTHER POINTS  
North Wales International Music Festival in St Asaph Friday 27th September - Folk Night - http://nwimf.com/ 
Pontio Friday 22nd November - Talisk  - https://www.pontio.co.uk/Online/  

FACEBOOK - you don't have to be a member of Facebook to visit our page https://www.facebook.com/NorthWalesGuitarCircle

DJANGO JAM - thanks to Neil Browning for arranging our end of evening Django Session. Neil arranges these pieces in tablature, notation and chords with chords diagrams/shapes which enables all players to participate. Neil has now written up a list of Django Jams for us to work on throughout 2019 - this will be sent to all members on the circulation list. 

Points pending from previous meetings 
SEPTEMBER 2014  North West Classical Guitar - meeting up with Chester and Liverpool Guitar Societies (2019 -meet at CGC - under discussion)  
MAY 2018  organising to meet at Chester Guitar Guitar Circle along with Liverpool Guitar Society and also to invite Aberconwy (Sept 2019 - under discussion)
OCTOBER 2014 - NWGC/CGGC personnal profiles - to sort out. (AUGUST 2019- IN PROGRESS)

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