The previous meeting TUESDAY 18th SEPTEMBER, 2018 at THE FARRAR SUITE -  BANGOR CITY FOOTBALL CLUB

NUMBER OF PERSONS PRESENT - 19 (a mixture of players and non-players)
7.00 pm - Classical Guitar  Ensemble  practice
7.45 pm - Start of meeting

Luthier CARLO ERRICO was present with two of his hand crafted guitars 

1. Welcome to old and new members.
Jane and Dave have been absent for June and July due to a family bereavement.We thank everyone for theor kind wishes and thoughts at this difficult time. We also thank members for looking after NWGC/CGGC whilst we have 'been away'. Dave will return soon too. x

An advert was placed in the papers to advertise the fact we had a guitar for sale - people were invited to 'bid' an offer - starting bid  price offered by Jane and Geoff was £100. Unfortunately, perhaps due to holiday season, numbers were low and therefore Jane and Geoff can now battle it out :-) More information to follow below

2. CARLO ERRICO CLASSICAL GUITAR - SOLD!! 10 years ago, Carlo Errico, a luthier from Wrexham, gave NWGC/CGGC one of his guitars to auction to raise money for our funds. Instead, we decided to use it ourselves for £5 month - money raised went to cancer research. The time came when we had all hired it an it need a permanent home. Members were invited to place a bid - it sold at an absolute bargain price of £750. Usually these hand crafted guitars sell for around £3,000 -  Alex has a beautiful sounding instrument and we look forward to hearing him play on our club nights. If you are interested in a Carlo Errico Classical or Flamenco Guitar - please call Carlo on 01978 758288  e mail carlo.errico@btinternet.com or visit his website http://www.carloerricoguitars.com/


3. PAUL BRETT VINTAGE VIATEN GUITAR -  a beautiful guitar which Paul Brett kindly donated to us. If you are interested in buying this from us at an excellent price - offers are still welcome. No profit will be made by us - the extra money offered will go to the Hergest Ward. There was a video present at the meeting which those present could use to see the guitar played by Paul himself. To see the video follow this link 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3W6Gzp8jWk 


4. JONATHAN RICHARDS - Classical Guitar recital organised by Heidi Cross - Saturday 18th August, 2018 Thomas Telford Centre, Menai Bridge. Heidi was invited to talk about the concert. To catch up on further concerts with Jonathan Richards - please visit his website http://www.jonathanrichardsguitar.co.uk/ 

5. ENSEMBLE PRACTICE players Mandy B, Jane S, Llew O, David J lead by Alan Duckworth. We started with some Andrew Forrest pieces and then had a practice at Neils arrangment for our end of evening Django Jam 

6. NEXT MEETING CHANGE OF DATE DUE TO PREMIER LEAGUE MATCH - TUESDAY 18th SEPTEMBER, 2018

7. 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.

8. GUITAR LESSONS we are lucky to have members who can offer help in guitar - whatever style. To enquire about guitar tuition, either come along to our meetings or contact Jane for further advice.
 
9.THANKS TO Carl at Bangor City Football Club for his welcome.

Points pending from previous meetings
SEPTEMBER 2014 - North West Classical Guitar - meeting up with Chester and Liverpool Guitar Societies
(08/05/18 - organising to meet at Chester Guitar Guitar Circle along with Liverpool Guitar Society and also to invite Aberconwy)
OCTOBER 2014 - NWGC/CGGC peronnal profiles - to sort out.

MUSIC PERFORMED THIS EVENING AND PREVIOUS MEETINGS (to be completed by 22/08/18)
AUGUST 2018

JULY 2018

JUNE, 2018

MAY, 2018