Monthly Meeting Recap – December 2023

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Dear Guitar Fans:

We had a lovely gathering at Paschal Winery Thursday night. The performers were joined by 8 of Arturo Ville’s students from his guitar class at Grants Pass High School, along with their families, so the house was full!


PROGRAM

John Swinnerton – Solstice Shuffle (original)

Bob Bath – Silent Night by Hans Gruber, Christmastime is Here by Vince Guaraldi 

Steve and Marge Bismarck – Christmas medley for bassoon and guitar: Ave Maria by Bach/Gounod; Silent Night by Gruber; Merry Christmas, Darling by Pooler/Carpenter

Francesco Palmer – Seasons of Transformation (original)

Arturo Ville – holiday medley: Silver Bells, Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Jingle Bells

Grants Pass HS guitar class – holiday medley: God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen; Silent Night; Deck The Halls (arranged by Louis Martinez and Aaron Stang)

~ Intermission ~

LaRui Duo – Carol of the Bells by Mykoka Leontovych (trad. Ukranian), Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen

Grant Ruiz – Villancicos de Gloria (trad. flamenco), Christmastime is Here by Guaraldi, El Noi de la Mare (arranged by Miguel Llobet)

Victor and the Misfits (Neil and Elizabeth Holland with Victor Mlotok) – Twelve Bars Blues, Little Bird by Tim Edey

Mark Turnbull – The Day After Christmas, To a Grecian Urn, There Shines a Star (originals)

Brian Parris – Return to Me by Carmen Lombardo and Danny DiMinno, Please Come Home For Christmas by Charles Brown



ANNOUNCEMENTS

We held elections for the Board of Directors, who will serve 2 year terms. All 4 nominees – Jennifer Babineaux (incumbent), Neil Holland, Kristi Schoenbachler, and Grant Ruiz (incumbent) – were voted in unanimously as a group by a show of hands of the paying members present. Peter Jespersen is in the middle of his term, having been elected to the board last year, so he is the fifth board member.

Grant will play solo guitar at Gallerie Karon for First Friday on January 5 from 5 to 8pm, and guitar duets with Dan Fellman at Belle Fiore on Saturday, January 6 from 5:30 to 7:30pm.