Monthly Meeting Recap – October 2023

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Dear Guitar Fans:

Last night, October 12, we had a full, fun evening of guitar music at Paschal Winery.

PROGRAM

John Swinnerton – Untitled (original)
Milton & Laurel Bloombaum – I’m Sticking with the Union by Acie Cargill, Solidarity Forever by Ralph Chaplin
Brian Parris – Mexico by Toy Caldwell, Travelers by Tim O’Brien/Alessandro Massa Untu
Elizabeth & Neil Holland – Bluesy, Diamonds, John Prines Last Dance (originals)

~ Intermission ~

Francesco Palmer – Ode to Autumn (original), Koyunbaba by Carlo Domeniconi
Grant Ruiz – ¿Dónde Estás Corazon? by Luis Serrano, Solamente una Vez by Agustín Lara
Grant and Mark Everson – La Feria de Granada by Enrique Montoya, Bulerías in A (trad. flamenco)
Mark Everson – Bulerías based on Hava Nagila
Mark Turnbull – Frame of Reference, Simple Trust, The Olde Fam’ly (originals)


ANNOUNCEMENTS

The GSSO, in conjunction with the Britt Education, is hosting Cuban-born guitarist René Izquierdo at the SOU Recital Hall on Saturday, Nov. 11 at 7:30pm. Tickets are available at guitarsocietyso.org. We’ll send out separate email reminders with more details about the concert. This project is supported in part by a grant from the Jackson County Cultural Coalition funded by the Oregon Cultural Trust, investing in Oregon’s arts, humanities and heritage.

Elections for the Board of Directors will be held during our December gathering. There will be 3 slots available to fill. We’ll send out more information in a future email, so please keep an eye out for that.

Mark Turnbull will play at Bloomsbury Blends Café in Ashland on First Friday, November 3 from 5-7pm.

Grant Ruiz will play duets with Dan Fellman at the Rogue Valley Manor on Thursday, Oct. 19 at 7pm; at Belle Fiore Winery on Saturday, Oct. 21 from 5:30 to 7:30pm; and at First Friday at Gallerie Karon in Ashland from 5-8pm (come see us after you hear Mark play!).

Grant will also play solo guitar at Paschal Winery’s happy hour on Sunday, Oct. 22 from 3:30 to 5:30pm. His music will also be featured in the Collaborative Theater Project’s children’s play Yo Recuerdo Abuelito (I Remember Grandpa), a Día de los Muertos story, on Sunday and Monday, Oct. 29 at 30. You can get more information at ctpmedford.org/ctp-kids-schedule/.

For anybody interested in the OLLI program, a meeting attendee mentioned that OLLI is staging a musical Nov. 1-5. See sou.edu/olli-abroad/ for more information.


Respectfully submitted,
Grant Ruiz
Flamenco and classical guitarist
Secretary, GSSO
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