Newsletter - August 2002

Articles

July Meeting

New Member We were pleased to welcome Bill Eggleston from Verwood.

Due to the fact that quite a few lucky people were on holiday last month our numbers were somewhat depleted. It was good to see Terry back with us again and well on the road to recovery.

Ann brought some music for us to try out, Glad Rags by Derek Hasted and Concertino by Christopher Kirschbaum. These pieces went quite well and our sight reading has definitely improved.

After our coffee break Sarah played Allemande from Cello Suite no. 1 by Bach and Rannoch Moor by S. Kenyon.

Howard played two renaissance pieces, Seio Maccorgo and Pezzo Tedesco and Valerie played Studies 1 & 6 by L. Brouwer.

Stephen sight read through El Abejorro by Pujol, for Valerie, who had just borrowed it from the library box. We will look forward to hearing Valerie play it at the next meeting !

As we still had loads of time left over Stephen gave us a mini recital (all from memory I might add) of the following pieces :-
Studies nos. 3 & 7 by Carcassi, Preludes nos. 1 & 4 by Villa Lobos, Air by S. Kenyon and Recuerdos de la Alhambra by F. Tárrega.

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Next Meeting

The next meeting will take place on 18th August 2002 at 5.45 p.m. until 9.30 p.m. in the small hall.

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Quote of the Month

“and the thunder, that deep and dreadful organ pipe.”

William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)

The Tempest, 1613, Act III, Sc III.

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Future Meetings

September	22^nd from 5.45 p.m. to 9.30 p.m.		October		20^th from 2.00 p.m. to 5.30 p.m.
November	17^th from 2.00 p.m. to 5.30 p.m.		December		15^th from 2.00 p.m. to 5.30 p.m.

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King Lear celebrations

Brownsea Island

Seven DGS members along with three of their spouses took a trip to Brownsea Island on Monday 5th August to see B.O.A.Ts 39th Shakespeare production, King Lear.

Julie, who is obviously branching out and embarking on an acting career was the star drummer. Julie played her drum beats with metronomic precision in the final death march scene. This was very dramatic, with torches being lit by passing a flame around a circle. Then the bodies of King Lear and his youngest daughter Cordelia where carried out in time to the drum beats.

This was yet another brilliant production by B.O.A.T. It is not one of Shakespeares jolliest of plays, with few people left alive by the final scene.

We were lucky enough to be in the tea shop when the torrential rain, hail stones, thunder and lightning came. Fortunately this didnt last long, so we were able to have a walk round the island before relaxing with our picnics and then enjoy the play.

Next years play will be Romeo and Juliet.

Garden Party

King Lear would have been proud to own one of these Tshirts!

The Twelfth Night Musicians were invited to play at B.O.A.Ts end of season garden party on Sunday 11th August. As with last year this took place in Stephanie Nices (who played a lady in waiting to Goneril) garden in Verwood.

Six of us braved the weather with our guitars and played under a gazebo for the gathering of cast and crew.

We had only managed one rehearsal together, but it seemed to go reasonably well.

We played a few pieces from our Twelfth Night repertoire including the hit song from the show Come Away Death. (I just cant understand why they didnt start singing - couldnt they remember the words?)

Other music included the Vivaldi Concerto in D, Palladio and the Irish Folk Medley.

Although this was only background music, several people complimented us afterwards. Actually it was worth going just for the chocolate cake!

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DGS T-shirts

It was suggested that the DGS have a T-shirt with our logo printed on it.

Thinking that this was a good idea and wanting them quite quickly - for the B.O.A.T. garden party in fact (see front page) I decided to make up some transfers on the computer.

If anyone would like one of these transfers please let me know. They are fairly simple to iron on. Most of the T-shirts that we used were from the Edinburgh Woollen Mill - normal price £5.99 but we got them in the sale at £3.99. The drawback is that they have to be ironed on within 24 hours of printing. Material has to be at least 50% cotton.

Alternatively I am happy to iron them on for you but I take no responsibility for the T-shirts. The price of the transfers will be minimal.

I would like to suggest that we have a DGS sweatshirt professionally printed or even better embroidered. What do you think?

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Derby Exchange 2003

Response to the proposed Derby Exchange was very encouraging at last months meeting. This means that we are able to proceed with this very exciting event.

As it stands at the moment the workshop and concert in Derby will be on Saturday 4th October. The workshop and concert at Kinson will be a week later on Saturday 11th October and the concert in Dorchester will be on Sunday 12th October. These dates will all be confirmed shortly.

Please note that we are talking about 2003.

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Dillington 2002

Another wonderful action packed week with the sun shining down on us and all that is held in excitement and anticipation comes to fruition. The evening concerts were polished to perfection! I have heard the Katona twins several times now and this one had to be their best yet.

The following evening, Quartetto Concertante had a hard act to follow but just reached their peak of brilliance and played magnificently to a virtually full house - J. S. Bach and Peter Hope (Divertimento) in particular were some of the repertoire pieces most rapturously received. The stage set cast a golden aura around the players whose instrumental balance was magic.

The Dillington Composition Competition (in memory of Chris Kilvington) has been organised (rules, entry requirements etc.) by Stephen. He certainly had no easy task in judging the 5 shortlisted entries. Of course, as one would expect, he handled it superbly having listened to each piece being played by its allocated group. A piece called 'Calistoga' composed by Colin Tommis was the chosen winner (which Morris and I were fortunate enough to have played in Lorraine Eastwood's small ensemble group). I enjoyed the piece greatly, however there are some tricky rhythms to get through but under Lorraine's expert tuition, we managed to pull it together and it was great fun to do. ( Apparently Calistoga is a region of California, renowned for it's vineyards and winemaking) it is a happy and bubbly piece and I am pleased it won. Hopefully DGS will be able to play it in the future, so that's something exciting to look forward to. Now the seeds have been sown for the future which should bring forth more entries from inspired and talented composers. Yes!

Naturally the food during the week was outrageously tempting as usual and as delicious as ever and there has to be ever such a teeny mention of the serious developments on the 'Croquet Front' so 'watch this space' (but really it remains a great antidote for any "musical overload" and wonderful fun for everyone). That's all folks! It was brilliant and I'm already saving up for next year!

Sarah Fry

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Garden Party Concert

Sarah Fry is holding a fund raising garden party event at her house (Dorchester) on Bank Holiday Monday 26th August (weather permitting).

The idea is for DGS members to get together and play for an audience whilst they are picnicking on the lawn. There will be a maximum of 10 players, therefore this will be on a first come first served basis.

The audience will pay £3.50 (proceeds to the DGS) which will include a cream tea. They are also welcome to bring their own picnic and wine if they wish.

The music that we play will depend on the players but it will of course be pieces that we have played before. It wont matter if you cant join in all the pieces (for example you may have not played the Vivaldi Concerto before) as it will all be very informal and fun.

Guitarists are welcome from 1 p.m. and the party will comence at 2 p.m.

Sarah will not be at the next meeting, so if you wish to take part please let me know by Sunday. If you dont wish to play then just come along, relax, socialise, and have fun.

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Concert Diary

Saturday 12th October - Concert 7.30 p.m.
Sunday 13th October - Workshop
DORSET GUITAR SOCIETY
Kinson Community Centre
Eleftheria Kotzia
Margaret Tredwell: 01425 613 739
Concert £8 (Concessions £6)
Combined Workshop & Concert £25

Saturday 26th October - Concert
FIFTH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT
St. Mary's Church, Dorchester
Stephen Kenyon
Tel: Stephen Kenyon 01305 257 099

Friday 13th - Sunday 15th December
Weekend course
URCHFONT MANOR, Devizes, Wiltshire
Raymond Burley & Cornelius Bruinsma
Tel: 01380 840495 Fax: 01380 840005

Important Dates for 2003

Kinson
Sat 8th February - Fiona Harrison - Concert
Sun 9th February - Fiona Harrison - Workshop

Dorchester
Sat 21st June - Fabio Zanon - Concert
Premiere of Stephen Kenyons Guitar Concerto no 1.

Derby
Sat 4th October - Workshop & Concert with John Mills
Kinson
Sat 11th October - Workshop & Concert with John Mills Dorchester
Sun 12th October - Concert with John Mills