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♪ Coming RGC Events ♪

♫ RGC Meeting at Abilene, next week, Monday, February 15—The February meeting at Abilene will feature our traditional Round Robin playing. Continuing in our experiment of inviting a member to talk about or give some insights into their approach to guitar playing, Kinloch Nelson will talk briefly about his search for the elusive guitar mojo (tone, dynamics, expression, instrument voice & other esoteric gossip). As for what song you might want to prepare, well it is February. Maybe think Valentine’s Day... Drinks and chips are available at the downstairs bar; you are welcome to bring your own food.

♫ RGC Meeting at the Tango Café, Sunday, March 7—at 389 Gregory Street. RGC meetings at the Tango Café begin at 7 pm on the first Sunday of each month. This meeting will feature a Round Robin as before. A springtime theme would be interesting, but everything is welcome! There are sandwiches and soup available, so come early and have a bite to eat! We look forward to seeing you there!

• There will be no meeting at Tango Cafe in April due to the Easter holiday.

♫ RGC Presentation at Abilene, Monday, March 15—Loren Barrigar will be presenting “Songwriting and Arranging” for RGC. Loren is considered by many to be the premier fingerstyle guitarist in central New York. more

♫ 2010 Presenters’ Concert, Friday, April 9, at the Harmony House.—The third annual RGC Presenters’ Concert will be held once again at the Harmony House in Webster and will feature Tim Shannon, George Collichio and Loren Barrigar. Watch for more information!

♫ Western New York Guitar Show and Swap Meet, Sunday, April 18, Polish Falcons Hall, 445 Columbia Ave., Depew, NY 14043, 9:00 am-5:00 pm. RGC will have a table at this show to promote and publicize our Club. For more show info, contact (716) 803-4422, or chaslaudico@hotmail.com. See the RGC calendar entry and the article on the last show, Nov 1, 2009.

♪ Other Coming Events ♪

♫ Guitar in Rochester is quite alive and well. This month at Eastman there are a couple of student guitar degree recitals. The dates are February 21 & 23. You will find the details and more info on the RGC calendar.

♫ A few weeks ago the D&C did a feature on local jazz guitarist, Dawn Thomson. Perhaps you missed it. If so, here it is on line. D&C Article. Included here are Dawn’s Thursdays Jazz guitar series at Max’s for Feb and a little more about her.

♫ Classical Guitar Alive on WXX-FM RADIO EVERY SUNDAY! Be sure to tune in to WXXI radio 91.5FM on Sundays at 6 pm for Classical Guitar Alive, a one hour program featuring the latest in the classical guitar world and more. There is some great music there that you won’t hear anywhere else for the most part. Please help support this recent addition to WXXI’s programming.

• We hope you will enjoy the show and follow up by contacting Ruth Phinney, WXXI Program Director at rphinney@wxxi.org to let her know that you are listening and appreciate the broadcast. This is how we will keep it on the air!

♪ Other Guitar News ♪

♫ RGC T-Shirts are now available in various sizes for only $10 each. These are 100% cotton shirts and are beautiful! Wear your Club proudly on your back! They are only available at RGC meetings. See you soon!

♫ Nail Problems? Check out Fred Kelly Freedom Pics on our Resources page!

♫ Microtonal Guitar Music This subject came up at a recent meeting. Coincidently we got a note from someone in Turkey who lectures on the subject. more

♫ A Tale of Guitar Woe and Revenge Many of you have probably seen this on YouTube , but if not... watch this!

♪ Recent Events ♪

♫ Sunday, February 7—Last Night at Tango Café!...the second meeting at the Tango Café was enjoyed by four brave souls who decided that a warm night in a coffeehouse playing tunes with guitars and friends was better than being glued to a TV watching the Super-Bowl! Despite the cold air outside, there was still plenty of warm music to be heard on the inside. more

♫ Monday, January 18—RGC Meeting at Abilene’s—A viewing of the video “Coming Back Alive” presented by Mark Grover.

♫ Sunday, January 3—first RGC Meeting at Tango Cafe—notes and play list by Deb Ross.

♫ Monday, December 21—RGC Holiday Meeting at Abilene’s—A play list by Mark Grover.

♫ Monday, November 16—RGC Meeting, a visit to the Martin factory in Pennsylvania by Jerry Carter. Here is his informative report with photos For additional photos see the PDF version.

♫ Also at the November 16 meeting—Playing Effortlessly for guitar players and other string players presemted by physical therapist Fred Onufryk as reported by John Williamson.

• All Rochester Guitar Club meetings are free of charge, but donations are welcome, and we ask you to patronize our hosts who are donating space and time for our meeting.

• That’s it for now. Keep your eyes on the RGC website for concert announcements and other guitar news, and send any news you have to us if you think it should be included on the calendar.

See you at 7 pm, this Monday, February 15 at Abilene’s!

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