Casa Stella Maris Caorle Italy
07.04
Casa Stella Maris, Caorle, Italy.
Rising at 06.00.
09.22 Morning Sitting in the ballroom at 07.15.
Breakfast at 08.00.
Comments, reports, observations, noticings and Points Of Seeing invited.
Several good comments, directed towards yesterday evening’s The OCG extemporisation, and The Guitarist Inside.
All comments were from male persons. Comments invited from an Endangered Species. None was forthcoming, so the species judged extinct.
Work for the morning called.
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12.48 The Orchestra Of Crafty Guitarists met in the ballroom at 10.15 in two concentric Circles: twenty-one guitars in the Outer Circle, nine in the Inner.
Orchestra Of Crafty Guitarists: when ready, please begin!
There are several experienced players in The OCG VIII, and some here for only the second time. In the early years of Guitar Craft, this degree of experience would have been referred to as Level 1.5 or Level Two. One Ork present this morning was not: that is, utterly clueless. This does not refer to their playing ability but the condition of their personal presence; and, for most of this meeting, they were absent from it. What is dangerous is, they didn’t know they were absent.
The aim of this meeting was specifically to prepare for our performance challenge on Saturday I…
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Galleria d’Arte Modernae E Contemporanea (
Galleria ) in
Pordeone.
A few comments made:
on becoming present quickly;
following the directions of The OCG leader in the Inner Circle;
available vocabulary;
a dependable person calling upon the Muse for help. Hopefully, we will all remember to call on the Muse. But, there must be one person that even God can rely upon.
Small re-configurations in the seating with a Principal being appointed in the Outer Circle, a person of some ferocity and viciousness. UnCircling and re-entering in Procession mode.
Orchestra Of Crafty Guitarists: when ready, please begin again!
During this improv, the state and condition of the course changed: it went into another world. UnCircling and led out by our Principal, a comment made on putting money in the bank. And then a photo opportunity I…
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We suspect that Director Nunez is planning to sell privileged seats in the Standing Room Only section, plus a few more in the fire escape, for cash.
14.05 Lunch at 13.30 with three visitors, here to support the course with various forms of ferocity.
A superb octet performance of Neal & Jack & Me.
Work for the afternoon called.
19.02 Staff Meeting at 15.00.
HouseWork at 15.15…
Tea at 16.30, personal meetings beginning. Paul brought one of his guitars…
Mariela’s Perfect World at 17.15.
The OCG meeting at 18.00, addressing details and overall form.
Dinner for 19.30.
20.51 To dinner at 19.30…
A sextet of Russians played The Driving Force, and very well.
Two new arrivals: Mr. Lito, our sound engineer, with a friend of Mr. Lito.
Silence visited.
Work called for the evening.
23.05 The OCG at 21.45…
One late arrival. A good run-through for c. 65 minutes.
Processing, extemporising, some repertoire; the two Circles, Inner and Outer, reconfigured from this afternoon, reverted to an earlier formation.
Director Nunez made comments on details, to be addressed mainly in the morning. We have several members of the Team who are both inexperienced and impressively clueless. Nevertheless, Director Nunez felt this evening’s work was of a good standard.
No cell-phone reception and the internet here has crashed. The house internet crashed two days ago.
