21th February 2009

Sant Cugat, Spain
The Orchestra of Crafty Guitarists
Day 1

The project formally begins at 10.02 this morning. My job is to assist JH in the coordination of the kitchen and my aims are to contribute to the course in the way that is appropriate for me and the group, to play and to be relaxed.

After the morning Guitar Circle with RF, we split into the little groups. I'm in the circle lead by FK, and we work on the basic circle skill - circulating, and then work on developing variations - 6 note figure with displacements. The recent AAD work was a good preparation for this kind of work.

After each circle work has been presented their work we regrouped and I stepped out of the the original group that was about to become 'a baby steppers' circle, a circulating nursery. So i left the group, but soon regretted it, as I had the 'feel' for this kind of work!

The kitchen was shaky today. The tea & coffee station left unattended for some periods, certainly a lot of areas for the improvement here. In the evening we have a meeting with Dr.M to address the work in the kitchen.

After the evening circle work notice how some people make use of what is generated , i.e. practice guitar, or work in the kitchen. Tonight i go with the flow and write.