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John O.

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From: Seeheim-Jugenheim, Germany

To those who were at the Curso Flame...

...pics and videos as well as your experiences please!

It was better than words can describe. Anybody who ever gets the chance should go. I'll definitely be going again.

One of many highlights for me was seeing Arcángel, Jose Merce accompanied by Moraíto and Manolo Sanlucar live (not at the course, it was a seperate concert, that timing was really great). We were at the same bar afterwards and some of us were lucky enough to get pics with Manolo Sanlucar (Henry must send me ours!).

Ricardo was even more lucky after many of us had already gone to bed, hopefully he'll write a bit about it...

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henrym3483

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RE: To those who were at the Curso F... (in reply to John O.)

dude ill have the pic sent to you on sat when i get home, amazing experience, was in granada today visiting friends saw the alhambra palace good times.

john, ill see you there next year hopefully.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 23 2007 21:37:26

Ricardo

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RE: To those who were at the Curso F... (in reply to John O.)

Go to bed too early and miss all the good stuff.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 25 2007 17:51:04

henrym3483

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RE: To those who were at the Curso F... (in reply to Ricardo)

man arcangerls voice was sumthing else, and being in the pena seeing him sing was amazing, i would have liek to have seen miguel angel cortes play though.

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Matic

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RE: To those who were at the Curso F... (in reply to John O.)

Please guys, share more with us!
Tell us everything.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 25 2007 20:29:05

John O.

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RE: To those who were at the Curso F... (in reply to Ricardo)

quote:

Go to bed too early and miss all the good stuff.

Yeah dude but at least I passed the course

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 25 2007 20:58:43

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John O.

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RE: To those who were at the Curso F... (in reply to Guest)

Up at 9:30 AM, 10-12 group with Gerardo, 12-19 practise/eat/goof off, 19-20 review with Tino, 22-24 fiesta with Gerardo and group, 24-open end in the bar with some of the coolest musicians I've ever met (open end like 4 or 5 ... or 6 or 7)

Next day up at 9:30 AM....

I didn't do siesta a single day so by the time Saturday came around my body was happy to go home

This year I'll be practising a lot of bulerias so I can maybe sit in with the group next year.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 25 2007 21:13:06

Florian

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RE: To those who were at the Curso F... (in reply to John O.)

man that sounds so good, it would be so weird to acctualy see any of you for real one day.

did you all have your own accomodation ? or were all in the same place ?

how many guitarists in the course ? did you get to hang out ith eachother much ?
Yeah i wanna hear more.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 25 2007 22:51:45

Ailsa

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RE: To those who were at the Curso F... (in reply to Florian)

Sanlucar does sound fantastic doesn't it.

quote:

ORIGINAL: Florian

it would be so weird to acctualy see any of you for real one day.

yeah I was thinking that - specially for guys like you half way round the world Flo. I was wondering if we'd ever get together. But no it wouldn't be weird, it would be brill!!

But of course as I've just said in another thread that I'm going to give up and sell my guitar on ebay, I'd just be coming along to be sociable....

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 25 2007 23:15:41

John O.

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RE: To those who were at the Curso F... (in reply to Ailsa)

Peter (great guy) has youtube videos from years before:

Here's his profile

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 26 2007 6:36:37

Florian

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RE: To those who were at the Curso F... (in reply to Ailsa)

Hey !! why are you giving up ?

oh i soposse il read the other thread.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 26 2007 7:15:56

Jan Willem

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RE: To those who were at the Curso F... (in reply to John O.)

So Ricardo, what's your story? I'm very curious.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 26 2007 17:51:20

Ricardo

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RE: To those who were at the Curso F... (in reply to Jan Willem)

My story is very long and involved. Let me get my hands on the photos and vids my friend took, so I can get the stuff straight. Only negative thing that happened is that one of the top players from Turkey, Jay Hoon, had a death in the family and had to leave the course early. But everthing else going on was an awesome party and inspiring experience. Errol and his friend Carlos (Diego del Gastor style) were a blast to hang with too. So when I get the pics I will give some details.

Ricardo

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 26 2007 23:02:30

henrym3483

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RE: To those who were at the Curso F... (in reply to Ricardo)

quote:

Carlos (Diego del Gastor style)

ole maestro, ole!!!!

carlos and errol were such a laugh.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 27 2007 11:49:17

flamencoguru

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RE: To those who were at the Curso F... (in reply to John O.)

Hello there,

What a great time. Carlos and I were talking about what a great crew we had in Sanlucar on my way to the Jerez airport. Richard M. and Ramin were awesome. I can't forget about my Irish buddy, Henry. And of course..... the great American/German John O. Christoph (Swiss) and Frederic (French) were awesome musicians and people. I've got some great footage. I'll share it with those I love

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Un saludo, Errol

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 28 2007 0:48:59

Conrad

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RE: To those who were at the Curso F... (in reply to flamencoguru)

I can't wait to read more about this and see some vids/pics once you guys get your thoughts collected. And anything private you can send to my email address. Jajaja

I'm soooo freaking jealous.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 28 2007 4:27:39

henrym3483

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RE: To those who were at the Curso F... (in reply to Conrad)

right heres some of the photos ill be upping more l8r

me, manolo sanlucar and john O.

the guys from the foro, me, john, errol, ramin and richard

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 28 2007 15:35:40

Florian

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RE: To those who were at the Curso F... (in reply to henrym3483)

Thats great, thank you

man Manolo looks different, i gues i havent seen photos of him in the recent years, he looks like hes lost a lot of weight ?

Ricardo i am digging that shirt

is that so that your wife can keep an eye on you even from a distance ?

jk

was she there ?

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henrym3483

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RE: To those who were at the Curso F... (in reply to Florian)

manolos got a handshake like a vice grip, terribly strong hands.it was friggin surreal meeting such a legend.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 28 2007 15:53:15

henrym3483

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RE: To those who were at the Curso F... (in reply to henrym3483)

errol, me and carlos

me and luke "el leyenda" park roomies for the week

ana maria,arcangel, me, ana marias friend and miguel angel cortes

me and gerardo

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 28 2007 15:58:20

Florian

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RE: To those who were at the Curso F... (in reply to henrym3483)

I bet. Must be quite a trip.

how did you find Manolo to be as a person ?

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 28 2007 15:58:35

henrym3483

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RE: To those who were at the Curso F... (in reply to Florian)

he seemed to be very down to earth and a fun guy, thats what i got from him.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 28 2007 16:01:26

Florian

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RE: To those who were at the Curso F... (in reply to henrym3483)

wow i would have thought the oposite, well live and learn dont belive everything you hear.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 28 2007 16:06:17

Florian

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RE: To those who were at the Curso F... (in reply to Florian)

well its good to see you all there

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 28 2007 16:18:17

Florian

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RE: To those who were at the Curso F... (in reply to Florian)

forghot to ask

what kinf of activities take place at this things ?

u have to learn something ?

he showes you exercises ?

he helps you improve your on stuff ?

how does it work ?

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 28 2007 16:53:05

John O.

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RE: To those who were at the Curso F... (in reply to Florian)

Moraíto must be a really funny guy, the whole night he had a huge grin on his face and was joking around with his friends. I wish I'd asked him for a picture too.

You don't have to learn the things taught. Gerardo shows the group "playable" things from his repertoire for 2 hours, you can audiotape them and work on them during the day. If you take the later course with Tino you should go through the stuff so you can review it with the group, otherwise it's kind of a waste. There's no "test" though. The most experienced guitarists played along in the courses with Gerardo but didn't review.

I must say Tino was great at helping with technique and correcting things. A very nice guy, too.

I probably won't be fitting most of the falsetas I learned into my own playing, but I got a lot of own ideas through the chord structures/melodies we went through. I actually learned most outside the classes seeing the other guitarists play. All the different styles and ideas.

Most importantly, being surrounded by flamenco in it's homeland is something any flamenco musician/dancer should experience, it makes you see everything differently. It was my most important experience up to now as a guitarist and helped me figure out what I want/need to focus on in the future.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 28 2007 22:21:47

Ricardo

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RE: To those who were at the Curso F... (in reply to John O.)

Florian, no wives to be found:

With Ramin and Moraito:

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 28 2007 23:00:17

Franchiquito

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RE: To those who were at the Curso F... (in reply to John O.)

What an experience!
It must be a wonderful thing meeting other foro's people and those big
flamenco figures.
Next year I'll come to the course, principally to see Errol and Ricardo!

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 29 2007 8:33:42

Ailsa

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RE: To those who were at the Curso F... (in reply to henrym3483)

Wow you guys - just looks like such an amazing time, and as a lone wannabe flamenco guitarist living in a sleepy town, so great to be surrounded by other people who also love flamenco.

One thing I noticed from the pics - girls. Were there any on the course?

A
PS no I take it back - I found two girls in one of the pics! But were they on the guitar course too?

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 29 2007 10:00:50