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• 5 days in Madrid
  We packed as much as we could into our short holiday to Spain's capital. It's a fantastic city and there's plenty to do. Here are just a few of our experiences and one or two recommendations ....More...
  
  
  
  
• La Seguiriya at Alhama de Granada
  Spain is beautiful and diverse - how can you decide which places to visit? Dave read a guide book on Andalucia and decided Alhama was the place ....More...
• Making a bata de cola
  Flamenco skirts with a long train are an inspiration to many dancers. Eva Yerbabuena seems to wear the longest and fullest. I booked on a bata de cola course at Escuela de Baile Christmas 2007. But where was I going to get a bata? ....More...
• Jerez festival 2008
  In March 2008 I made my first visit to Jerez and the annual Flamenco Festival there. I had planned a week dominated by flamenco - dance classes every morning, guitar practice every afternoon, shows at the theatre every evening, Peñas every night....More...
• Making the Peña backdrop
  There are lots of good things about the Pena venue - it's spacious, the people who run it are friendly, and drinks are at club prices! To make us feel even more at home there we decided to make a backdrop for the stage.....More...
  
• Teaming up with Camino
  It was a lucky day when we were sitting in the lounge area of our hotel in Alhama de Granada, and bumped into Richard Bigg. He was obviously as in love with Spain as we were, and told us about his Spanish bar Camino, which he had tried to make as authentic as you can when in the heart of King's Cross.....More...
• Multi-talented Emilio Maya's visit to London
  I had met Emilio while he was playing at Eshavira, on one of my visits to Granada. He is a friend of my good friend Kate of Anda La Musica, and she introduced us. Emilio used to live in London and he was keen to visit again .....More...
• Gerardo Nuñez masterclass in London
  At the beginning of November 08, Gerardo Nuñez gave a performance at a swish new venue in King's Cross, King's Place. The following morning he gave a master class for 6 guitarists and 14 observers. Needless to say, I joined the ranks of the observers! .....More...
• First Performances
  Learning to perform in public is a whole new skill. I found that just because I can play something in the quiet of my home, it's a different matter in a noisy bar in front of loads of other people. Especially other guitarists because they know when you've made a mistake! Here is my 'learning to perform' diary .....More...