Introduction
There it was again, the long awaited third edition of the Twenthe Guitar Festival. With respect to holidays it had a perfect timing: in this week we had the Queen’s Birthday, Ascension Day and for many people the "Day after Ascension" which is often part of the "shorter working hours" regulation in Dutch companies. Once again the organisation of the Twenthe Guitar Festival Foundation (Bobby Rootveld, Jaap Majoor, Niels Ottink and Paul Driessen) and a lot of family, friends and supporters were ready to make this event a success.
I had subscribed for the master class by Yves Storms and an additional package Let’s Improvise. The latter package even included a workshop Flamenco, a nice opportunity to get a taste of this "guitar application".
I had written a report on the first festivals with great pleasure, so I decided to describe this one too: Third Time Lucky! ;-) If things proceed nicely, I will be able to publish a Twenthe Guitar Festival Anniversary Book in two years!
My impressions are quite subjective indeed. I am no historian. Obviously I am not claiming that these ladies and gentlemen are completely objective (the victor writes history, remember..), but they have graduated as historians anyway. So please find comfort from the fact that I consider myself subjective if you read something you do not quite agree with: my opinion and impressions are just one from the many possible.