Homage
Apart from the four guitarists who make up the organization, there are two other guitarists who contributed with advice and assistance to make this event a success. Especially for them this homage.
Jim ten Boske was there from the beginning with his workshops groove and improvisation. He taught us to make fun together with the small themes and subtle chord progressions, All the Things there Are to make music a social happening. Nice jamming with a group and getting out of the social isolation you are in as a (classical) solo guitarist.
Always Grooving Strong, Jim!
All these years of the festival, Yves Storms was the representative of the classical side of the guitar. It was incredibly sad, but he unfortunately could not be there because of a mean injury. The doctor prescribed absolute (playing) rest.
I felt really sorry that I could not congratulate him personally with this lustrum. In these five years I attended Masterclass with him three times and I got to know him as an amiable person and a very capable musician and music historian. He accepts the value of your playing capability at one side, but he knows very well how to motivate you to apply improvements with a personal approach, in beautiful expressions in elegant Flemish, a much more florid version of our Dutch language.
Yves, I wish you a quick and successful recovery and I really hope that we will meet again next year, with the masterclasses and on stage!