Last night’s awesome gig!

Rumba, arr. Juan Martín.

The flamenco Rumba was influenced by Cuban music, though not the Cuban Rumba, more the Guaracha, a vocal style from Havana.

One of the main features is the 3,3,2 rhythmic accent, which you can hear clearly in the first 4 bars.

#flamencofriday

Lovely end to a busy half term with assemblies at Cwmamanpri and Cwmbach Community Primary School this week. All guitarists (and the choir at Cwmbach) were focused and sounded amazing! Well done everyone!

We're happy to announce we were successful in a bid to the RCT Council UK Shared Prosperity Fund Shared Prosperity Fund!

We’ll be funding songwriting projects with Park Lane School ASD Rainbows & drop in sessions at Cynon Linc and Cwmparc community association later in the year!

Thank you for the support!

Here are the senior photos!
They were amazing, If you were there I'd sure you'd agree!
If you spot your child / yourself feel free to like & share. There are many more photos here: facebook.com/share/JEZLDJ9L…

Thanks to our funders PyC Community Fund
We’re very grateful for the support!

Solea, Falsetas Sencillas. (Simple Falseta.)

Arr. Juan Martín.

This is a fun one to play, probably the sound that everyone thinks about when you hear ‘Flamenco,’ that E chords sliding up to F and then back down!

The handwriting of famous authors - thread 🧵

1. Fyodor Dostoevsky's manuscript draft of The Brothers Karamazov

Here are some photos from the Hot Jam Academy!
They’re from the junior course, rehearsing, writing and the gig!
We will post the senior photos later next week.

Thanks to our funders: PyC Community Fund Who made all this possible!

More photos on our FB page!

An upset Michelle Phillips eating a banana during the Mamas and the Papas performance of 'California Dreaming' on the Ed Sullivan Show because they had to lip sync, 1967

This is me meeting a nurse today who looked after me in intensive care. I am so grateful. This is Stefania from the Whittington Whittington Health NHS Trust
#InternationalNursesDay

Tangos (Festejo) Arr. Juan Martín.

Flamenco Tangos are different from the Argentenian dance, having a steady 4 beats in every bar.

Festejo means ‘Celebration.’ Happy weekend everyone!

#flamenco friday #flamenco #guitar #guitar tok #juanmartin #tangos #festejo

We're delighted to announce that following the Caerleon Regional Festival, Cardinal Newman RCT Guitar Ensemble have been invited to take part in the Music for Youth National Festival in Birmingham in July!
Weekly rehearsals with Andy Mulligan are back on and they sound fab! well done all!

We had a brilliant 3 day course during the Easter holidays!

The participants wrote 4 amazing songs and performed them at Cwmparc community theatre to family and peers.

Thank you to RCT SONIG & Youth Arts for funding the course through Families First!
And Cwmparc community association for hosting us!

Verdiales, arr. Juan Martin.

Verdiales come from Malaga, and are quite an old form.

According to a quick google search Verdiales can be sung about the areas patron saint, olives or wine.

¡Salud!

#flamenco friday #flamenco #guitar #guitar tok #juanmartin

I loved the Hot Jam Showcase at the Cwmaman Theatre on Sunday.

The Hot Jam Academy has worked with 50+ young people since February to write lyrics & music. What a wonderfully talented group of young musicians we have!

Well done to the performers, Andy and all the team.

TONIGHT!!

Carcelero. Another one from the Juan Martin book as it’s #flamencofriday

A slow free time piece, often with lyrics about prison apparently..

Not a bad prison by the sound of it!

You can hear Andy Mulligan chatting to Chris from GTFM at the link below!

It was great to talk about Hot Jam’s history, & how we got to the Hot Jam Academy thanks to PyC Community Fund funding!

Thanks for having us!

Listen here:- player.autopod.xyz/576828 (skip to 1hr 32mins)

Many thanks to Andy Mulligan for coming in to chat on todays Community Link Show about the Hot Jam Academy, an innovative scheme for young people in Rhondda Cynon Taf.

Listen here:- player.autopod.xyz/576828 (skip to 1hr 32mins)

Looking forward to popping in to GTFM tomorrow around 11:30 for a chat about the Hot Jam Academy!

PyC Community Fund