BELMONT — The next meeting of the Belknap County Republican Committee will be held on Wednesday, March 13 at 6:30 p.m. at the Top of the Town Restaurant, 88 Ladd Hill Road.
Guest speaker at the meeting will be Jennifer Horn, recently elected Chairman of the NH Republican State Committee. Chairman Horn will share her plans for the NH GOP, provide insight into how she intends to accomplish them, and then lead a Round-Table discussion with members and guests at the meeting.
Belknap County Republican Committee meetings are open to all Republicans and like-minded Independents. Although the county Republican meeting begins at 6:30 p.m., ithose interested in having dinner and/or wish to socialize before the meeting, should plan to arrive as early as 5 p.m.
In an effort to help those in the community who are less fortunate, the committee asks that each attendee bring a non-perishable food item to the meeting for distribution to local food pantries.
For more information, check www.BelknapCountyRepublicans.org or send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

PLYMOUTH — The award-winning duo of Douglas Lora and João Luiz, aka the Brasil Guitar Duo, will perform at Plymouth State University at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 14 in the Smith Recital Hall at the Silver Center.
Winners of the 2006 Concert Artists Guild International Music Competition, the Brasil Guitar Duo is quickly solidifying it status as one of the preeminent guitar duos of its generation.
Lora and Luiz met in São Paulo as teenage guitar students and have been performing together for more than 15 years, perfecting a "sublime synchronicity and effortless performance style." The Duo was lauded by Classical Guitar magazine for its "maturity of musicianship and technical virtuosity."
With full touring schedules on two continents and critically acclaimed recordings, the Duo has developed a broad repertoire of European classical guitar duos by J.S. Bach, Fernando Sor and Domenico Scarlatti. In recent years they have been equally at home on a classical or a world-music series, performing in such diverse venues as New Music/New Places, the Stowe and Chautaugua Music Festivals and Carnegie Hall, mixing classical programmatic elements with choro, samba, maxixe and baião, the traditional music of their native land.
The Duo also strives to expand the repertoire for two guitars, with Lora contributing works of his own and Luiz arranging both classical and Brazilian music.
Eager advocates for both traditional and new concerti for two guitars and orchestra, the Duo premiered a work by Brazilian composer Paulo Bellinati with the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra in June 2012.
Tickets for the Brasil Guitar Duo at Plymouth State University are $30 for adults, $28 for seniors and $15 for youth at the Silver Center Box Office, 535-2787 or (800) 779-3869. Tickets are also available online at silver.plymouth.edu.

BARNSTEAD — The Barnstead-Alton-Gilmanton Republican Committee (BARC'G) has announced that Greg Goddard, general manager of the Gunstock Mountain Resort, will be the guest speaker at their next monthly meeting on Tuesday, March 12 at 6:30 p.m. at J.J. Goodwin's Restaurant, 769 Suncook Valley Highway (Rt 28), in Center Barnstead.
Gunstock Mountain Resort is a recreational facility owned by Belknap County for the benefit of the citizens of Belknap County, all of New Hampshire, and New England. Goddard will address the Committee, sharing information about the history and evolution of Gunstock, recent upgrades, and plans for the future, including the transformation of Gunstock into an all-season recreational facility.
BARC meetings are open to Republicans and like-minded Independents from Alton, Barnstead, and Gilmanton, and any other towns in New Hampshire. Per the usual meeting format, those interested in having dinner (at your option) or want to socialize before the meeting, plan to arrive as early as 5:30 p.m.
In an effort to help those in the community who are less fortunate, the Committee asks that each attendee bring a non-perishable food item to the meeting for distribution to local food pantries.
For more information, please send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or check out the committee's website at www.BARC-NewHampshire.org