Wednesday, February 17, 2016 

This week a special guest joined us, Lynn's daughter Emily who was out to Carman for reading week.

Here, I believe, were the selections that we practiced (please let me know if I have forgotten any): Kansas City, Uncloudy Day, Wagon Wheel, Rain and Snow, Wildflowers, Lie Down Beside Me, Walking After Midnight, Crazy, Log Driver's Waltz, Come Dancing, Crying Time, and Hallelujah, 

At least five of us will be traveling together to the Ukulele Club of Winnipeg Strum on Sunday Feb. 21 at 2 p.m. at the Kingshead on King Street. Scott Sauders will only have two books on hand ($15/each), so we should arrive early so we can sit together and share. You can also of course print out their songbook here. We will meet at the Carman Collegiate parking lot at noon to make the drive in together.

We also discussed putting our own song book together (even if it is just sheets in a separate binder for now) to make finding our favourite songs easier. Please choose five of your favourite songs from our current list of songs or any other song you would like to see in the book and bring your list to Lana. Some members have already passed on all or some of their song choices. We can add more songs as time goes on of course.

The next meetup will be Wednesday, February 24, upstairs in the Golden Prairie Arts Council building. 

- H 

Wednesday, February 10, 2016 

Each member present, taking turns, chose a few songs to play. This week's selections included:

Kansas City (Lynn will figure out the tune for us), Passing Through by Leonard Cohen, Riptide by Vance Joy, In A Town This Size by John Prine, Uncloudy Day, Wagon Wheel, Rain and Snow by the Be Good Tanyas, Wildflowers, Class of '57, Lie Down Beside Me,Hey Good Lookin' , Yer So Bad (with verses by Louise and Lana), Walking After Midnight, I'm Yours by Jason Mzraz, and Crazy by Patsy Cline. 

The next meetup will be Wednesday, February 17, upstairs in the Golden Prairie Arts Council building. 

We would like to as a group travel to the Ukulele Club of Winnipeg Strum on Sunday, Feb. 21 at 2 p.m. at the Kingshead on King Street. I have asked Scott Sauders if he would have at least six of their club song books for us to purchase for $15/piece. If you weren't at our meetup on Feb. 10 and you would like a book. Please email Heather so she can have one saved for you at the Feb. 21 Winnipeg strum.

We also discussed putting our own song book together (even if it is just sheets in a separate binder for now) to make finding our favourite songs easier. Please choose five of your favourite songs from our current list of songs we have been playing and we will put all of those songs together alphabetically. You can bring your list to the next meetup on Feb. 17 or email Heather.

You can of course add a song you like that we haven't played yet as well.

- H 

Wednesday, February 3, 2016 

Lana reported that the group welcomed back Kim who has been following the club's activities from home for a while as she has been busy on Wednesday evenings. To compensate for not being able to attend, and since it was World Ukulele Day the day before, Heather stayed up past midnight playing Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper.

In a round-about of song choosing at the gallery Wednesday evening, players chose several great songs to play including:  Wagon Wheel, Yer So Bad (with verses by Louise and Lana), a few John Prine songs, Let it Be, Something, Hey Good Lookin' , You are My Sunshine and more.

Lana agreed to bring chords for Unclouded Day in G, In a Town This Size, and Bring Me little Water Sylvie next week.  Lynn also promised to bring some songsheets.

The next meetup will be Wednesday, February 10, upstairs in the Golden Prairie Arts Council building. Hope to see you there :) I can't wait to hear the Yer So Bad verses.

- H