Wednesday, August 24

Lorna, Judy, Louise and Lynn played Silver Wings, Love me Tender, Walk Away, Lie Down Beside Me, Unclouded Day and possibly some other tunes (I will add them here as the players remember).

Some of us have begun practicing some Christmas/holiday tunes including Heather who recommends Cynthia Lin's Christmas jam from last year here (there is a song book you can download in the comments). She has a number of additional Christmas and other tutorials available online as well. Lana will be bringing along a chord melody arrangement of Silent Night next Wednesday. Be sure to check out the great Christmas/holiday arrangements on the Bytown Ukulele website (see the link on the sidebar).

Becky in particular has been practicing the songs for the mass appeal ukulele concert on Sept. 15 at the Forks. You can find all of the songs and recordings of the songs in a previous post.

Contact Brenda Major at Golden Prairie Art Council if you are interested in participating in a ukulele workshop conducted by Kate Ferris in Carman the afternoon of Sunday, Sept. 18. The cost is $55 for gallery members and $60 for non-members. A gallery membership is $15. The workshop will require 10 participants to go ahead and will be tailored by Kate to all levels. You will need to bring a ukulele.

We will meet again Wednesday at 7 p.m. on the top floor of the gallery.

Ukulele Workshop slated for Sunday, September 18

The Golden Prairie Arts Council will be offering a Ukulele Workshop on Sunday, September 18 from 1-4 p.m. on the main floor of the gallery building (old train station).

Kate Ferris will be the instructor and she will tailor the workshop to meet skills levels of those who sign up, including beginners.

Those interested will need to bring a ukulele. Gallery members will pay $55 and non members $60. Ten signups are required to run the workshop. Sign up will be through the Golden Prairie Arts Council. Watch their Facebook page or website for more details.

Wednesday, August 17

Lorna, Lana, Becky, Heather, Kim, Louise and Lynn were able to gather at the train station upstairs to play some tunes. 

These included: Bring me little Water Sylvie (we will try some harmony on this again next time), This Land is Your Land, Come On Up to the House by Tom Waits, You Don't Know Me, Cryin' Time, Silver Wings, Red Wing by The Steel Wheels (see video below), Love Potion #9, Walk Away by Tom Waits, Unclouded Day in G, Take One Last Look by Tom Waits (videos below), January Wedding (see video below) which Lorna will bring more copies of next time but is essentially A and D with the odd E7 thrown in, Something (we agreed to take a look at this on our own from the Vancouver Circle book), Wagon Wheel, Don't Be Cruel, and our secret set ending song.

You should be able to find most of these songs listed in the sidebar links or in the songbooks listed.

We will meet again next Wednesday at 7 p.m. on the top floor of the gallery.

Red Wing by The Steel Wheels

January Wedding by The Avett Brothers

Take One Last Look by Tom Waits (ukulele cover)

An earlier attempt with chords

Take One Last Look by Tom Waits original as played on David Letterman show

Wednesday, August 10

Lorna, Judy, Kim, Lynn, Lana and Heather met on the top floor of the old train station gallery.

Taking turns we chose the following songs to play: Cryin' Time, Bring Me Little Water Sylvie, Red Wing, Four Strong Winds, Passing through, Silver Wings, Lie Down Beside Me, Wildflowers, Where Have All The Flowers Gone, Making Believe, Wagon Wheel, Walkin' After Midnight, Tonight You Belong to Me starting on G, Unclouded Day starting on G, Blame it On the Ukulele.

Lana will make copies of You Don't know Me for next time. Lynn will bring January Wedding next time. Heather will send Come On Up to the House.

The Kate Ferris Ukulele workshop has been scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 18 at the gallery tentatively from 10 until 3 with a break for lunch. You will be able to sign up through the Golden Prairie Arts Council if you are interested. The cost will be $55 and the session will likely only go ahead if 10 people sign up. Heather will see if any student members would like to attend. Kate will set up the session so it will be of value to both beginning and more advanced players which should help to convince more people to sign up.Students will get a reduced rate or be sponsored by the Golden Prairie Arts Council. The deadline to apply is Sept. 15. 

Kate Ferris is one of the organizers beyond the Ukulele Club of Winnipeg's activities and she teaches ukulele lessons on behalf of the Winnipeg Folk Festival throughout the year. She will also be leading the Mass Appeal Ukulele Concert set to be held at the Oodena Circle at the Forks on Thursday, Sept. 15. 

More details are here on the massappealwinnipeg.ca/ukuleles/ website.

On the site you will find the music that we will be playing. Please note that Blame it On the Ukulele and The Log Driver's Waltz I believe are in different keys than we play them but they are still easy to play.  Kate will lead a rehearsal between 6 and 7 p.m. before the public performance which is form 7:30 to 8 p.m.  All levels of players are encouraged to attend as the intent is to get as many players to the event as possible.

We will meet again next Wednesday at 7 p.m. on the top floor of the gallery.

Wednesday, August 3

Another Wednesday summer storm and a small group meant we met at Judy's place. Judy, Heather and Louise attended. 

We played by candle light (the cool kind with batteries that won't burn your house down) and camp lantern light for part of the evening using the lack of light to work on our memorization skills of Rain and Snow, Cryin' Time, Silver Wings, Wagon Wheel, and Wildflowers. We also tried You Don't Know Me and January Wedding which Louise has been practicing and House of Gold which Heather has been practicing.

When the lights came back on we played Unclouded Day (starting on G) which is the best key for Lynn to sing although not so great for the rest of us :) When Lynn is able to attend the rest of us can sing harmony or an octave higher and it all sounds nice together.

Here is a link to January Wedding. Please note that we played E7 in the version we played rather than E. Check under the side bar heading of Boyne River Ukulele Group song sheets for links to House of Gold and You Don't Know Me.

We will meet again next Wednesday evening at 7 p.m.

Wednesday, July 27

Louise, Lynn and later Kim attended.

Members worked on memorizing some of our regular pieces like Rain and Snow and played Unclouded Day and new song Lynn brought. 

We will meet again next Wednesday evening at 7 p.m.