June 26, 2017

NOTE as Lana mentions below, we will not meet this Monday evening July 3 unless someone wishes to get the key from Louise.

June, Manae, Zenith, Linda, Lorna, Judy, Louise, Lana, Cathie, Lynn after baseball and Tom and Lori attended.  We practiced Moonshadow by Cynthia Lin-- just with the strum for now.  The tutorial is good help for practicing the fingerpicking.  Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJgHgFtVKPk&feature=youtu.be.  Other songs: Manitoba, I Like Ukuleles, Rain n Snow,  Saskatoon Moon, Rox in the Box,  Cotton Fields,  I'll See you in my Dreams, You Belong to Me.  Harvest Moon, Rock n Roll Beat (harmonies were great) and others I forgot.

June brought A Harlem Goat (the song, not the beast) and Anytime. 

This was Manae's last night with us-- she leaves this week to return to Japan-- but she promised to keep in touch and to watch the blog for our new songs.  She brought special (Japanese) treats for us.  Thanks so much, Manae.  We wish all the best for you: health, happiness and a safe trip home.

Since next week is Folk Fest and people are busy with July 1st festivities etc. we decided not to meet next Monday.  However, if you really need your Uke-fix-- Louise will happily relinquish the key.

Happy Canada "150" to all.

- Lana

I was sorry to miss ukulele night this week but was busy getting slideshows ready for Manae's graduation. She will be missed from our school and our club as well. She will be taking home the Luna Peace ukulele I loaned and now gave her for a parting/grad gift.  She confirmed with me yesterday at grad that she will indeed be following our ukulele journey on the blog. During her grad speech she said she would be thinking of ways to come back to Canada to visit again. I'm sure playing ukulele with us again will be one of them. 

The tutorial for Moonshadow that Lana emailed our member list can be found on the practice videos page on the blog. You can download the chord sheet directly from the video as Cynthis mentions. We have also emailed it to club members. 


- Heather

June 19, 2017

Cathie, Barry, Lynn, Lana, Louise, Lorna, June, Zenith  practiced Harvest Moon (3 times-- getting there-- the harmony sounds good), Sonny's Dream, The Saskatoon Moon, Rox in the Box, Flowers on the Wall, Darlin' Cory-- one time slow and then second time-- fast, Cotton Fields, Walk Away, I'll See you in my Dreams, You Belong to Me, Wildflowers and lots of others. (I'd rather play than write) We accompanied Louise in two of her Clawhammer songs-- sounded really good.

Only Cathie from the group that attended tonight will be able to play on Wednesday night. 

Lana will practice I Like Ukuleles and try to teach it to the group next week.

- Lana

It sounds like Cathie, Linda, Heather and Lynn will be able to play at the Boyne Library this Wednesday. We will play from 5:30 to 6:00 and 6:30 to 7:00.  These are the songs we discussed playing (I sent the below note to some of you already), however we can have our binders and the Vancouver Circle book ready if we need more songs.

Songs for Wednesday June 21 at the Boyne Library:

Four Strong Winds, Manitoba, Farewell to Nova Scotia, Ise the Bye, Sonny's Dream, The Saskatoon Moon, Rox in the Box (could be about a Canadian mine just as easily) and if we need some extra songs, Red Wing, Silver Wings, Wildflowers and perhaps You Are My Sunshine for a sing along, especially since there should be kids there. 

- Heather

June 12, 2017

Marge, Lana, Cathie, Kim, Louise, Zenith, Manae and Heather attended.

We played Harvest Moon which is coming along nicely, Manitoba, Annie's Song which Marge brought along, Hard Times Come Again No More, I'll See You In My Dreams, Jolene, Rox in the Box, Silver Wings, Red Wing, Wildflowers, Three Little Birds, You Belong to Me and out signature set ending song.

We have been asked to play outside at the Boyne Regional Library for their Canada 150 event on Wednesday, June 21. Many members will be golfing (hence why we have been practicing Mondays instead of Wednesdays for the last three weeks) but Heather, Lynne and Linda have said they can attend so far.

Since we have been asked to play Canada and outdoor songs we have come up with the following set list:

Four Strong Winds, Manitoba, Farewell to Nova Scotia, Ise the Bye, Sonny's Dream, The Saskatoon Moon, Rox in the Box (could be about a Canadian mine just as easily) and if we need some extra songs, Red Wing, Silver Wings, Wildflowers and perhaps You Are My Sunshine for a sing along, especially since there should be kids there. The event is from 5-7 pm.  Do we have players who can play between 5 and 6 and then again from 6:30 to 7?  Erica is playing from 6:00 to 6:30. They will play music from the clock tower until we would be ready.  The violin girls will be away at camp.

June 7, 2017  and June 11, 2017

UPDATE:

Here is a playlist of videos from the strum and picnic. I have other videos of the kids playing and singing with us but will share that video with the kids and their parents directly. I have also updated the date that Tim from the Ukulele Club of Winnipeg helpfully pointed out was set at May 2011.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09ML52DtRqo&list=PLOaGDiOkR0FDRTdooOzKmCeFRBjL1lagm

(just copy the link to your browser and it should take you to the songs in order on youtube. You can also find them on our Boyne River Ukulele Group Facebook Group page and on the Ukulele Club of Winnipeg Facebook Group page. If you would like to join those groups, search for those names on Facebook and then click join and the group admins will add you if you check out okay :) )

Neither Lana nor Heather could make our May 7 practice and if anyone took notes they haven't 'fessed up yet. :) I imagine, however, that whoever could attend played their favourites as well as practiced for our Ukulele Strum and Picnic held on May 11.

On May 11 at our Boyne River Ukulele Strum and Picnic we had a good showing from our group, the Ukulele Club of Winnipeg and the Brandon Ukulele Club. By the end at around 4 p.m. (note for next year that seems like a reasonable end time if we start at 1:00) our guests were already asking if they could come back next year for the same Sunday before Father's Day.

It was great sharing new songs with the other groups and I think we came up with some new tunes we would like to add to our repertoire including a song the Brandon Ukulele Group modified to celebrate their Wednesday evening strums which of course would fit in well with our practices most of the year.

After each group shared some songs we played each group's favourites from the Vancouver Circle book. It was nice learning some tunes from the book that we had never tried before.

I took video of most of the event so we will be able to listen to some of the songs again.

Thanks to everyone who attended and helped with the organization and setup. It was a fun day with lots of music and laughter.

The special Canada 150 treat of ice cream with red sprinkles was particularly appreciated by the participants and guests.

A reminder that a few of us at least will be playing outside of the Boyne Regional Library between 5 and 7 on Wednesday, June 21. I believe two Grade 7 girls will be playing violin likely starting at 5 and Erica Wiebe will be playing guitar so we won't be required to play the entire time. If 6 p.m. works best we can likely arrange for that time.

May 31, 2017

Louise, Zenith, Lana, June, Cathie, Lynn, Emily, Barry,  Manae, Heather and Judy attended.

We played Edeleweiss, I'll See you in my dreams , Rox in the box, Red wing, Silverwings, The Saskatoon Moon, January‎ wedding, You Are My Sunshine, Rock n Roll beat and i've Got Rhythm (a little slower and ukuleles quieter to hear the parts), Three Little Birds, You Belong to Me, Cryin Time, Ukulele Song, Rain and Snow and our signature set ending song.

Those who had it paid their $5 toward ice cream and red sprinkles for our Sunday, June 11 event at the park. Heather sent the information to the Carman Collegiate principal for the sign.

We will be playing the following songs as our group at the event: 

The Saskatoon Moon, Rock and Roll Beat, Sonny's Dream (our version) and possibly Harvest Moon ( our first attempt incorporating harmony, the riff adn the "ooo's" was quite nice and will be great with some work).

We will be sharing the following songs with all attendees. They have been posted to the event page and Lana will make some copies as well:

I'se the Bye, Rox in the Box and Just Because