Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Cathie, Lynn, Louise, Lorna, Zenith, Marge, Lana, Thelma, Verna, Heather and Barry met at the gallery to play and sing some ukulele songs. Heather, who likely owns 12 ukuleles (although some are loaned out) forgot to bring a ukulele! To be fair the hardy Outdoor Ukulele that she "always" carries in her car as it is good for any kind of weather had been taken in to be dusted off after the picnic and strum last Sunday and never put back in her car. Thanks to the Lynn for the loaner ukuleles and apologies for the broken string. There will be a nice pack of Worth Brown strings in your mailbox at school tomorrow.

We played: Goodnight Irene, Go Lassie go, January Wedding, Lake Pochatrain, Ukulele Lady, One day at a Time (Heather and Lana will put on the blog and drive), Harvest Moon (sounding great!), Amazing Grace, Looking out my Back Door, Cryin' Time, Daydream Believer (from the Brandon Club), I Can't Even Walk, Black Flowers ( Lana is going to check version and add to drive). and Lion Sleeps Tonight (Cynthia Lin version). We got the two parts down and the knock. Next time we will try the chuck and the muted part. We also played: Take Me Home Country Roads in C,  I'll See You in my Dreams (Lana's favourite. Her tip for the Fm6 is to play the Fm and once you are ready, bring the other finger over to complete the G shape), Life is like a Mountain Railroad in F with a fancy G and F figured out and shared by Verna (Lana and Verna are going to work together to put this version with the fancy extra chords that you don't have to play by adding all the verses to put it on the drive), Workin' Man and our signature set ending song.

Thanks to everyone who was able to attend the picnic and strum last Sunday. It was a nice day and lots of fun playing ukulele with our guests.

 

 

Wednesday, June 6, 2018


Verna, Judy, Lorna, Lynn, Louise, June, Lana, Thelma and  Heather met to play at the train station. 

We played: Go Lassie, Go, Six Days on the Road, Orphan Girl, Tonight You Belong to Me, Harvest Moon, Flowers on the Wall in C, Rox in the Box, Wagon Wheel, Walk Away, Grandpa was a Carpenter, Jolene, In the Good Old Summertime, Making Belieive,, Life is Like a Mountain Railway, Lie Down Beside Me, Jambalaya, Sentimental Journey, This Land is My Land, Don't Be Cruel, You Don't Know Me, and Someday You'll Want Me to Want You - twice as June picked it after we'd already played it once but we liked it so much we let her discover that a line in and played it again anyway. It was also a good opportunity to add Louise's instrumental the second time. We then played: Only You (which Lana will add to the drive as a scanned copy), Me and Bobby McGee, We're Going to be Friends, Saskatoon Moon, and our signature set ending song.

Here is a video of the Life is Like a Mountain Railroad by Jerry Lee Lewis. Who volunteers to do the piano part? :)

For those of you who can make it to the picnic and strum on Sunday, the picnic will start at Ryall Park at noon with playing to start around 1:00. Of course, people can strum before that.

We shared the following songs with the Winnipeg, Portage and Brandon groups:

Rox in the Box

Ukulele Lady in G

Leaning on the Everlasting Arms in G

Wagon Wheel

Brandon shared the following songs:

Day Dream Believer
Crocodile Walk
Jolene
Build Me Up Buttercup

Be sure to bring a lawn chair, stand if you have one, a copy of the Vancouver Circle book if you have one, your music - printed or electronic but remember we won't have internet unless you have data, big paper clips or clothes pins to hold your music, a picnic lunch, a hat, sunscreen (although we will be under the canopy), and, of course, a ukulele or two.