Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Sound like it was a very hot evening in Carman. 37 degrees C here earlier this evening in Waterloo but the humidity was an uncharacteristically low 17 percent and there was a breeze so it didn't seem nearly as hot as it was when it was 27 degrees with 50 percent humidity the other day. Thanks to Thelma for the update on tonight's strum in Carman.

The group this evening:  Judy, Lana, Louise, Lorna, Lynn, Zen, Barry, Ian, and Thelma.

We played and sang: All I want is You, Bad Moon Rising , Angeline the Baker, Can the Circle be Unbroken, Cotton Fields, Lakes of Ponchartrain, Breaking Up is Hard to Do, Brown Eyed Girl, Fannin Street, Blue Moon of Kentucky, Can’t Help Falling in Love with You, I’ll Fly Way, Love Potion Number 9, Let Me be There,  Shovels and Rope - new one that Lynn introduced, 50 miles of Elbow Room, Wagon Wheel, Sonny’s Dream, Early Morning Rain, Farewell to  Nova Scotia, I’ll See You in my Dreams, Jolene, Blame it on the Ukulele. 

Here in Waterloo the Waterloo Ukulele Club also meets Wednesday evenings. They meet at the Adult Recreation Centre and project their songs onto a screen. 

The songs they use are from the Southern Ontario Ukulele Players book which can be found here. They also have the chords printed out on letter size paper which they string across the front.

Just this week they had 15 songbooks made up in binders for use starting next September when the club next meets. They are hoping to practice some songs they could play at seniors' residences. I told them of our experiences and how rewarding it has been playing at the Boyne Lodge and Towers. One thing they don't have (not needing them up until now as they have the song sheets projected) is music stands so they are hoping to find some at garage sales, etc. I forgot to mention to them that spending a little extra on good stands is well worth it :)

We played some nice songs - a couple I had never played before and some that we like to play including: Five Foot Two, Cockles and Mussels, Blue Moon, Tennessee Watlz, Wild Mountain Thyme, Black Velvet Band, I Walk the Line, When I'm 64, Mull of Kintyre, the beautiful Song for the Mira, and There's a Kind of Hush. The songs can all be found in the Southern Ontario Ukulele Players book.

- Heather