Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Linda, Zenith, Shirley, Helen, Kathy, Lynn, Marge, Barry, Judy, Verna, Thelma, Louise, and Lorna strummed upstairs at GPAC on Wednesday 08 May 2019 with some arriving early to practice for the June event in the park.

List of songs chosen:  You Are My Sunshine, Go Lassie Go, We're going to be Friends, Act Naturally, Blue Skies, Michael Row Your Boat Ashore, Flowers on the Wall, Wagon Wheel, Walkin' After Midnight, I Am An Orphan Girl, Emerald Isle in C, Leavin' on a Jet Plane (island strumming works nicely), Clementine, Leaning on the Everlasting Arms, Rox in the Box, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, If I Had a Hammer, Blue Eyes, Cryin' in the Rain, Saskatoon Moon, Ghost Riders in the Sky, Harvest Moon, Moon River, Make you Feel My Love, Dream a Little Dream of Me, Fishin in the Dark, O Lord It's Hard to be Humble, and our signature set-ending song. 

- Verna

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Louise, Lorna, Zenith, Shirley, Helen, Marge, Barry, Lynn, Lori, Tom, Judy, and Heather met upstairs in the gallery with some of us arriving early at 6:30 p.m. to practice the strumming for Big Yellow Taxi.

Once everyone arrived we played: Angeline the Baker, Darlin' Cory, Dream a Little Dream,  Annie's Song, Emerald Isle, Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Cryin' Time, Make You Feel My Love, Red Wing, I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, You Belong to Me 1952 version, Farmer Til I Die (Lori's song which she will send to Heather to add to drive), Red River Valley. He'll Have to Go, Blue Eyes Cryin' in the Rain in C,  a new to us song called Paradise by John Prine that Lynn shared, After the Goldrush in  C, Brown Eyed Girl in G (Heather to add to blog from drive), Wildflowers in G (Heather to copy from drive to blog), Walk Away, Suitcase in my Hand, Grandpa Was a Carpenter in G, and our signature set ending song.

Don't forget the Manitoba Hal blues workshop on Wednesday, June 5 upstairs at the gallery and the Boyne River Ukulele Strum and Picnic on Sunday, June 9 at Ryall Park.