February 15, 2017
Lorna, Lynn, Cathie, Linda, Lana, Heather, June, Louise, Tom, and Lori attended. The group played many great tunes from our regular online list, from the Vancouver Circle book and from song sheets provided by members.We played Brown Eyed Girl, Don't Be Cruel, I Can't Even Walk, I'll See You in My Dreams, This World is not my Home, Uncloudy Day, Wagon Wheel, You Don't Know Me, I Walk the Line, If You Could Read My Mind, Sea of Love and more.
We are planning on playing three songs on Saturday February, 25 at the Manitou Opera House coffee house and possibly the Ukulele Club of Winnipeg strum on March 5.
The Ukulele Club of Winnipeg strum will be at the Viscount Gort starting at 2 this Sunday instead of the usual King Street location. Update: the strum at the Viscount Gort appeared to be a success and the Winnipeg club may continue meeting there so be sure to check their site prior to March 5. Please note there are or at least weren't any tables so you should take a music stand if the next strum is held at the same location. Looking at the photos I'm sure I saw a familiar looking banjolele player in the crowd.
- H
February 8, 2017
We'll plan more next Wednesday-- so look at your calendars.
I also found a good site for practicing chord transitions. (This has also been added to the sidebar).
- Lana
Lorna, Lana, Lynn, Louise, Cathie, Karen, and Barry strummed a bunch of tunes. Nobody was interested in writing them down-- just pluckin' and playin'. We really liked "Only You" and we want to practice it to perform. It's 155 in the Vancouver book.
We talked about Manitou on the 25th of Feb, but think that there wouldn't be enough to warrant renting the Handivan (update: some members are interested in going).. We also hope to get to a Strum n Suds before Lorna has to hunker down for tax season (update: March 5 is a possibility. The Ukulele Club of Winnipeg met at the Viscount Gort on Sunday, Feb. 19 and may continue to meet there instead of the Kings Head). Also mentioned-- our June Picnic at the Park. (Update: June 11 has been discussed as a possibility). We thought it would be best to avoid the "Back 40" festival date.
February 1, 2017
Ian, Lynn, Cathie, Lorna, Lana, Louise, Linda, Judy, Tom, Lori, Heather and new member Barry attended.
We played Angeline the Baker, Rain and Snow, Love Me Tender, Take Me Home Country Roads, Walkin' After Midnight, Wagon Wheel, Red Wing, I'll See You in my Dreams, Tonight You Belong to Me, Stand By Me from the Vancouver Ukulele Circle Book in C, Cry'in Time, Puff the Magic Dragon, In the Jailhouse Now, Unclouded Day, Black Velvet Band, Class of '57, Farewell to Nova Scotia from the Vancouver Ukulele Circle Book, You Don't Know Me, Bring Me Little Water Sylvie, Eight Days A Week, Love potion #9, Song for a Winter's Night,
Silver Wings and our signature set ending song.
We discussed the possibility of playing at the coffee house in Manitou. The next dates are Feb. 11 and 25th.
January 25, 2017
- Lana
Sounds like a good night. I will try and remember to have some song selections at the ready for next time. Also, remember to bring your items for our "feast" next Wednesday. There will be more details via email.
- Heather
Present were: Ian, Linda, June, Judy, Cathie, Louise, Lynn, and Lana.
We played Love Me Tender in three ways; starting with an easy version with just the three chords. The next time we introduced the C maj7 and the sus chords. Louise and Lana played the chord melody. We think that this could be a performance piece with everyone practicing the version they wish. Then we'll put it all together. We also played a lot of other tunes-- introducing the "on deck song" to speed things up.
Songs included: Wagon Wheel, In the Jailhouse Now, Let it Be, Red Wing, Ramblin' Rose, January Wedding, Making Believe, You Don't Know Me, Suitcase in my Hand,, Grow Old with You and a few othersWe played Love Me Tender in three ways; starting with an easy version with just the three chords. The next time we introduced the C maj7 and the sus chords. Louise and Lana played the chord melody. We think that this could be a performance piece with everyone practicing the version they wish. Then we'll put it all together. We also played a lot of other tunes-- introducing the "on deck song" to speed things up.
- Lana
Sounds like a good night. I will try and remember to have some song selections at the ready for next time. Also, remember to bring your items for our "feast" next Wednesday. There will be more details via email.
- Heather
January 18, 2017
Lana, Lynn, Lorna, Heather, Cathie, Judy, June, Louise, Tom and Lori attended.
We sang and played Wagon Wheel, This World is Not My Home, Tonight You Belong to Me, I'll Give You My Heart Valentine, I Wanna Grow Old With You, Black Velvet Band, Song For A Winter's Night (we are revising the chords and will re-send), Tonight You Belong To Me, I'll See You in my Dreams, Four Strong Winds, Lie Down Beside Me, Blue Moon from the Vancouver Circle book, Blue Hawaii (one note higher and play up until the last line, go back and repeat the last part and then play until the end adding the last line), Sonny's Dream (we will send out a new version that doesn't change key for the last part), and our signature set-ending song.
Next Wednesday we will meet again at the gallery but upstairs.
Hope to see you then :)
January 11, 2017
Our list of songs included: We'll Sing in the Sunshine, Song for a Winters Night, Sonny's Dream, I'll See You in my Dreams, Imagine, Silver Wings, Angeline the Baker, Passing Through, Farewell to Nova Scotia, Black Velvet Band, Wagon Wheel, January Wedding (especially significant since it is Louise and Ted's anniversary...), Don't be Cruel, Can't Always get what you Want, Dance Me to the end of Love and , of course, our signature ending song.
- Lana
I have posted the new songs to our list of Boyne River Ukulele Group Songsheets on the blog link.
Sorry to have missed playing all the new songs with you. Hope to see you next week. Hope our "wintering" elsewhere members are enjoying their weather. Happily, lower temperatures and less fierce winds are predicted for the weekend here.
Happy Anniversary to Louise and Ted. :)
- Heather
Lynn, Louise, Kim, Cathie, Judy, Lana and Karen braved the cold o to meet at the Station and strum.
- Lana
I have posted the new songs to our list of Boyne River Ukulele Group Songsheets on the blog link.
Sorry to have missed playing all the new songs with you. Hope to see you next week. Hope our "wintering" elsewhere members are enjoying their weather. Happily, lower temperatures and less fierce winds are predicted for the weekend here.
Happy Anniversary to Louise and Ted. :)
- Heather
January 4, 2017
Sounds like a small but enthusiastic group met to play some new songs. As Louise put it, after practicing the same songs for so long for our two gigs before Christmas "the damn broke" and the group is introducing a lot of new fun songs.
Lynn, Louise, Cathie, Sandy and Judy reported that they attended last week.
Lynn introduced Sonny's Dream, I Can't Even Walk, and The World is Not My Home. Cathie brought Black Velvet Band. Next week Louise said she would bring copies of You Can't Always Get What You Want and Angeline the Baker. I will see if I can get Lynn to send me the chords and lyrics of the songs he introduced in the meantime and email them to everyone. Sounds like Louise is working on some songs that employ the clawhammer technique so perhaps she can give us a demo of that as well.
We will meet again next week at the gallery Wednesday evening at 7 p.m.
Sounds like a small but enthusiastic group met to play some new songs. As Louise put it, after practicing the same songs for so long for our two gigs before Christmas "the damn broke" and the group is introducing a lot of new fun songs.
Lynn, Louise, Cathie, Sandy and Judy reported that they attended last week.
Lynn introduced Sonny's Dream, I Can't Even Walk, and The World is Not My Home. Cathie brought Black Velvet Band. Next week Louise said she would bring copies of You Can't Always Get What You Want and Angeline the Baker. I will see if I can get Lynn to send me the chords and lyrics of the songs he introduced in the meantime and email them to everyone. Sounds like Louise is working on some songs that employ the clawhammer technique so perhaps she can give us a demo of that as well.
We will meet again next week at the gallery Wednesday evening at 7 p.m.
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