Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Marge, Zenith, Barry, Linda, Ian, Lynn, Louise, Lorna, Judy, and Verna met at the gallery to sing and play.

A few members played in the back of the truck representing the Golden Prairie Arts Council during the Carman Fair Parade. 

Linda, son Ian and grandson Kelly busked at the Carman Fair. 

Sorry I missed the fun :)

Thanks to Verna for the info and to her friend for the photos.

- Heather

Wednesday, July 4, 2018

Our group for tonight’s ukulele round robin included Lynn, Kathie, Marge, Thelma and Verna.  

We shared music and played the full two hours.  

Marge brought a new song: Olivia Newton John’s “Let Me Be There.”  Lynn brought “Union Girl” and presented a few others for which he did not have extra copies.  

The evening was another good time of ukulele strumming.   We wish our members at Folkfest (or at the lake) lots of fun, too.  

- Verna

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Lynn, Louise, Lana, Zenith, Linda, Judy, Barry and Heather met at Lynn's deck in the serenity of his back yard (thanks for the lovely location Lynn)  to strum and sing as it was deemed that meeting in the upstairs of the gallery would be too hot. Unfortunately, Verna and Thelma missed the email regarding the move. Thelma reported that they met for ice cream and then went back home and had their own two-person strum. Next time we should put up a sign at the gallery. Sorry about that, Thelma and Verna :(

We started with: Angeline the Baker, Cryin' Time, Down on the Corner, End of the Line, and Fishin' in the Dark  (fix As and Ds), and Grandpa was a Carpenter. We were choosing in alphabetical order for fun but Lana couldn't think of a B song when she first arrived after golf so we ended up going back to B and later decided to dispense with the albhabetical order idea entirely. We also played: Grandpa was a Carpenter, Black Velvet Band, Harvest Moon (which sounded great), I'll Fly Away, Rollin in my Sweet Baby's Arms, Something Stupid, King of the Road, Put your Hand in the Hand, Someday You'll Want Me to Want You (with Louise picking instrumental part), Walk Away, I'll See you in My Dreams, Hard Times Come Again No More (start slow with first verse and chorus, then speeed up!), Hallelujah, Have You Ever Seen the Rain, Dance Me, That Saskatoon Moon, Leaning on the Everlasting Arms, The Cuckoo song (starts on Dm with Linda doing high harmony notes), Cotton Fields, You Belong to Me and our signature set ending song.

Since this last meetup we discussed participating as a group in the Carman Fair but decided too many people would be away. You could still walk the route if you liked.

Here is a list of Canada Day songs from Ottawa's Byward Ukulele Group you may want to try out to celebrate.

You can find the chord sheets for the songs here by title.

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.

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Barry, June, Judy, Verna, Thelma, Tom,  Lori, Zenith, Louise, Lynn. and Heather attended.

We played:  Jolene, Cotton Fields, Somewhere over the Rainbow, King of the Road (Vancouver Cirlce Book version - Lana, Heather will add the Pete McCarty version in G to the drive), Me and Bobby Gee, Always, Have You Ever Seen the Rain, Goodnight Irene, Lake of Poncharatrain, Fifty Miles of Elbow Room, Grandpa Was A Carpenter, The Log Driver’s Waltz, To You Sweetheart Aloha (June brought copies), Rox in the Box, 500 miles, Farewell to Nova Scotia (from Vancouver Circle Book), Wagon Wheel, Song for a Winter’s NIght, Where Have All the Flowers Gone, Ukulele Lady, Leaning on the Everlasting Arms in G, Lie Down Beside Me, Working Man (now on the drive and blog), and our signature set ending song.

We decided that we would like to share these songs with the Winnipeg, Brandon and Portage clubs for our strum and picnic:

Rox in the Box

Fifty Miles of Elbow Room

Wagon wheel

Ukulele Lady (our version instead of the Vancouver Circle book version which is in a different key)

Please let Heather or Lana know by the end of next week's session if there are other songs you would like us to send to the other clubs.

Heather will check with the town office to make sure the power will be turned on (for the bass ukulele amp) and that there will be enough toilet paper in the washrooms.

Next week we should decide if we will play at the Lodge again in June. Some members have already indicated they would not be able to attend.

- Heather

Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Barry, Cathie, June, Lana, Linda, Lorna, Louise, Lynn, Tom, Lori, Verna and Zenith attended.  Great turn-out, great time!

We played and sang:

Angeline the Baker in C, Class of 57 in C, Ukulele Lady, All I have to do is Dream in C, You Gotta Shout, After the Goldrush in C, Always in C, Cotton Fields in G, Orphan Girl in G, Harvest Moon, Love Potion #9, Michael, Leaving on a Jet Plane in C, Hallelujah in C, You Belong to Me, Folsum Prison Blues, Bad Moon Rising in G, Grandpa, Tell Me 'bout the Good old Days, Grandpa was a Carpenter, Put your hand in the Hand, Tell Me Why, Leaning on the Everlasting Arms in G, Merry Music & Let's Do the Polka, House of the Rising Sun and maybe a few others from the Vancouver Book.

- Lana


Both Lana and I missed some sessions but Lynn took some notes which I hope to post soon.

Don't forget the Boyne River Ukulele Strum and Picnic on Sunday, June 10th :)

We have had a request to play at the Boyne Lodge. We can discuss at the next session.

Did anyone take notes on May 23rd?