January 25, 2017

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 others

- 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

Lynn, Louise, Kim, Cathie, Judy, Lana and Karen braved the cold o to meet at the Station and strum.

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

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.

December 28, 2016

Louise, Lorna, Lynn, and Cathie attended. We didn't keep track of the songs. We did play some new ones, which were quite nice.  Hopefully we will see you this week.

- Louise

Some of us were snowed in again. Here is a nice arrangement of the appropriately-named Song for a Winter's Night by Gordon Lightfoot put together by Lana. We played the Good Lovelies version last week and can share that version in person if you like. 

Hope to see you this Wednesday at the gallery.

- Heather

Update: there are a few misplaced chords in this version. Watch for an updated one soon.

December 21, 2016

We had a smaller group as some people were away for the holiday season or had other commitments. 

Louise read thank you cards showing appreciation for our performances at the Sonatrice Singers Christmas Cheer Board concert and the Active Living Centre Christmas Supper. As per our wishes, a donation of $200 in our name was made to the Golden Prairie Arts Council renovation fund in lieu of payment for our performance at the supper.

We played Song for a Winter's Night (the Good Lovelies version), Stand by Me, Lie Down, Class of '57, Log Driver's Waltz, January Wedding, Farewell to Nova Scotia, Wildflowers, Walk Away and from the Vancouver Ukulele Circle book, Echo Beach, Sea of Love, Fire and Rain, I'm Into Something Good, and Your Are My Sunshine.  We ended with our signature set closing song.

We will meet again next Wednesday at the gallery. Hope to see you there!

December 14 and 15, 2016

Thanks to everyone who was able to attend our practice at the Carman Active Living Centre. It was nice to have the chairs and stands set up and ready to go for our performance the next evening. On Wednesday we ran through our songs a couple of times.

We played two sets on Thursday evening, our non-Christmas tunes between the ALC supper and dessert and our sing-along Christmas songs after desssert. Guests commented that they enjoyed our singing and playing as well as the background information on the songs delivered by Lana, Louise, Lorna and Lynn. Both sets were a hit with the crowd and we received a standing ovation and a request for an encore at the end. So, we played Christmas in Killarney to end the evening.  Thanks to Lana for your dedication in organizing all of our music arrangements and our performance.

Here is the official list of the songs we played:

First set

Wagon Wheel
Cryin' Time
Love Potion #9
Red Wing
Sentimental Journey
Walkin' After Midnight

Second set

White Christmas
Winter Wonderland
Jingle Bells
We Wish You A Merry Christmas
Our official signature set ending song

and our last minute encore song
Christmas in Killarney

Thanks also of course to our hosts for the invitation to the ALC supper. Instead of accepting an offer for free meals for the group (we are quite a large group of close to 20 now) we asked that a donation be made in the name of the Boyne River Ukulele Group. June and I had supper tickets and agreed the supper was delicious.

We will meet again next Wednesday, December, 21at the gallery for anyone who can make it. Some of course have other seasonal commitments, as did some of our members who were sadly unable to make our performance. Hope to see you all again soon!