Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Tom, Lori, Louise, June, Linda, Lana, Cathie, Marge, Judy and Barry attended in the upstairs of the Gallery-- we decided that we liked the intimacy and acoustics of the upstairs, so we will meet there next week as well.

We are singing Come on Ring those Bells and Blame it on the Ukulele at the Sonatrice Concert on Sunday December 3rd.  That is unless we change our mind and do Leaning on the Everlasting Arms that we KILLED last night. We'll meet in the back room of the church at 1:30 to tune-up.

Songs included: Wildflowers by Tom Petty, He'll have to go, This Land is My Land (and most of the 570 verses that Judy made us sing), Country Roads, Annie's Song, I'll See you in My Dreams, Cotton Fields, January Wedding, Red Wing, You Belong to Me, Passin' Through, Leaving on a Jet Plane, Harvest Moon, Walk Away, Angeline the Baker, Hard Times Come Again no More, Saskatoon Moon, Rain and Snow, Cryin Time, Darlin Corey-- and there were probably a few more.  What a great night!!

- Lana

Wednesday, November 15, 2017

According to Lynn a lot of gospel songs and House of Gold were played and great fun was had by all. As an aside, our school group plans to perform House of Gold and Feliz Navida at an upcoming entertainment assembly.

Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Louise, Barry, Linda, Cathy, Judy and Lorna played a couple of Christmas songs as options for the Sonatrice concert, Silver Bells and one that starts, Everybody likes the holidays...

They also played Harvest Moon, Rox in the Box, some CCR songs, Halleluja, Dance Me to the End of Love, Go Lassie Go, Darling Cory, House of Gold and some other songs.

I will forward the two Christmas songs.

Wednesday, November 1, 2017

I think I may have missed a couple, but this is most of what Louise, Lorna, Lynn, Judy, Marg and Barry played:

Down on the Corner, Can the Circle be Unbroken, Cotton Fields, Fishin in the Dark, Angeline the Baker, All I have to do is Dream, Bad Moon Rising, Silvery Moon, Crying Time, Don’t Be Cruel, Harvest Moon, Log Drivers Waltz, Passin Through, Rox in the Box, Sonny’s Dream, Silver Wings, Summertime, and Wildflowers. 

Marg also brought a new one, If Fishes Were Wishes, and Barry brought, Wildflowers by Tom Petty. 

- Barry

Hope to see everyone next Wednesday, November 8 at the Gallery. We will discuss whether we have enough people and enough time to prepare two songs for the Sonatrice Christmas Concert on the afternoon of Sunday, December 3.

- Heather

October 25, 2017

I had the privilege of assisting Louise work with some younger folk prior to our regular strum as Lorna was unable to make it. The kids were bright and eager to play and it was a lot of fun, although with some of the songs new to me I'm not sure as I was that much help ha ha. I was sorry to miss the regular strum afterward. If anyone remembers any of the songs you played or who attended, let me know.

- Heather

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Please note that next Wednesday, on October 25th, we will meet upstairs.  

Zenith, Linda, Heather, Judy and Louise met at the gallery. We played the following songs:

Angeline the Baker in C

Build me Up Buttercup in G - not everyone has it in the right key

Bring Me Little Water Sylvie

‎Black Velvet Band

Wagon Wheel

Try to Remember

Saskatoon Moon

One Tin Soldier (remember to print in G)

Annie's Song

He'll Have to Go (tricky)

Grow Old With You

Flowers on the Wall

Go Lassie Go

Have you ever seen the Rain

Stand by Me (this time we tried it in G from the Vancouver book)

Then we started choosing songs with colours in the title, and came up with:

Silver Wings

Red Wing

House of Gold

Brown Eyed Girl

Bye Bye Black Bird (from the Vancouver book)

Blue Moon (from the Vancouver Book

Down On the Corner

our signature set ending song.

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Heather, Lynn, Lorna, Louise, Zenith, Judy and Barry met at the gallery.

We played Stand by Me, Moon Shadow, The Farmer's Song, End of the Line, Amazing Grace, Cotton Fields, Don't Be Cruel (with Judy and Heather adding the oooh  oooohs throughout the song), Harvest Moon, Summertime with nice jazzy singing by Judy, The Lion Sleeps Tonight, One Tin Soldier, Passing Through, Rain and Snow, Red Wing, Silver Wings, Rock and Roll Beat and I've Got Rhythm, Rox in the Box, The Saskatoon Moon, Sentimental Journey, Song for a Winter's Night, Uncloudy Day, Walkin' After Midnight, Walk Away, Wildflowers, You Belong to Me, and our signature set ending song. 

We will meet again next Wednesday at the gallery at 7 p.m.