Our Ukulele group, known as the ‘Ukuleers’, meets as per below. Anyone who can play a few chords is welcome to join us for a fun session, or indeed if you wish to just come along and sing with us !
| Ministry Centre (Main Hall) Christ Church, Long Lane, Aughton |
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| First and third Fridays of the month |
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| 10.00-12.00 |
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- Leader: Tony Crimlisk - 01695 421602
- Coordinator: Val Bullen - 01695 572794
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Next dates
We next meet, after our summer break, on Fri 20 September.
Thereafter, our scheduled sessions up to Christmas, are:
4 & 18 Oct, 1 & 15 Nov, 6 Dec (nb no meeting on 20 Dec).
and then we restart after the Christmas break, on 17 Jan 2020.
Note:
Almost all our members have only learned to play over the last year or two. If you already play a little please come along and join us. If you don’t already play, you are welcome to come along anyway and to join in with singing all of the well-known and popular songs we play. Maybe, after seeing how easy it is to get started and how quickly you can progress, you too will “get the uke bug”!
The UKULEERs enjoyed performing at the 15th Birthday Celebration on 13 October 2018 –
see below:
Last Updated - Saturday, July 20, 2019
PLAYING THE UKULELE has never been more popular. It all started in 1879 with immigrants from Funchal in Portugal going to Hawaii to work in the sugar plantations. They brought with them a small 4-stringed guitar-like instrument called a ‘machete’, which the Hawaiians took to immediately – especially the Royal family. They called it a “ukulele” – pronounced “oo-ku-lay-lay” and meaning “jumping flea” because of the dexterity of the players’ fingers. So the instrument we know as the ‘ukulele’, far from being an ancient Hawaiian instrument as many people think, is actually less then 150 years old!
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Last Updated - Sunday, April 15, 2018
