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For make glorious music ukulele benefit the whole world and Byker!
It’s Saturday night, I am not out whooping it up or perhaps having even more fun practicing my latest favourite ukulele songs (sigh!). No, I am starting to get very bored with making new songsheets for our sessions . . . and then I found TUSC Songbook 7!
TUSC Songbook 7 cover - featuring wonderful "Borat" artwork by Steve Power
I can’t stop laughing . . . first at
then at
“The People’s Songbook – for make glorious music ukulele benefit the whole world and Taunton.”
and then I found the Ukephallus Man!
Ukephallus Man from TUSC Songbook
Resisted the temptation to despoil the Angel of The North and went for nicking the TUSC Songbook byline for our Songsheets Index:
Ukes4Fun Songbooks 1 to 6 Index
I will add this as an alternative index page for download as a pdf file on the Ukes4Fun Songsheets Page along with pretty versions of the index pages for each songbook.
Chord Hat for Harmonically-Challenged Musicians
Many thanks to Andy Seagroatt for sending this link. I thought it was going to be a hat to be worn by the harmonically-challenged musician him/herself, to assist in some magical way. Well, that idea was just plain silly, obviously. This makes much more sense!
Whickham Tune Army Ukulele Club – new venue!
Tune Army Ukulele Club is now meeting in the upstairs function room in Ye Olde Lang Jack pub in Whickham:
Ye Olde Lang Jack
48-50 Front St
Newcastle upon Tyne,
Tyne And Wear
NE16 4DT
0191 488 1567
Google map url: http://g.co/maps/7h62b
Many thanks to “Tune Army Jeff” for this iupdate:
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the pub, it is at the traffic lights on the left if you are coming from Swalwell direction.
There are no parking facilities but you should be able to park in the council office car park (next to the Bay Horse, boo hiss!) or behind the shops. It is only a matter of yards away.
After much begging and pleading,the Manageress has kindly let us have the room for free, which is very good of her.
As usual, it will be the first monday of the month (except bank holidays) at the usual time.
Tune Army Ukulele Club website: http://tunearmy.blogspot.com/
Fab new ukulele songs, videos and song sheets on Sara Dennis’s web site!
Check them out here:
Uke Stuff Bookmarked on Xmarks
These are all my “Uke Stuff bookmarks” shared on the Xmarks website:
http://share.xmarks.com/folder/bookmarks/95JVtcUZXo
If you want to subscribe to the page in an rss reader so you get automatic updates, go here:
http://share.xmarks.com/folder/rss/95JVtcUZXo
The pages for Uke Strumming and Uke Tuners are here – see the orange rss button and “Subscribe to this feed” link top right on each page if you want automatic updates in a reader:
Uke Strumming:
http://share.xmarks.com/folder/bookmarks/Eko5WlaEQp
Uke Tuners:
http://share.xmarks.com/folder/bookmarks/VflKRbo5dH
Have you got any favourites that are not on these lists?
South Shields George Formby Soc – 1st Meeting Monday July 11th 7:30 South Shields Top Club!
Two generations of George Formby fans start their own George Formby Society Branch in South Shields.
It is the 50th anniversary of his death and the formation of the official George Formby Society.
Both James Bassett aged 7 who is one of the youngest members of the George Formby Society and renowned George Formby impersonator and ukulele teacher Colin Bourdiec have the support of the official George Formby Society to start this branch where the large repertoire of George’s songs will be sung, played and remembered here in the North East.
We anticipate Formby fans coming to the region from far and wide to support this venture.
The first meeting of this new George Formby Society, which will perpetuate the legacy that is George Formby, will be held at the Top Club in South Shields on Monday the 11th July 2011 commencing at 7.30pm and will be held on the second Monday of the month.
All ukulele players and Formby fans are invited.
Colin Bourdiec
www.colinbourdiec.webs.com
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Tiger Woods in Therapy: A Psycho-Analysis by Ukulele
Amazing! Beautiful William Blake illustrations and more “Did I dream that?! I must have!” uke-musicals by Gary Jugert:
School Girls vs. Aliens: The Erotic Space Opera for Ukulele
GadzUkes! The Bloody Rebellion of a Voodoo Zombie Cheerleader and Her Vigilante Ukulele Jazz Orchestra
Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain Sunday 10 July 7:30 pm Venue: Hall One, The Sage Gateshead
Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
Sunday 10 July 7:30 pm
Venue: Hall One, The Sage GatesheadTickets:
£18.50. Concessions available
Same day as the “Massed Uke Troupe” workshop at The Sage (see previous post).
The Ukulele Project – UK Tour – July 2011 – North East Dates
I saw these at the Edinburgh Festival last year, when they went under the name of “The Ukes Are Coming!” – and they are brilliant!
They are not coming to Tyneside but they are on in Middlesbrough and Hexham:
Wed 27th July: Middlesbrough Town Hall Crypt
http://www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/what-s-on/what-s-on-arts-and-e…
Sat 30th July: Hexham Queens Hall Arts Centre
http://www.queenshall.co.uk/
They also have a Facebook Group for updates:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=113449692020504&v
