Ukuleles Unite!

Centrum’s first Ukulele Festival

bcowan — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 03:39:30 +0000

Check it out at the Centrum site!

Here come our Winter activities!

bcowan — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 23:52:05 +0000

No Rendezvous in December. We had a wonderful Happy Hour on Dec. 4.

Tuesday, January 1, 2013: Happy New Year Happy Hour, 5:30 at the Upstage.
No rest for the wicked! Come on out and share a tune …

Saturday, January 19, 2013: Rendezvous 1:00 pm at Grace Lutheran Church, Port Townsend.

Tuesday, February 5: Happy Hour, 5:30 at the Upstage.

Saturday, February 16: Rendezvous 1:00 pm at Grace Lutheran Church, Port Townsend.

You’ll soon need a license to carry

bcowan — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 03:39:01 +0000

From the Seattle PI: Suspects Wanted in West Seattle Ukulele Attack

Ledward Kaapana

bcowan — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:51:01 +0000

Our KPTZ Radio “Appearance”

bcowan — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 19:55:31 +0000

Dave Parisse, George Yount, and Bruce Cowan were on the “Discovery Road” show with Tim Quackenbush, Fall, 2012. You can give it a listen here:
http://www.ukulelesunite.com/kptz/kptzukespot.mp3

Halloween

bcowan — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 18:48:26 +0000

Here’s a little something to get you in the mood.

Paul Hemmings Uketet

bcowan — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 01:25:56 +0000

October 23, 2012, a group of us took a Blues Workshop with Paul Hemmings Uketet at the Upstage and stuck around for his concert. What a great teacher and player!

Our First Ever Workshop with Del Rey

bcowan — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 03:22:19 +0000

Wow! We had a great day with Del Rey, who is a master of the instrument, a student of the music, a great teacher, and a spirited performer. And she’s fun!
Check Del out at http://hobemianrecords.com/quotes.html

Our day at the Lutheran Church began with a class that worked on the song “My Four Reasons.” In the second session we worked on a Memphis Jug Band tune: “You May Leave, But This Will Bring You Back.”

In the evening we enjoyed Del’s concert, which featured her own compositions, rags, and blues on ukulele and guitar. Many thanks to the members who helped make this happen.

Pics below are from the instruction. The first four are from “My Four Reasons”: Lyrics, Lyrics, Chords, and Chord Solo. The next one is the Lyrics and Chords of “You May Leave”. Let us know if we left out some lyrics …

And yes, we have a video of Del playing that chord solo from My Four Reasons. Here ’tis:

Del Rey teaches a blues

bcowan — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 20:13:06 +0000

First Rhododendron Parade, May 2012

bcowan — Mon, 28 May 2012 05:07:31 +0000