Month: May 2025

Hey all! Thanks for a fun rehearsal at the Train Depot last Thursday. This week we’ll be working on music for this Friday’s performance at the VFW Fairgrounds, 1441 US-431, Boaz. This performance is part of a fundraiser for the Douglas High School Band, as they are raising money for their December trip to Pearl Harbor.
We’ll do two 30-minute sets; the first one is at 4:00 pm, the second one at 5:pm. We’ll be done  by 5:30. More info will be sent out later this week to those of you who signed up to participate. If your plans have changed, please let me know so I can plan accordingly. 

5-27 Play list Addendum :

Making Our Dreams Come True

The (almost) alphabetical playlist for rehearsal is:

Star Spangled Banner
recording from last year’s Trash Panda performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCJHKNZPQwU&list=PLgABoXYBGJJZrDUQnz3PaQvMQAZ8z3e01&index=119

Amazing Grace
Play along with the Ukesters:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf_fn4-Kv2M&list=PLgABoXYBGJJZrDUQnz3PaQvMQAZ8z3e01&index=86

American Medley

Caisson’ Go Rolling Along

California Dreamin’

Come Sing With Us

Crocodile Rock
Play along with the Ukulaliens with this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38fMvEe0Lq0

Eight Days a Week
play along with this link:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Qc65APpaxw

Hello Mary Lou
listen to Ricky Nelson’s original…not in our key  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfKe8K1A3JI

Hound Dog/Blue Suede Shoes
Play along with this ukulele couple: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT6omyY-4XQ    

I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing

I’ll Never Find Another You

It’s a Ukulele Day

Make Your Own Kind of Music

Pineapple Princess
play along with the Ukesters at the Sr Health Fair 2023 at this link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFA5paIRsyQ&list=PLgABoXYBGJJZrDUQnz3PaQvMQAZ8z3e01&index=105

Sea Cruise

Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Listen to the recording of Judy Garland singing it; this is NOT the same key that we’re playing.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSZxmZmBfnU

Try a Little Kindness

Ukulele Road
play along with our very first performance of UR in 2024 with this link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsMCD613OgA&list=PLgABoXYBGJJZrDUQnz3PaQvMQAZ8z3e01&index=114

Sing Your Way Home

Hey Ukesters, thanks for a great showing at the AARP meeting and an exciting rehearsal later in the day last Thursday! At the AARP meeting, we were given an honorarium in the amount of $121! And in addition to the playlist for rehearsal, we were presented a new Ukesters exclusive song, “Come Sing With Us,” written by our own Libby!

This week we’ll need a head count for the Trash Panda performance on Thursday, June 19, and collect $17 per person-each player and guest(s)–Cash or check (made out to The Ukesters). 

New Gig! The organizer for last week’s AARP meeting (Wanda) has asked us to come to the Sardis Community Center 10am on Tuesday, June 17. I told her we would do it if we had 10 or more commit. Please check your calendar and see if you’re available. I’ll have a sign-up sheet at rehearsal for this and a couple of upcoming events.

Our next performance is Wednesday May 14 – Kids and Kin, Albertville Library, 10:00 am  Western Theme   Sign-up for this event took place earlier last month. Please let me know if you are on the list but cannot attend; we have alternates who would like to claim a spot.
Betty       Linda
Susan      Delores
Iris          Jennifer
Lisa         Ted
Mike        Kim
Colleen    Jacee
Krystal     Marilyn     
   
Playlist (almost alphabetical) for Thursday May 8th rehearsal:   

Star Spangled Banner

California Dreamin’

Come Sing With Us – written by our Ukester, Libby

Crazy Little Thing Called Love-edited
play along with the Ukulaliens with this link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLbh1TtZU0U

Everything is Beautiful-NEW KEY!


Flowers – 
Play along with this link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4ffMKd8wPw or playalong with the Austin Ukulele Society with this link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcTpojeXJpo (Their arrangement is slightly different from ours, but in the same key)

Happy Trails

Hello Mary Lou

Hound Dog/Blue Suede Shoes
Play along with this ukulele couple: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT6omyY-4XQ 
  
I Can Sing a Rainbow
Play/Sing along with this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5m3TLBmeuc

I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)

I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing

I’ll Never Find Another You 

Make Your Own Kind of Music 

Making Our Dreams Come True

Rainbow Connection

Rhinestone Cowboy
play along with this link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtqH_3MEwAc

Runaway

Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Listen to the recording of Judy Garland singing it; this is NOT the same key that we’re playing.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSZxmZmBfnU

Thank You For Being a Friend

True Colors

Sing Your Way Home

You can find most of the music files on our Ukesters FB page under “files”

Or on our website now ukesters.net under the “Music 25″ link top right. 
You can find play along recordings under the”Practice” link to right.

Hope to see you all Thursday at 1:00 at the Guntersville Library.
Jennifer

This blog will hopefully be a location where you can see the weekly rehearsal or performance information from Jennifer … stand by as we work on this project.