Updated Music Sheets and Play-a-long links for 2026 are available on Music 26 page.
Playlist for Thursday, January 29, is:
Hey Ukesters, thanks for a packed house for our first session of 2026! Welcome new member, Robin, welcome back to Greg, and so glad to meet visitor Jess from Pittsburgh, daughter of Libby!
This week we’ll continue to revisit oldies from our repertoire and prepare for a newly added upcoming performance on Tuesday, January 27 at the ARC.
This week’s playlist in alphabetical order:
If there’s a title you don’t have and don’t have access to a printer, please let me know and I will make sure there are copies available at rehearsal. Also, if you got the last copy of a song last week, please text or email the title so I’ll know we need additional copies for the “extras” book.
I hope to see all of you, especially those of you who weren’t able to be with us last week, at this week’s gathering. Thursday, January 15, 1:00 pm at the Guntersville Senior Center.
Please email or text me with any questions or concerns,
Jennifer
Please Note : Song sheets emailed out during 2026 will be available on Music 26 page here. Music 2025 sheets available on Music 25 page here.
From Jennifer:
Hey Ukesters, thanks so much for a great 2025! We accomplished much and brought music and smiles to many. Thanks also for the Christmas card and much too generous gift to Ted and me. We appreciate it and you!
Below is a review of 2025, in case you missed it.
January
Guntersville Public Library – Ukulele 101 where we welcomed 5+ new members into our Ukester family
February
Arab Senior Center – Sweetheart Brunch
Boaz Library – PBS Be My Neighbor Day
March
Boaz – The Shepherd’s Place at First Baptist Church
Guntersville – ARC, Civitan sponsored program
Huntsville – Havoc hockey game
April
Boaz – Branchwater – Easter program
May
Albertville – AARP program at Hammer’s Hall
Albertville Public Library – Kids and Kin luncheon
Boaz – VFW Fairgrounds – fund-raiser for the Douglas HS band
June
Albertville Sr. Center – the kids’ program that turned into a senior citizen program (on the spot) due to the fire at the Albertville Library
Albertville – Fellowship Church
Albertville – Farmers’ Market
Sardis – Senior Center
Huntsville – Trash Panda baseball game
Guntersville – Town Hall with Calico and Webb-Tigert Duo
July
Guntersville Rec Center – Marshall Medical Center Goldcare Summer Party
Guntersville – Lakeshore Senior Living
August
Guntersville Public Library – Ukulele 101 where we welcomed 15+ new members into our Ukester family
September
Guntersville – Terrace Lake Retirement Community
October
Guntersville – Webb-Tigert workshop and Papa Dubi’s Open Mic
Guntersville – Pink Pumpkin Run
November
Guntersville – First Baptist Church Senior Adult Luncheon
December
Guntersville Library – Greg Gent workshop
Guntersville – Terrace Lake Senior Retirement Community
My promise to you in 2026 is to not overbook us with performances. (ex: June 2025!) I’m going to try to limit us to 2 outings or less per month.
Next week in UkesterLand 1-8-2026
The month of January will be spent catching our newer members up on some of our standard songs, learning a couple of new songs, and making use of some of the techniques that Greg shared with us during his December workshop. If you were unable to join us in 2025, now would be a great time to jump back in!
Alphabetical playlist for Thursday, January 8:
If there’s a title you don’t have or you haven’t played with us in a while, you can find the newest editions on our Ukesters FB page under “Files” or on the website, Ukesters.org, on “Music 26 and Music 25 pages.” Copies of all titles will be available at rehearsal at the Guntersville Sr Center if you don’t have access to a printer.
Happy birthday to our multiple members with January birthdays:
3 Paul
9 Kim
13 Libby
14 Betty
25 Lisa
27 Carol W
30 Eddie
Please let me know if I’ve left someone off!
I look forward to 2026 with the Ukesters!
SAVE THE DATES for these confirmed upcoming events (so far):
April 11 – Saturday – Civitan Park-a fund-raiser with Sand Mountain Jazz for local school band programs
June 11 – Thursday – Albertville Library summer reading program
October 9-11 – Thursday-Sunday-We’ll be hosting our second Uketoberfest, at Civitan Park and Riverview CampgroundOther performance dates will be announced as they are confirmed.
Please email or text me with any questions or concerns.
Hope to see you all on Thursday, January 8, practice at the Guntersville Senior Center, 1:00 pm.
Thank you for being a part of the Ukesters!
Jennifer
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