Hey Ukesters, thanks for another packed-out house for rehearsal yesterday! It was a lot of music to fly through but you handled it like champs. And welcome to our new ukester, Debby! We hope you enjoyed your time with us and will come back each week to have fun with us.
This week is another busy one:
Tuesday, June 17 – Sardis Sr Center, 296 Parkway Dr, Boaz – playing for its patrons and community members. If you didn’t sign up, it’s not too late to participate. Just let me know by Monday so I’ll know how many to set up for. Please be at the Sr Ctr by 9:30 to set up, take pic, and be ready to play at 10. If you have Calico tickets to sell, this event might be a good opportunity.
Playlist:
Come Sing With Us
Blame It On the Ukulele
Sound of Music Medley
Hello Mary Lou
Ukulele Road
Lion Sleeps Tonight
I’ll Never Find Another You
Sea Cruise
I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing
Hound Dog/Blue Suede medley
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
There’s a Kind of Hush
Making Our Dreams Come True
Amazing Grace
Thursday, June 19
Rehearsal still going on for non Trash Panda people – 1:00 G’ville Library Goodie has volunteered to open up our room at the library for an impromptu gathering. Come make some music with the rest of your friends. The “extras” books will be available to pull songs from should you need them. Bring your current music and have some fun!
Trash Panda game-separate email going out to participants only later
The following week we wrap up our June fretting frenzy with two very special events on
Thursday, June 26
1:00 pm G’ville Library – workshop and refreshments with Calico from Vienna, Austria. Check them out on FB at this link: https://www.facebook.com/calico.ukulele. The workshop song we’ll be learning is “Sway” (music attached) Following the workshop we’ll have refreshments with the members of Calico. Bring your favorite snack or dessert to share if you’d like.
7:00 pm – The Town Hall Concert with the Webb-Tigert Due and Calico. WE are the opening act! and will sing again with Webb-Tigert during their portion of the concert on the song, “Just Over in Gloryland.” (music attached) You can listen/play along with Webb-Tigert’s recording with this link: https://ukesters.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/just-over-in-glory-land.mp3
Tickets are $10 each (Ukesters don’t need a ticket) and we really need to get these tickets sold! We’d like the Austrians to be welcomed to Alabama with a full house at Guntersville’s Town Hall. So grab your kinfolk, your neighbors, and everyone you know to come witness this once-in-a-lifetime event for Alabama.
Here’s a little info on the group Calico and their Music Cities of the World ~Summer 2025 Tour~ Featuring: Calico (Vienna, Austria) and the Webb-Tigert Duo (Nashville, TN)
Calico, featuring Tina Neiderpold and Julian Stepaniak with their bassist Allbert Stepaniak, are known across Europe for their jazzy pop harmonies and playing skills, with multiple appearances in Austria (their home base), Italy, Germany, Great Britain, Scandinavia and more.
Songs from the 1920s to the 2020s are all up for grabs with this energetic band. Two beautiful voices singing in harmony, two ukuleles and a funky bass make this trio a special treat. From Jazz to Pop to Rock to Funk they can make any genre fun and even end up mashing them all together. Calico’s heartfelt original songs shine with positive vibes and a Pop-Folk feeling to them.
Calico will hop across the pond in June, joining Bob and Lisa’s “Ukuleles In The Heartland” Circuit. It will be their second trip to the USA, but their first multi-stop tour, as Calico and Webb-Tigert will grace stages in North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee.
The Lisa Webb – Bob Tigert Duo has become one of the USA’s favorite ukulele performing and recording groups, with 13 festival appearances in the last 14 months (most often as headliners), releasing 3 album projects in 2 years, and playing 62 concerts in 2024 alone. They are both Nashville songwriters.
JULY events:
Saturday, July 12 – EAA breakfast at the Guntersville Municipal Airport, 405 Buck Island Road Breakfast is $9; we will support our members who are cooking that day
Thursday, July 17 – MMC Goldcare Summer Party, 11am-1pm, Guntersville Rec Center-signup coming soon
Thursday, July 24 – Lakeshore Senior Living, 2pm-No limit on participant numbers-the more, the merrier
AUGUST – this month will be devoted to catching our newbies up and giving ourselves a little break from the past few months’ rigorous schedule. If you have family or friends who wish to join us, August is the time! The next offering of beginning/intermediate sessions will be in January.
SEPTEMBER
Monday, September 8 – Guntersville Library, Workshop with Greg Gent – details coming soon
Saturday, September 13 – Albertville Farmers Market, 10am-noon No limit on participant numbers.
OCTOBER
Saturday, October 25 – Pink Pumpkin Run – 8am ish. No limit on participant numbers.
NOVEMBER
Thursday, November 6 – First Baptist Guntersville Senior Adult lunch. Sign-up in October
That’s about all I know for right now. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. I’ll see you tomorrow, next Tuesday, and/or next Thursday. Email or text me if you have any questions.
Jennifer
The Ukesters 