Category: Weekly info

Hey Ukesters, thanks for another full house at rehearsal Thursday and a fun gathering Saturday in Boaz! Welcome to new members Bonnie, Wilma, and Kay! We hope you enjoyed your time with us and will return weekly for more fun.

Happy birthday to our members celebrating birthdays in June!

Brenda on the 13th and Denise on the 20th

June is a busy month for us, as we have SIX performances! I promise to never do this to us again; I generally try to keep it to two/month. Please look over the event participant lists below and let me know if your plans have changed. If you wish to participate but didn’t sign up, (this particularly applies to the newbies) please let me know to add you to the event(s) you’d like to join. The only event that had to be limited is June 10. If you’re signed up for that event and can’t make it, please let me know asap so that an alternate may take your spot. In addition, please remember that rehearsals are very important in making our performances the best they can be. I really need you to be at the rehearsal prior to the performance in which you’re participating.

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Thursday, June 5-10 am- Kids’ program Albertville Sr Center

This was originally scheduled for the Albertville Public Library, but, due to fire, has been moved to the Sr Center. I will send out a separate email to the participants with details and playlist tomorrow (Monday).

Betty

Karen B

Lisa

Goodie

Iris

Gail 

Mike

Colleen

Eddie

Krystal

Linda

Jennifer

Ted

Denise

Carol R

Kim

Cyndy

Carol W

Marilyn

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Tuesday, June 10-10:30 am Fellowship Church-Sr luncheon

This will be a great time to hand out Town Hall flyers and sell tickets to Calico!

Betty

Susan

Lisa

Mike

Gail

Colleen

Libby

Linda

Delores

Jennifer

Ted

Kim

Jacee

Carol W

Marilyn

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Saturday, June 14-8am-noon Albertville Farmers Market

This event will be a great time for open mic possibilities. Please volunteer to take a spot and we (the Ukesters) will be your biggest cheerleaders! 

This will also be a great time to hand out Town Hall flyers and sell tickets to Calico!

Also, if you’re participating and have some sort of tent/canopy that you could bring, that would be great. Ted and I have a 13×13 which should cover about 1/2 of the group. Let me know what you’ve got.

Betty

Karen B

Lisa

Goodie

Susan

Iris

Gail 

Mike

Eddie

Libby

Linda

Delores

Jennifer

Ted

Carol R

Kim

Cyndy

Carol W

Jacee

Karen W

Marilyn

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Tuesday, June 17-10 am Sardis Sr Center-
this will be a great time to hand out Town Hall flyers and sell tickets to Calico!

Betty

Karen B

Lisa

Susan

Gail 

Mike

Colleen

Renee

Krystal

Linda

Delores

Jennifer

Ted

Cyndy

Carol W

Jacee

Marilyn

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Thursday, June 19, Trash Panda game

Betty

Karen B

Susan

Iris

Lisa

Colleen

Eddie

Linda

Delores

Jennifer

Ted

Denise

Carol R

Paul

Kim

Cyndy

Carol W

Jacee

Marilyn

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Thursday, June 26 – 1pm-9ish pm

A day of fun with Bob, Lisa, and Calico

We need you ALL to attend the workshop with Calico at 1:00, followed by snack time and then the evening concert (7:00 pm) with the Webb-Tigert Duo and Calico. We will be playing “Just Over in Gloryland” with Bob and Lisa at the concert. The recording of Bob and Lisa is . It’s the same one we did with them last fall at Uketoberfest.

Tickets for the concert are $10. If you need tickets for friends/family/whoever, see Betty at rehearsal. Also, I’ll have more flyers available should you wish to deliver some to your favorite businesses or other public places. The more we advertise, the better the crowd will be. 

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This week’s rehearsal playlist:

Note MP3’s  to play along that are available are on the Music Page

Star Spangled Banner 
MP3 available 

Ode/Happy Birthday 

Amazing Grace
MP3 available

The Banks of the Tennessee
MP3 available

Caissons Go Rolling Along

California Dreamin’
MP3 available

Come Sing With Us 
MP3 available 

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

Hello Mary Lou
MP3 available

Hound Dog/Blue Suede Shoes-
MP3 available
   

I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing-
MP3 available

I’ll Never Find Another You-
a slower version  to hear the harmonies I’ll Never Find Another You-
MP3 available

Just Over in GloryLand
MP3 available

Love Medley from Elvis

Make Your Own Kind of Music
MP3 available

Making Our Dreams Come True

We’re the Ukesters
MP3 available

Sing Your Way Home

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I hope that you are able to read all of this by Thursday! 

See you at 10 am at the Albertville Sr Center and/or at 1 pm at the Guntersville Library.

Please email or text if you have any questions or need anything.

Jennifer

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.