May 2016 Second Thursday Meeting

We met at Fuel Coffeehouse, who has been so gracious to stay open until 7pm to continue hosting Ukulele Club. Our members had a great time doing our songbook, although we didn't quite make it to the Kazoo songs. Well, better luck next time!

Lisa, Virginia, Elizabeth, Amber, Pat, Don

April 2016 Fourth Thursday Meeting

Since we've started having meetings in Marble Falls, some of our membership is quite happy because they live there. Sometimes people who are in the library stop to see what's going on. This evening a nice gentleman, Gil, was intrigued and 'just happened' to have his washtub bass in his van. We invited him to join us, we love having a bass player. We're pretty sure he had a good time.

Virginia, Lewis, Lisa, Luis, Gil, Elizabeth, Don, Pat, Jon

April 2016 Second Thursday Meeting

We've added another member to our roster, Jon, who claims not to have touched his uke in 10 years or so. Looks like he's picking right up where he left off. He has a lovely classic uke and has taken great care of it so he's on his way. It was a great meeting and a good time was had by all. 

Jon, Virginia, Elizabeth, Don, Luis, Lisa, Cherie

March 2016 Fourth Thursday Meeting

We had a great meeting this time. A couple of our newer members are contemplating purchasing a ukulele and Don was able to advise them what kind and size they might want. This is the largest attendance yet. We tried out some new songs and covered some old ones. I've added to the Baritone Book so the members with Baritone Ukes can play without a cheat sheet. Next time we'll have a working laptop or two that they can play from (sorry).

Sally, Virginia, Amber, Elizabeth, Louis, Luis, Cherie,

  Guest, Kathy, Pat, Sam, Lisa, Don

March 2016 Second Thursday Meeting

Today's meeting was well attended. We had some serious fun and now have 2 kazoo songs to rock out with. It's a thing, and makes us giggle.

Amber, Virginia, Elizabeth, Luis, Louis, Don, Sally, Lisa

February 2016 Fourth Thursday Meeting

We had a great time this meeting, I've redone the songbook, added some songs and taken out some 'clunkers' that no one likes. We're building our repertoire of songs that contain Kazoo solos and that makes us a little giddy. We're a tame bunch, you'd be surprised.

Virginia, Cherie, Don, Lisa, Louis, Elizabeth, Sally

January 2016 Fourth Thursday Meeting

We had some new members this time, thank you all so much for coming. We're really enjoying meeting at the Marble Falls Public Library, the facility is lovely and the staff has been so friendly and helpful. Thanks so much!

January 2016 Second Thursday Meeting

We have a couple of new members this month, Sally and Dakota. Sally is an experienced ukulele player whose playing and voice adds a lot to our mix and Dakota is a new uke player with guitar experience (and a fine voice).

Lisa, Sally, Virginia, Elizabeth, Don, Dakota

Aloha, Jake!

Tonight we went to see Jake Shimabakuro at Bass Concert Hall in Austin. Jake is considered the world's best ukulele player and for good reason. He's taken a simple instrument places it's never been before, from a vibrant rendition of Queen's Hungarian Rhapsody to a heartrendingly delicate version of Schubert's Ave Maria.

His performance was amazingly vibrant for a duo, he plays with his whole body and never allows the audience time to get fidgety. His bass player Nolan Verner has exquisite technique (four finger picking) and complements Jake's music perfectly. He plays a four-string but I suspect he may have a BEAD tuning, at least I think I was hearing some thumping low notes.

We stayed to have our ukuleles signed by Jake. He spent time with each person who wanted an autograph and/or picture and made everyone feel noticed and appreciated. He's pretty much my ideal as a performer and a person. He liked the motto on our business card; "Changing the world, four strings at a time."

Many thanks to our friend Daniel Adams for driving, his wife Carol Navarro Adams and our friend Katie Do for the wonderful company. It was a memorable and very special evening.

October 2015 Fourth Thursday Meeting

We have Ukulele Club twice a month and we decided to host in a new location one of those meetings. Some of our regular members live in Marble Falls and we think another location might get some more members. The Marble Falls Public Library has great facilities and an enthusiastic staff, we were made to feel right at home. Here's our first meeting in our new digs!

Don, Cheryl, Lisa, Virginia, Mike, Elizabeth, Luis, Daniel