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Ukulele events

May 19, 2016 / / 0 Comments

Hello!

This is just a quick note to let everyone know about some upcoming ukulele events. The regular email with music and video links will come next week.

Sunday, May 22 – Rehearsal with Sisters of Mercy

Anyone who’s available is invited to help back up the Sisters of Mercy woman’s vocal ensemble on Merry Happy. There are only four chords: A, G, F#min and E.

Westminster United Church, 3025 13th Avenue
7:30PM

Wednesday, May 25 – Sisters of Mercy: Love, Loss, and Lessons Learned

Westminster United Church, 3025 13th Avenue
7PM

Tuesday, June 7 – Tuesday Night Ukes

Our monthly circle. No theme this month, but I’ve prepared a few new songs: Take Me Home, Country Roads, The Joker and Tonight You Belong to Me.

Sawchyn Guitars, 2132 Dewdney Avenue
7–9PM

Sunday, July 24 – Blues Ukulele Workshop with Manitoba Hal

Finally, I can’t thank Sawchyn Guitars enough for giving us a fantastic opportunity to learn from one of the best blues ukulele players recording today, Manitoba Hal.

Sawchyn Guitars, 2132 Dewdney Avenue
11:30AM–1PM
$35

Seating is limited. Sign up at the next circle or at the store.

Happy strumming!

Tuesday Night Ukes, May 2016: Totally rad ’80s night!

April 13, 2016 / / 1 Comment

Tuesday, May 3
7 to 9 PM
Sawchyn Guitars, 2132 Dewdney Avenue, Regina, SK

Calling all gnarly dudes and mall chicks. It’s time to break out your leg warmers, pastel suits, acid wash jeans and shoulder pads. Well, maybe not all at once.

I’ve prepared a few new songs and we’ll dip into our catalogue for some other ’80s hits.

The new stuff:

OK, technically Maybe Tomorrow was written at the end of 1979, but show didn’t become a hit until the ’80s.

And from our song book:

PDFs

See you all in May. It will be totally rad!

Happy birthday, Queen City Ukers!

March 13, 2016 / / 0 Comments

Tuesday Night Ukes 2nd Anniversary
Tuesday, April 5
7 to 9 PM
Sawchyn Guitars, 2132 Dewdney Avenue, Regina

Queen City Ukes has been around for two whole years!

On April 5 we’ll celebrate with an open mic night. Bring your favourite song and show off your skills. For those who want to perform, I’ll put a signup sheet on the counter. If you have a song you’d like to play with the group, email it to me, bring it on a thumb drive or let me know a website where I can find it and I’ll put it up on the projector.

Even if you don’t want to play in front of the group, be sure to bring your ukulele as we’ll end the night playing tunes from our song book.

As a reminder, I’ll be collecting dues to help keep the group going. It’s $10 for the year and Sawchyn Guitars has been kind enough to offer occasional discounts for card holders.

Thank you to everyone for making Tuesdays in Regina a lot more fun. I look forward to our time together every month and I hope to do so for many years to come.

PS – May is ’80s night. Send me you favourite songs and I’ll try to add them to the list.

Music for March

February 20, 2016 / / 0 Comments

No theme this month, just five requests.

Tuesday, March 1
7 PM
Sawchyn Guitars, 2132 Dewdney Avenue, Regina

PDFs

Here’s all the new music in a single PDF for those printing or loading on to a tablet.

Next month is our second anniversary! We won’t have any new music, but anyone brave enough to make their way to the front of the room is invited to play for the group. After that, we can all shout out songs and then perhaps some socializing across the road.

 

Next ukulele circle, March 1

February 6, 2016 / / 0 Comments

Thanks for a great night on Tuesday. We had 35 people, including a few new faces. Welcome!

Tuesday, March 1
7 pm
Sawchyn Guitars, 2132 Dewdney Avenue, Regina

I don’t have a theme, this month, but we’ve got lots of new requests. If you have a song you’d like to play, send them my way.

Don’t forget, April 5 is the group’s our second anniversary. There is an open invitation to perform for the rest of the group. If you’re nervous, why not find a friend and form a group? There’s safety in numbers!

Happy strumming!

Music for February

January 16, 2016 / / 0 Comments

Tuesday, February 2
7pm
Sawchyn Guitars, 2132 Dewdney Avenue, Regina

No theme this month, but I’m working my way through song requests. If you have a song (or theme) you’d like to play, send it my way.

PDFs

A great start to the year!

January 7, 2016 / / 0 Comments

Next circle: Tuesday, February 2
7 p.m.
Sawchyn Guitars, 2132 Dewdney Avenue

Thank you, everyone, for coming out on Tuesday. It was great to see so many new faces. We packed the store with 41 people!

A huge thank you to Nathan for playing Cat Stevens’ Moon Shadow. I’ll add the music to the site soon.

Speaking of solos, for our second anniversary this April, we’ll open the floor to anyone who wants to share something they’ve been working on. You’ve got three months to practise!

Need a few lessons before you’re ready to stand in front of the group? Want to take it up to the next level? Don Cowie is leading a series of five ukulele lessons for adults.

  • Dates: Wednesdays from February 10 through March 9
  • Time: 7:30–9 p.m.
  • Price: $50 for all five classes
  • Registration: Sign up at Sawchyn Guitars  or phone 306-522-6348

Music for the next circle will be posted soon. See you in a month!

Music for January: Elvis lives!

December 30, 2015 / / 4 Comments

Next circle: Tuesday, January 5
7PM
Sawchyn Guitars (2132 Dewdney Avenue)

Hello all! I hope everyone has been able to spend time with friends and family this holiday season. Was Santa good to those who still believe? Any new strings, tuners or ukuleles under the tree?

Music

Todd reminded me that January 8 is Elvis Presley’s birthday, so this month we’ll add a few more songs from the King to our repertoire.

PDFs

There was a problem with Burning Love in the PDFs. If’ you’ve already printed them out, here’s the correct version.

The song books below have been fixed.

Ukuleles seem to be a popular Christmas present so we may have a few more people than usual. There may also be a few new members from Gary’s and Don’s ukulele classes and our appearance on CBC could also give us a bump. In order to get an idea of how many chairs to put out, please let me know either by email, a comment on this article on the website or add yourself to the Facebook event. There’s no need to reply in multiple places, though, as I don’t want to accidentally count you twice.

Happy New Year and I’ll see you on Tuesday!

A couple of extra songs for New Year’s Eve

December 9, 2015 / / 0 Comments

At the last circle we played all Christmas songs, but here are two bonus songs just for New Year’s Eve. You can’t ring in the new year without Robbie Burn’s ode to friends near and far, Auld Lang Syne. The other is a bit more challenging than most of our repertoire, but it’s seen a resurgence in popularity thanks to a celebrity YouTube post a few years ago.

These aren’t for the next circle; I just thought a few of you might like the challenge.

Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt released the video above four years ago and it quickly became one of the most requested songs on all the ukulele sites. Ukulele Hunt did the best job with identifying the chords.

One warning for those playing along: the video is flipped horizontally. That’s why all the chords are backwards!

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