Susbus

Tuesday 31st January.
First meeting of the new year and we shall start with a brand new song book featuring songs from 6 decades. Lisa and I have been hard at work compiling the book and hope to put it on here and the Facebook group this week.
We have started to get offers of gigs coming in and we can discuss that as well.

Tuesday 29th November

Practice for Saturday’s gig at Centre Stage and a look at some Christmas tunes.

Tonight we shall start to look at a few new tunes, here is a link to the first.  Bring Me Sunshine I have done it in the easy key of C rather than the tricky Bb. If anyone can print off a few copies to bring along to share, that would be great.

The Ukes appear on stage with one ukulele each, no gimmicks, no tricks, no vocal enhancers or overproduced wizardry, then proceed to tear the house down. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll never think about music in the same way, once you’ve seen and heard the Ukulele Orchestra.

A concert by the Ukulele Orchestra is a funny, virtuosic, twanging, awesome, foot-stomping obituary of rock-n-roll and melodious light entertainment featuring only the “bonsai guitar” and a menagerie of voices in a collision of post-punk performance and toe-tapping oldies.

The Orchestra has seen over 9,000 days of ukulele action. It unites fans across the globe in celebration of ‘one plucking thing after another’on ‘instruments bought for loose change.’ They have sixteen-handedly turned the world on to the ukulele.

“Wonderfully clever” David Bowie

Why not join in a Family workshop?

WORKSHOPS

Family Ukulele Making with the ‘Utterly Butterlys’
Make an ‘Utterly Butterly’ ukulele, learn the basics and take home your very own creation.
The morning session is 10.30am – 12pm
and the afternoon session is 2pm – 3.30pm
The cost of the workshop is £2.50 per person.
Age guidance 6+ and no unaccompanied children (all children under 12 to be accompanied by an adult).

Book soon, as places for the workshops are strictly limited.

COMPETITION

WIN A UKULELE WORTH £120 PLUS TICKETS FOR THE UKULELE ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN!

Simply video your own ukulele performance, load it onto YouTube and send Lighthouse the link via our facebook page before September 23rd. We will run these performance videos on our screens in Lighthouse all day on 8th October. Our favourite performance will be chosen on 26th September and the winner contacted via facebook. The lucky winner will receive a fantastic Barnes & Mullins all solid Bowley soprano ukulele courtesy of our friends at the Southern Ukulele Store plus 2 tickets to see the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain.

Our third visit to this wonderful event. Meet up at 10.30am for a 11.00am start, we will be playing for an hour.

The set will be:
Bicycle Built For Two
Stand By Me
Wanna Be Like You
Delilah
Stand By Me
Folsom Prison Blues
Five Foot Two
You are My Sunshine
Blowin’ in the Wind
Summertime
Valerie

We will also see if there is time for a few open slots.

It’s that time again, more ukulele fun and games. If you’re new just download the songbook and come along.

p.s sorry about late post, I could not remember the log-in details.

Come along to the Square & Compass in Worth Matravers and try a ukulele workshop, learn how to play a song and impress your friends. We shall have a susbus sing song from our vast Repertoire and then in the evening those jocular ukular scientists the Mother Ukers will entertain and amaze you with their own brand of Ukular Fusion.

We can play some tunes and work out plans for the Square and Compass.

We have been invited back to open this years festival. We will be on stage at 7.30pm and I suggest we meet up by the marquee at 6.30pm. There is an excellent map on the website http://www.christchurchfestival.co.uk/ showing clear directions on how to get to the site. There is limited parking for Elderly and disabled.

Song List:

1. Bicycle Built For Two (Steve & Lisa)
2. Stand By Me (Lisa & Jools)
3. Blowin’ in the Wind (Lisa)
4. Five Years Time (Beth & Chrissy)
5. Delilah (Jonty)
6. Fishermans Blues (Jools)
7. Folsom Prison Blues (Jonty)
8. Bad Moon Rising (Jools)
9. You are My Sunshine (Lisa)
10. Wanna Be Like You (Spencer)
11. Summertime (Lisa)

Our last chance to practice before our opening slot at this years Christchurch Festival on the 1st July.
http://www.christchurchfestival.co.uk/