Hong Kong Ukulele Meetup!

I had a chance to join the Hong Kong Ukulele Meetup this past weekend. It was wonderful! Highly recommended for those interested in strumming for fun with others.

Ukulele as equivalent to yoga

Nice new article, enjoy!

http://www.ozy.com/fast-forward/why-the-humble-ukulele-could-be-your-new-yoga/80246

Toyama International Festival Sing-along November 2016

What a wonderful event, with a few hundred people crammed into the small venue. The acoustics were wonderful for singing together, thanks for coming!

Pepin sing-along November 2016

We had fun!

Japanese Earth Day sing-along

The Japanese contingent of the Homebrew had a wonderful sing-along at an Earth Day celebration in a forest preserve. In addition to ukulele we played sanshin for some Okinawan min’yo.

Nice piece on Ukulele 101 via NAfME

This looks like it will be a great inservice. Great, practical advice! Read the article here: http://www.nafme.org/ukulele-101-beginners-guide-ukulele-elementary-general-music-classroom/?platform=hootsuite

The uke in Missouri

Here’s a nice article on a program using ukes in Missouri: http://www.enterprisepub.com/movalley/news/ukulele-is-an-inspiring-trendy-way-to-teach-music/article_f3f43420-1d18-11e6-8c19-773b595d523a.html

“I got to thinking that I could do the ukulele,” said Spears. “It was becoming a popular thing all over the world to teach children this way. I decided that I would try to implement it here.”