Meeting This Sunday

The Baywood Ukulele Social Club will meet this coming Sunday, March 18, 2012 @ 3pm, La Palapa Mexican restaurant in beautiful downtown Baywood Park, California.  We'll be adding Elvis' Teddy Bear into the mix in the key of C, just like the original.

Meeting is free and open to all, no experience needed.  Loaner ukes available.  Many members stay after and dine.  Won't you join us?

Songs For Under The Boardwalk Screening

The Baywood Ukulele Social Club will perform three songs prior to the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival screening of Under The Boardwalk: A Ukulele Love Story starring the Ukulele Club of Santa Cruz.  We'll perform at 2pm on Sunday, March 11.  The venue is La Perla Del Mar in Shell Beach, CA.  Cost for the film is $10 for adults.

Here are links to the songs in the key of C.
New Orleans-Gary U.S. Bonds


Peppermint Twist-Joey Dee & The Starliters
(we'll play G7 instead of the G in the music)

Under The Boardwalk-The Drifters 


Email dville (at) teleport.com if you'd like to join us!

Cambria Uke Workshop

CAMBRIA UKULELE WORKSHOP   "UKULELE TEN TIPS TO FINDING YOUR SOUND" Ten easy & fun ways to create a sound that feels like you. Try these tips before you change your strings!   &   "UKULELE TEN TIPS TO PLAYING UP THE NECK" Ready to advance your skills? This workshop will show you the basics you need to dress-up any song. Don't be shy - it's easy!   Both workshops will be held on Saturday, March 10th at my log cabin/surf shack on Weymouth Street in Cambria. "Finding Your Sound" session starts at about 10AM Lunch break after that (I'll cook but BYOB unless you like cheap wine) "Playing Up the Neck" after lunch & through the afternoon.   Just $25 for both workshops w/handouts & lunch!   Be sure to let me know if other dates or places are better for you - if you can supply at least 2 friends we can have a private session!   Questions, comments or to reserve a space :   805-235-1387 ukuleslie@yahoo.com   Hope you can make it!   leslie mark :)

Under The Boardwalk Sing-Along

The Baywood Ukulele Social Club has been invited to lead a twenty-minute sing-along prior to the screening of Under The Boardwalk: A Ukulele Love Story, a short film on the Ukulele Club of Santa Cruz.


The screening is Sunday, March 11th @ 2pm at La Perla Del Mar in Shell Beach.  If you would like to be part of the group leading the jam drop Jim an email asap! 


dville@teleport.com

February Meeting Recap

Well, we filled La Palapa with two hours of jam tunes on Sunday and literally took over the restaurant!
A welcome addition to the jam was percussionist Alec.

Here are the tunes we played:
Funky Kingston-Toots & The Maytals
You Are My Sunshine-Ray Charles
Blue Suede Shoes-Carl Perkins
Chains-The Beatles (The Cookies)
Matilda-Harry Belafonte
Careless Love-Trad.
Jug Band Music-Kweskin Jug Band
Another Saturday Night-Sam Cooke
First There Is A Mountain-Donovan
I Like It Like That-Dave Clark Five
Be Bop A Lula-Gene Vincent
Workin' In The Coal Mine-Lee Dorsey
All Together Now-The Beatles
Hit The Road Jack-Ray Charles

Next Meeting!

The next meeting of the Baywood Ukulele Social Club will be on Sunday, February 12, 2012, 3pm at La Palapa Mexican Restaurant on 2nd Street in downtown Baywood, California.  We had 50+ ukers at our January meeting and are looking for more!  Jose, our gracious host is turning the entire restaurant over to us that day so we'll have more room to strum and table service!  He'll also be offering some specials so bring your appetite and your ukulele.  More details to follow.

Jim D'Ville penned the cover story for this quarter's issue of James Hill's Ukulele Yes! eZine on the finer points of leading a ukulele jam.  "I like the article a lot," Jim recently said.

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