February Songs are early.

Yup! I was so thrilled to have the February songs ready.... then realized they have nothing to do with hearts or valentines... except they are about Doggies and Kitties. Ahhhhhh. OK, I did find the perfect love song to add to these two.

This month is a WikiWiki format re-do of a couple of fun songs the Canote brothers brought to SUPA a few months back.

'I Want To Be a Dog'

and the ever popular reversal --

'I Want To Be a Cat'

There's room to add sound effects too.

And for our Valentine love song.... the greatest love song ever.

'Unchained Melody' by the Righteous Brothers.

You'll find them on our downloads page here.

And again... because she was so great. Jenn has accepted the call to dance for us again, so practice 'E huli Mako' (it's in the 2010 book).... if you practice you should be able to look up from your page and watch her lovely hula.

Also... I have new and exciting news for the return of the West Seattle Jam. I'm thinking I want to bring it to the beach... ALKI beach, once our summer comes... so stay tuned. (what do you think of this idea?)

Little Grass Shack - January 2011's song

Ohhh so late, but January's song is up.

We have a new Hawaiian song for January... and possibly a Hula dancer to dance while we play. How cool is that?

I have been busy.... I took all the Vamp sheets we have used in the past, updated them and added a few of the 'flash cards', and combined them together to make a new book - Beginning Vamp Chords.

I also combined all the Monthly songs of 2011 and added a few of the tools (like the nifty transposing wheel), into another book - 2010 Combined Song Book.

Oh yeah, the Hawaiian song is 'My Little Grass Shack' . I think the Hula dancer is going to be fun.

One sad note... until further notice we will no longer have a WikiWiki Jam in West Seattle. I am looking for a new place... hopefully for less rental or ideally 'none'.

Go to the download page to get all these new things. WikiWiki Downloads

The January WikiWiki Jam @ West Seattle is cancelled

The WikiWiki Jam @ West Seattle scheduled for January 2nd is cancelled due to the New Year holiday. Have a safe, sane. and Happy New Year.

Join us in some ukulele Christmas Caroling.

Come one come all..... it's cold, it's exciting, it's pretty and it's singing Christmas Carols on Green Lake with your ukulele.

Here's the invite I received from SUPA (see below). Did I mention to dress very warmly.... but remember those fingerless gloves if you want to play.... or just come along and sing.

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Green Lake Pathway of Lights

We received the information from Seattle Parks Dept., and SUPA will be

performing across from the Community Center (where we have been every year) from

6:30-6:55pm on Saturday, December 11. Please check the SUPA home page

(http://www.seattleukulele.org) for more details as well as a link to the SUPA

2008 Holiday Songbook, which we will use for the performance. We will post the

specific song list to the Yahoo Groups this coming Wednesday after we meet to

discuss the songs, do some timing, etc. for the performance.

Remember to wear very warm clothes. Being right on the lake drops the

temperature by at least 10 degrees. SUPA will bring pocket warmers to help out.

Also, we will not have a bass player that night (all our known bass players have

prior commitments), so we'll need everybody's help in "staying together" on the

songs!

Nov/Dec Holiday Song books

For November I have stolen from my dear friends 3 great songs for Halloween - The 'Addams Family Theme', 'Purple People Eater' and that goulish love song... 'Spooky'. Look for 'HalloweenWiki-wooHoo'. Can you think of others for next year?

And December we'll sing a whole bunch of Christmas Holiday songs, ripped from the cold frozen hands of seven SUPA members.

Note: The Holiday Song book I posted was full of errors. I have posted a new book of 10 songs, called "Wiki-Supa 10 Christmas Songs". I will have copies at the next WikiWiki.

So get over to the download page and start decking your halls.

Special Request --
A special prize for anyone that knows a Thanksgiving Song or songs. I knew a young couple years ago came from a family of primary grade school teachers... they knew two songs... which of course I've forgotten. Any one have a turkey song they would like to share?

UKEtoberfest Crazy Poster

UKEtoberfest is getting close Oct 15-16.... and only 5 hrs drive away....you don't want to miss it.

This is so worth selling that old Martin in the closet for.

October songs and other important musings...

Good News..

It's time for the new songs. For October we have two fun songs --

'Hidden In The Sand' -

A Tally hall song I fell in love with when I heard Molly Lewis (aka Sweetafton23) of YouTube fame sing it in her special way. This song is only 4 very easy barre chords. You'll love it, it's so easy. And we'll play it along with Molly as she sings it for us.

'Sweet Someone' -

This is our hapa haole song for the month... I call this the ultimate sweet love song. I found a vid of Bill Tapia doing a solo so we can all join in.

You'll find these new songs and all the other song sheets/books on our download page.... Take a Look!.

Now for the Better News...

The UketoberFest is just around the corner. October 15-16 in Eugene Oregon.

Is it worth the drive, the sleeping in a strange bed, the jamming all night till way past mid-night and then getting up the next day for an 8 am workshop... by James Hill, or Del Rey, or Gerald Ross, or Craig Chee or several others? You bet your Kamaka it is, believe me this is one of the best Ukefests on this coast.

Any level player can find something of interest here. I encourage you to join me at the UketoberFest in Eugene... and yes I will be driving back Saturday night or Sunday morning to be at my WikiWiki @ Ballard Sunday. I may be tired, but I will be there.

Here's a link to the UketoberFest web site.

Enjoy and keep on uke'n

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