Monthly Archives: November 2014

Christmas Ukulele with Ralph Shaw

Come and join international ukulele star and teacher: Ralph Shaw. This class will improve your ukulele playing while learning favourite Christmas songs.

Seasonal songs from the Vancouver Ukulele Circle Christmas book (which you can download at no cost) will be used as a vehicle to learn: Strumming Techniques, Simple Picking Patterns, and other easy-to-understand ideas. The goal is to make your festive repertoire sound great as well as being satisfying and fun to play.

(IMPORTANT – you need to download and print the book using the link below. Some books will also be available to purchase.)

You will come away with a package of seasonal songs that you can strum for all your future Christmases!

Everyone and all ages are welcome.

Date: Sunday, December 14, 2014

Time: 4:15 pm – 5:45 pm (immediately after the Cutie Circle December Christmas Extravaganza)

Location: Room 4, Pinetree Community Centre, 1260 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam

Parking: Free

Cost: $20 (please bring exact change)

Songbook: Free (Click here to download and bring printed songbook to workshop.)

Please check out the following songs from the songbook before the workshop:

  • White Christmas
  • Mary’s Boy Child
  • Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town
  • Silver Bells
  • O Holy Night
  • The Little Drummer Boy
  • I’ll Have a Blue Christmas

Bring a music stand and a chord chart. You may record the workshop for your own purposes.

Map:

To register, email events@cutiecircle.com.

 

Ralph Shaw’s Ukulele Songshop Series

The Cuties are excited to welcome, Ralph Shaw, the King of Ukulele and leader of the Vancouver Ukulele Circle, to the suburbs to present the first of three workshops in his Ukulele Songshop Series.

Songs from the 1960s [SOLD OUT]

Music from the likes of Simon and Garfunkel, Dusty Springfield, Ben E. King and the Sinatras, plus others, provide the material for this workshop. Every song is handpicked as a means for learning a variety of techniques and strumming styles. And you’ll pick up some groovy new repertoire along the way! You may also record the lesson for your personal use! Seats are limited so RSVP soon.

Date: Sunday, November 23, 2014

Time: 2:00pm – 3:30pm

Location: Room 4, Pinetree Community Centre, 1260 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam

Parking: Free

Cost: $20 (please bring exact change)

Map:

To register, email events@cutiecircle.com.

 

Cuties Welcome Paul to Song Circle

Cuties strummed with our new leader, Paul Joaquin, for the first time at the November meeting! Having another gorgeous day to start off the song circle, we were all playing our ukes in harmony!

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Paul prepared a series of songs to share with Cuties, some came from other parts of the province. We were so fortunate to have members from as far as Abbotsford, Agassiz, Mission, North Vancouver, Richmond, Surrey, White Rock, etc., to share their music with us.

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During performance time, Norm led the charge by performing a spirited and seasoned “I’m Going Back to Where I Come From” with good humour and rhythm.

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Next up was Brian. He also shared a humourous song by giving us “Blow Up Your TV”. We all had fun humming along with him.

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Jen then took the plunge, too, and did “I Will Survive” without the lyrics.

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Paul finished off performance time by sharing “Price Tag” with us. It is a very catchy song indeed.

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Then, by popular request, Pat led the group strumming, “It Doesn’t Matter Anymore” and Harvey, Jen, and Paul went up to provide extra vocals!

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More requests came in and “Crazy” was a crowd-pleaser song that Harvey and Paul did as a duet.

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The last song we chose as a group to wrap up the day was the romantic “Goodnight Sweetheart Goodnight”.

Thanks to Paul and all the Cuties, we had an enjoyable ukulele jam once again.