Never Have I Seen an Artist Put His Heart & Soul into Such an Effort -- While his Ukulele Gently Weeps

Young uker blows Jake away! Jean E. sent me this solid video of a young performer. This performance is so good that you can watch it a second without sound and still enjoy!

Ukulele Inspired Fashion || Let's Play Ukulele!

Shelley Rickey led me to this...

Lil Rev. in Berkeley (Feb 7, 2010)

This Face Indicates "NEWS"

Just got a message from Lil' Rev. for the Berkeley Ukulele Club

via e-mail. (I am sure it will be posted by Michael DaSilva too)

Everyone is welcome to attend.

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Mark yur' calendars.

Feb. 7th 2010 –Da Silva Ukulele Studio 2pm-3:30pm workshop on…
Novelty Songs: Learn humorous ditties, bawdy ballads, sassy blues, novelty and ragtime numbers alongside of plenty of shticks, tricks and right hand licks to make these numbers come alive. (including the fan stroke, triplet, stop time flips, and much more!)

4-5pm Concert:
$20.00 for Workshop $10.00 for concert or $25.00 for both.

Mike DaSilva -- http://www.ukemaker.com/

Look at the photo of me in the previous post -- see the resemblance?

A Friend Doesn't Always Tell You What You Want to Hear -- Uke U Memories

Jay & Jeff Sharing a Kamaka UCSC 10 DEC 09

Jay Holiday and I really got to know each other during a Rhan Wilson Uke U class and then continuing while doing the garage band scene as the Uklectics. I took the class to learn how to perform and sing more confidently. But, I have never really sung out with confidence. Rhan is the most encouraging and supportive teacher and Jay was always after me to push it harder, to give more, and it was often tough to hear his biting but true criticisms. He seemed to know there was more for me to give and that I had to push harder. A true friend is one that tells you you've got some work to do and is there to support you along the way -- Thanks. HU

Doogey9 || Blues Turnaround Videos

Michael DaSilva || Blue Hawaii Song Arrangements

Michael DaSilva has created arrangements for each of the songs in the movie Blue Hawaii which stars Elvis Pressly. Click the blog title above to go to the Berkeley Ukulele Club page and scroll down to see the songs.

VINTAGE ERA || Oh by Jingo, Oh by Gee BLOG

VINTAGE LOVERS PARADISE

Here's another vintage era blog put together by Elizabeth. She's a fan of Cliff Edwards and Harold Lloyd (Comedian). Click the blog title (above) to see Elizabeth's blog and many great photos. Nice Christmas gift, eh?

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Lizzie also has collected many YouTube videos of many old, including Silent Films and puts them together for our easy viewing. I love the old movies, humor, history, and fashions. Oh and she has great links to old time music, like this:

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http://ia301510.us.archive.org/1/items/CliffEdwards-54-64/CliffEdwards-HalfWayToHeaven.mp3

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Here's one of her Cliff Edwards Links...

http://byjingobygee.blogspot.com/2009/02/cliff-ukulele-ike-edwards.html

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I know you're gonna like this Mr. Hale & Mr. Chapman. HU