Needed,1,000,000 new ukulele players, how can each of us help
Some Ideas:
Donate to the Ukulele Hall of Fame Museum “Ukes for Kids”
Wedding gift
Birthday present
Anniversary present
Form a new ukulele donation way.
Donating some of those unplayed ukuleles you have in storage.
Teaching kids or an adult ukulele education class
Showing the music teachers in your school system ukulele possibilities
Forming a ukulele club
Produce a uke festival in your town.
Public and school Libraries stock ukuleles for s checkout
Give a ukulele to a guitar player!
Please, what are your ideas?
Please E-mail me your suggestions and I will compile the information for an article in a future issue of the Ukulele Hall of Fame Museum “Uke Said It” publication.
We are listed in the the Flea Market Music Connecticut Player Directory at
http://www.fleamarketmusic.com/directory/group.asp?ID=23 www.ukuleles.org
How was the ukulele invented?
"In 1879 the Portuguese farmer immigrants from the island of Madeira brought their small guitar like four stringed "machete" to Hawaii. When they happily played their machete it reminded the Hawaiians of a small hopping or jumping flea; about 1890 the Hawaiians named the instrument "ukulele", which means "jumping flea" in the Hawaiian language. The Portuguese changed the "machete", designing and tuning the four-string ukulele as a subset of the classic guitar. It is now named the ukulele, uke, ukelele, or banjo-ukulele."
This ukulele history lesson courtesy of John King.
For free ukulele cord sheet music (Fleabag and then the history of the most wonderful Ukulele, and my article on how to start your own ukulele club
visit the Ukulele Hall of Fame Museum at
www.ukulele.org
E-mail at ukulele@grrezekassociates.com