Uke3a Big Night Out

​G’day fellow ukulele players,


After some rather fraught negotiations we have a confirmed a final date for the Uke3 Big Night Out.
We’ll be entertaining an adoring audience of music lovers in the auditorium at the Fwmac hall…


 On 7:00 pm Friday 28th March.


The Uk3a All Stars backed by the fabulous Granny Franny singers will perform a selection of our greatest hits for half an hour or so at the start of the night and again later on to usher our tired but happy punters home at the end of our glittering night of nights.


We may also draft in a few musicians for a few extra bits as part of the trivia quiz section of the night or to fill in spaces in the program.


I’m looking for kind of Rockwiz orchestra vibe. Anyone who hasn't seen Rockwiz should “do yourself a favour”… as Molly Meldrum used to say.


I’ve shanghaied a few people to form an organisational subcommittee to turn a whole bunch of crazy ideas into an actual working plan. Ros and Jonno, Chris Kemper, JJ and Rob Andrew have ‘volunteered’ to do all the hard work… suckers!
If anyone else would liked to be involved in planning this cultural extravaganza please don’t hesitate to thrust yourself forward. 
It takes a village to put on a Big Night Out.


I thought we were a lot more disciplined this week and turned in some really good performances… that was best we’ve ever done on I’m yours. 


Dream Lover was very slick and Galway Girl and Dirty old town were good enough to bring tears to the eyes of even hardened old stagers like ourselves. 


Next week we will be doing the Swimming Song as a new song. It’s on the beginners group syllabus and it’s a lot of fun. 
A YouTube is available on our website, Week 3 in the beginners course section, for anyone who doesn’t know this great little number by Loudon Wainwright III


Dale will also be taking us through Here comes the sun.


Thanks to Dave Berry we should have some proper music equipment to play with next week.
Full steam ahead. -Dave Martin.