​The Big NIght Out Playlist.
Set 1 - 7:00pm - 7:30pm.

• Down on the corner.
• Count on me.
• King of the road
• Happy together.
• Sway.
• Wagon wheel.
• Dirty old town.
• Not responsible.
• Galway Girl.
• Last song before the Big Night Out Show starts - Blame it on the boogie.

Set 2 - After the show - While organisers are finalising activities… and then as people are leaving… and as time allows.

• Move it on over.
• The letter.
• Sloop John B
• The Wellerman
• Summer wine.
• Feeling groovy.
• The lion sleeps tonight.

Additional performances during Round 1 - Music.


What’s my line? Featuring Uke3a

• An excerpt from Riptide.
• A sliver from Leaving on a jet plane.
• A scrap from I can see clearly now.
• A sliver from The Time warp.

Million Dollar Riff featuring Dale.

​Gday fellow Ukelists,
This week I plan to cover Werewolves of London… which is simple and fun… and to tackle a traditional song Leave her Johnny leave her which I’d like us to attempt some more picking.

I thought our picking of Chasing Cars was pretty good last week and it’s time to add a few more picking numbers to the repertoire.

Leave her Johnny is an old sea shanty with a lovely lilting tune… there are so many versions of the lyrics that I can’t find the version I originally transcribed but… it’s a simple song to pick and a beautiful melody.

There are 6 inputs on the new system and I’d like to start using them regularly. All you’ll need is a ukelele with a pick up and a functional battery as Dave has supplied leads.

This week we will start practicing for our Big Night Out performance.

Tables for this event are disappearing fast and I think this week will see us pretty much sold out so if you haven’t secured your spot now is the time to reserve your place.

​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.

G’day fellow players,
It was good to get together and blow off a few cobwebs this week. We were a bit rough and ready at times but it was exciting to be back playing after the long break.


This week we’ll have a bit of fun with 3 little birds, the Bob Marley song… a classic reggae number that should lend itself to some of our fancy harmonies and percussion embellishment.


I’d like to continue working on playing the Lachlan Tigers at tempo and developing a proper intro for Brown eyed girl.


I have big hopes for building the Cup Song into something special and we’ll have a closer look at this deceptively simple little song this week.


I really want us to focus on listening to each other a bit better when we are playing. 


It’s easy to get lost in the zone when you’re loving the song and really rocking it out but… 
As John Wayne used to say… “a mans got to know his limitations and there’s a fine line between providing leadership during a performance and beating a song to death with brute force.”
Actually, I don’t think he ever did say that but…


Listen to the drummer, listen to the bass player and take note of the dynamics of the song.
Try to convey a bit of light and shade in your singing and playing rather than just hammering away relentlessly.


I’m just as guilty as anyone of hitting the overdrive pedal too often… possibly more so… but I reckon we can make a huge amount of improvement in our performance by putting more emphasis on playing together as a group. 
A champion team will always beat a team of champions etc…etc..


Anyway, we’ve been given a cupboard of our very own where we can store song sheets and our other bits and pieces. 
I’m going to put a basket of small instruments in there… shakers, whistles, cow bells, kazoos, harmonicas… whatever. If you have anything hanging around at home you don’t use and would like to add please feel free. 


And finally, Ros and Jonno have 11 students in their beginners class which runs every Tuesday at 12:30pm. They had 6 newbies last year who have all gone on to be serious players in our group so they must be doing something right.