What we’re about
Kelele Strmming Fn--the only thing missing is U.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Watch City Ukers #188 IN-PERSON: Waltham MuseumWaltham Museum, Waltham, MA
Doors open at 6:30!
A $5 Donation to help support the Waltham museum for Allowing us to use their space.Hi Everyone,
We will be playing from our Watch City Songbook with open open mic slots!- OPEN MIC-Willie
- OPEN MIC-ken
- OPEN MIC- chris
- OPEN MIC-frank
- OPEN mIC- Robin
Link to our songbook (please download or print prior to the meetup as we will not have extras): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/gexvrzxt01c79fawybym4/Watch-City-Combined-TABLET.pdf?rlkey=qstxfry3sk9324ayckl1seq1w&dl=0
Please send song sheet PDFs to [email protected] no later than November 17th at 6PM ET.
- The Strummerville Ukulele Club at the Armory Cafe! * 3rd TUESDAY * 11/19Rooted Cafe, Somerville, MA
TEMPORARY MOVE TO 3RD TUESDAY FOR NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, due to overlap with Thanksgiving, Christmas and Hanukkah.
Good citizens of Strummerville, that's you!
Grab your uke and join us as we sing and strum the hits!
Come one, come all! All levels welcome!We love playing popular songs badly and singing loudly.
If you don't have a uke, get in touch and we’ll bring a spare for you to play for the evening.
What to expect at our meetups: Doors open at 6:00pm. Come have dinner with the "cool kids" before hand. Regular festivities start at 7pm. The first 45 minutes we'll play and sing songs from our well-loved songbook. We then take a 15 min break, then back to it until 9pm.
Download all four books (A,B,C and D) combined for your TABLET here. This should replace your previous A,B,C tablet version: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uO8PMEYrqCbK_Hp-bPsiZrv1YhhU4Gyz/view?usp=sharing
OR
Download all four books (A,B,C and D), combined and ready to PRINT here. You only need to do this if you don't already have an A,B,C book:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h0xj5bcZPqWu03X7zc0Y3V7Xl5Wg20K6/view?usp=sharing
OR
Download the D book ALONE, ready to PRINT and be added to your already existing A,B,C binder here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/13UBv_axHJOEtkhLmLSw-IzPwUzY8rLxN/view?usp=sharingWe're asking that you spend whatever you feel comfortable with in food and bev from the cafe. We need to reach a threshold of $150 at each Meetup to continue to meet at the Armory Cafe.
Get get familiar with the songs in our songbooks with these Spotify links:
Spotify Book A:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2NcwAcXrj5G5tdvJNTQc77?si=RWSGRim-TUau60QvgGRuqA
Spotify Book B:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1t5pB41iDEg2XZuFq379B1?si=74LDtd6UTR-gt4I1OCmNag
Spotify Book C:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5yR7fSxFvHX6uNGO5amjCF?si=bzKamMfoTO2QNZsCpXLbcA
Spotify Book D:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1ooNmpeoh5MGAJhIyrJyzl?si=d08a694af9314bd0Shameless plug. We have t-shirts for your t-shirt needs. https://www.zazzle.com/store/strummerville/products?fbclid=IwAR1Qcgms5wIHYB-YVQMm_ZYgNOOwD3Z6KPKacbsIdkFzzUD-JByKjeFSRZo
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And remember "What we're doing tonight has no value!"
- Uke In The Afternoon, #257 (in person)Robbins Library, Arlington, MA
[The 4-th edition of the songbook has arrived !]
[I have not yet found a way to list a Meetup as both in person and online without paying additional fees, so I will be listing it twice, once in person and once online. Please register for the appropriate component.]
Uke In The Afternoon: An afternoon ukulele Meetup, meeting on the 1-st, 3-rd, & 5-th Wednesday of the month.
The jam is for players of traditional (that is, wood) four string soprano, concert, tenor, or baritone ukuleles. (No other instruments. please. They stick out and interfere with my desire to have us all sound like one big instrument.)
After many years, it's time to update the songbook. And that time has come!
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ftdv3a2yfdmkl8rhog5dl/UitA-4-th-edition.pdf?rlkey=w9zwel42lo472720nl1bdvpm8&st=ods5yscr&dl=0
or
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ftdv3a2yfdmkl8rhog5dl/UitA-4-th-edition.pdf?rlkey=w9zwel42lo472720nl1bdvpm8&st=ods5yscr&dl=1The songbook has live links! Clicking on a song title in the Table of Contents takes you to the song sheet. Clicking on "to ToC" in the upper right hand corner of the page returns you to the Table of Contents.
You know the drill, We're seated in a circle. We go around the room with each person in turn choosing a song from the book to lead. Ten minute break half-way through. Play 'till about 2:50. I hope to see you there!
Parking lots behind the Library, across Mass Ave, diagonally across Mass Ave. They ticket! Also, some metered and unmetered on street parking.
- Uke In The Afternoon, #257 (online)Link visible for attendees
I have not yet found a way to list a Meetup as both in-person and online without paying additional fees, so I will be listing it twice, once in person and once online. Please register for the appropriate component.
After many years, it's time to update the songbook. And that time has arrived!
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ftdv3a2yfdmkl8rhog5dl/UitA-4-th-edition.pdf?rlkey=w9zwel42lo472720nl1bdvpm8&st=ods5yscr&dl=0
or
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ftdv3a2yfdmkl8rhog5dl/UitA-4-th-edition.pdf?rlkey=w9zwel42lo472720nl1bdvpm8&st=ods5yscr&dl=1For other details about the way the Meetup is run, see the in-person component. These details are specifically about the online version, which exists thanks to a request from Betty from Kentucky.
As of now, there is now an online component to UitA for those unable to attend in person who would like to play along. It is limited in scope. A Zoom link will allow a participant to act like a fly one the wall, able to observe but not interact with those in the room, However, participants can interact with each other!
In order avoid disruption:
* There will be a Waiting Room.
* Admission to (and ejection from!) the session is entirely at the discretion of the co-host.
* If there is no co-host, the Waiting Room will be checked at 1 pm and one other time later if I can remember to do it.
* A laptop will be placed on on one of the chairs in the circle. Those participating in person will see a grid of online participants. Online participants will see whatever portion of the circle that the camera sees.
* Online participants will be muted in the live session by having the laptop's speaker muted, but they will be able to interact with each other as in any other Zoom session. Miscreants will quickly learn about the co-host's skill at Whack-A-Mole! :-)
