Monday 21 July 2014

Lancaster's Ukulele Malarkey 2

Lancaster Ukulele Malarkey took place two days ago and I have just recovered enough to write this blog. It was a full day of ukulele playing starting with the Morecambe Ukulele Club's usual session between 10am and noon at the Trimpell Club in Morecambe. The Malarkey began with a beginners' workshop and was followed by performances from five ukulele groups at St John's Church in Lancaster. On the right is a photo of the Morecambe group.

In the evening small groups and individuals played in the Robert Gillow pub in Lancaster. I managed a couple of supporting roles and sang a couple of songs on my own and I certainly managed more than Andy Warhol's fifteen minutes of fame.

I spoke with many people and they all agreed that the whole day was a great success. Everyone wants to come back next year. The day concluded with songs from a couple from Manchester, Lou Armer and Alice Brockman who can be seen on the left. Lou plays ukulele and Alice is on violin.

The whole event was organised by Sue Parish who runs ukulele sessions on Fridays, also at the Robert Gillow pub, and yesterday she even managed to organise another ukulele event for a Lancaster charity, the the Neuro Dop In Centre. No wonder it has taken a couple of days to write this blog!

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