Worcester Ukulele Club
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We meet in Drummonds bar (behind The Swan with Two Nicks, New Street, Worcester) on every Monday from 7.30pm onwards. Details here.
If you are interested in playing the ukulele please feel free to come and join us
If you are interested in playing the ukulele please feel free to come and join us
20/05/14 Latest News
WOW - The count is in for the donations given to us on behalf of the Stroke Association during our set for Worcester Motor Festival and the grand total is - drum roll at the ready............. £213.23.
We are totally blown away by the generosity of the people who stopped to watch us play and managed to dig deep to help us support this years nominated charity - thank you, you are all fantastic!
This, along with the £160 from a previous street collection and other donations we have been given, will go into the pot to be presented at the end of the year
We are totally blown away by the generosity of the people who stopped to watch us play and managed to dig deep to help us support this years nominated charity - thank you, you are all fantastic!
This, along with the £160 from a previous street collection and other donations we have been given, will go into the pot to be presented at the end of the year
10/01/14 Latest News
Beginners Ukulele Workshop, 1st March 2014
A fantastic offer and very unlikely to be repeated for some time. (well, until August anyway)
We will be running a total beginners ukulele workshop on 1st March 2014 from 10am until 1pm at Drummonds in Worcester. Cost will be £10 payable in advance.
If you would like to attend, or know of any friends or loved ones who (in your opinion!) would benefit from a couple of hours of ukulele tuition then contact the club through the Contact Us page on the website.
Places will be limited and the last time we held a workshop it was so popular that we ended up with a standby list. No prior knowledge needed, just a ukulele, we will provide everything else.
A fantastic offer and very unlikely to be repeated for some time. (well, until August anyway)
We will be running a total beginners ukulele workshop on 1st March 2014 from 10am until 1pm at Drummonds in Worcester. Cost will be £10 payable in advance.
If you would like to attend, or know of any friends or loved ones who (in your opinion!) would benefit from a couple of hours of ukulele tuition then contact the club through the Contact Us page on the website.
Places will be limited and the last time we held a workshop it was so popular that we ended up with a standby list. No prior knowledge needed, just a ukulele, we will provide everything else.
10/01/14 Latest News
We've just been told the total from our street collection during the Victorian Market.
£459!!! (and a few pennies)
Obviously we only provided the entertainment, our audience provided the cash. On behalf of the club and The Stroke Association, Thank you to everyone who contributed.
£459!!! (and a few pennies)
Obviously we only provided the entertainment, our audience provided the cash. On behalf of the club and The Stroke Association, Thank you to everyone who contributed.
07/12/13 Latest News
It seems that apart from having some talented uke players in our midst we also have a talented artist. This picture was put together by one of our members using some natural talent and associated computer geekery.
23/11/13 Latest News
It's that time of year again. Worcester Victorian Fayre takes place over the weekend 29/30th Nov and 1st Dec.
We have 3 spots over the weekend all in Crowngate near House of Fraser:
Friday 29th November - 5pm
Saturday 30th November - 11am
Sunday 1st December - 1pm
We'll be entertaining the crowds and also collecting for The Stroke Association.
Everyone is welcome to drop by, have a sing along and throw a couple of pounds in the collecting bucket.
We have 3 spots over the weekend all in Crowngate near House of Fraser:
Friday 29th November - 5pm
Saturday 30th November - 11am
Sunday 1st December - 1pm
We'll be entertaining the crowds and also collecting for The Stroke Association.
Everyone is welcome to drop by, have a sing along and throw a couple of pounds in the collecting bucket.
03/10/13 Latest News
At 7:30 on 12th October at Worcester Baptist Church, Sansome Walk, Worcester we will be supporting Volcano Community Choir at their concert in aid of ReActive
ReActive are specialists in Neurological Rehabilitation.
Volcano is a community choir based in Worcester for the last 12 years and sing English and World a cappella harmony.
Cost £6 in advance (Details on poster); £8 on the door.
www.reactive.org.uk
www.vocalantics.co.uk/volcanocommunitychoir.html
ReActive are specialists in Neurological Rehabilitation.
Volcano is a community choir based in Worcester for the last 12 years and sing English and World a cappella harmony.
Cost £6 in advance (Details on poster); £8 on the door.
www.reactive.org.uk
www.vocalantics.co.uk/volcanocommunitychoir.html
05/10/13 Latest News
Beginners Workshop 31/8/13. When we were approached by Worcester Music Festival to run a beginners uke workshop nobody would have believed it would have been so popular.
Here is the merry band of uke club members and ukulele novices after a hard mornings strumming. Everybody was amazing.
Below, the group hard at work.
Here is the merry band of uke club members and ukulele novices after a hard mornings strumming. Everybody was amazing.
Below, the group hard at work.
23/07/2013 Latest News
A bit of a slow news month so something not particularly newsworthy - just a photo of Gary, Liz and Lorry participating in the "who can sit in the most uncomfortable position while playing a ukulele" competition.
28/6/2013 Latest News
We are now taking bookings for the beginners workshop being held on 31st August in conjunction with Worcester Music Festival.
If you want to come along please book as soon as possible as places are limited. Please book through the WMF website, the club cannot accept bookings directly.
Further details about the workshop and booking can be found here
If you want to come along please book as soon as possible as places are limited. Please book through the WMF website, the club cannot accept bookings directly.
Further details about the workshop and booking can be found here
30/04/13 Latest News
Some of us took time out from work/college/retirement this morning to go into St Barnabas School in Drakes Broughton to speak to the children about ukuleles and also to have a bit of a sing along. Thank you to Mrs Britton for inviting us along and to the 300 children for being such an amazing (captive) audience.
01/04/13 Latest News
Fancy a weekend of total ukulele over indulgence? Fancy seeing some of the UK's top uke players in action? Why not get down to Cheltenham over the weekend 21-23 June and join in with the Ukulele Festival of Great Britain. Tickets and more details available at ww.ukulelefestival.co.uk
16/03/13 Latest News
One of our club members (who obviously has too much time on his hands) fed Songbooks 1 and 2 into Wordle (www.wordle.net) and came up with this striking "word cloud" - I'm not sure what it says about us except confirming we are big fans of G7 (and other easy chords). Notice that there isn't a "E" in sight.
Would look great on a T-shirt.
Would look great on a T-shirt.
08/02/12 Latest News
Beginners evening 13/2/13 - see news for 30/1/13
This event is now fully booked - Please don't turn up if you haven't pre booked as physical space is limited and, to be fair to those who did pre book, we would ask that you don't attend.
If you would like some basic ukulele instruction and missed the chance to participate on the 13th then please contact the club to express your interest. If we get enough responses we may run another evening of this type.
This event is now fully booked - Please don't turn up if you haven't pre booked as physical space is limited and, to be fair to those who did pre book, we would ask that you don't attend.
If you would like some basic ukulele instruction and missed the chance to participate on the 13th then please contact the club to express your interest. If we get enough responses we may run another evening of this type.
05/02/13 Latest News
We had a great time this morning with the staff and children of Wyche School in Malvern showing them the different types of ukuleles that are available and having a bit of a sing along. You never know we may have recruited some club members for the future. Thanks to Mrs Harrison for inviting us along (and for the tea) and to the children for showing such a keen interest.
02/02/13 Latest News
We spent a couple of hours in Music 47 this morning, playing and offering advice to anyone who was new to ukulele playing - I think we took the shop over and surpised a few people. Thanks to everyone who came along and expressed an interest in what we were doing and special thanks to Jerry and the staff at Music 47 for making us so welcome and putting up with the disruption.
If you didn't make it and fancy a strum with like minded people we still meet in the Lamb and Flag on a Monday at 7.30 and also see below for our free beginners evening.
If you didn't make it and fancy a strum with like minded people we still meet in the Lamb and Flag on a Monday at 7.30 and also see below for our free beginners evening.
30/01/13 Latest News
We will be holding a free ukulele beginners evening at the Lamb and Flag, Worcester on 13th Feb 2013 - 7.30pm to 9pm. Please use the form on the "Contact Us" page if you wish to book a place - Book early, places are limited.
The only things needed are you and your ukulele (and some money in case you would like a Babycham while you are playing)
Click on the poster at the left for details
The only things needed are you and your ukulele (and some money in case you would like a Babycham while you are playing)
Click on the poster at the left for details
01/01/13 Latest News
On Saturday 26th January 2013 at All Saints Church, Malvern Wells we took part in a concert celebrating the restoration of the church's organ, featuring the premiere of "Salt, Springs and Spirit" a piece written by Helena Cavan for the occasion, for organ and various other instruments and voices, and including a movement for organ and ukulele band. See here for details.
Ukulele and church organ - this must be a world first!
Ukulele and church organ - this must be a world first!
14/12/12 Latest News
Got a ukulele for Christmas??
We'll be around and about at Music 47 in Worcester between 10am and 12pm on the 2nd Feb to help with all things ukulele, setting up, tuning, a few basic chords - if we get enough people all at once we might even try a mass sing along.
There is no fixed programme - drop in and ask away.
We'll be around and about at Music 47 in Worcester between 10am and 12pm on the 2nd Feb to help with all things ukulele, setting up, tuning, a few basic chords - if we get enough people all at once we might even try a mass sing along.
There is no fixed programme - drop in and ask away.
03/12/12 Latest News
We had three sessions playing in the open air during Worcester Christmas Fayre and also collecting for St Richard's Hospice.
We can't have been that bad as apart from enjoying ourselves, which is what this ukulele playing lark is supposed to be about, we managed to raise a stunning £256.21.
Thank you to everyone who came along to see us and dropped some money in a bucket.
We can't have been that bad as apart from enjoying ourselves, which is what this ukulele playing lark is supposed to be about, we managed to raise a stunning £256.21.
Thank you to everyone who came along to see us and dropped some money in a bucket.
11/09/12 Latest News
The evening at Keystones was a great success - see here for more details
