Do You play the Ukulele? Join Us for A Ukulele Meetup this Sunday. All Are Welcome - It's FREE

The Mainstage Center for the Arts Ukulele Meetup

First Sunday of Each Month

(next) Sunday, Nov 4, 2018

1 pm - 4 pm. 

Spend the whole time, or a Portion of the Time

Mainstage Center for the Arts

27 So. Black Horse Pike
(next to Gloucester Twp Library)

Blackwood, NJ 08012

Do you play the ukulele? Would you like to play the ukulele? Do you own a ukulele? Would you like to borrow a ukulele? If your answer is "YES" to any of these questions, then please consider joining us for our ukulele meetups and spend some time sharing good company, music, and fun, and it is all for FREE! Ukulele people are the friendliest in the world and we would love to share our love for the ukulele with you. Even if you never played before, we will loan you a ukulele and show you how to begin. You will be playing songs in 30 minutes or less.

PLAY UKES & SING the world's GREAT SONGS with us

ALL SKILL LEVELS Welcome: From beginner to intermediate and those with expertise.
We are beginner-friendly. We were all beginners once! -- 

"I started coming before I even had a uke". -- But you will have more fun if you know a few basic (and easy!) chords like C, F, G7. Like the C-chord, Am is one that needs just one finger on one string. Or play the "Z" chord all evening and get used to strumming in time.

We welcome players of all ages!

JUST LOVE TO SING? Come sing along

MUSIC: We play all Genres & Eras

(well, not much hip-hop or rap, so far).

From Pop, Rock, Show Tunes, Classical, Tin Pan Alley, Country, Standards, Irish Songs, Blues, Sea Shanties, Folk, Gospel, Hawaiian, Jazz & Holiday. Traditional to current hits. Variety adds pizzazz!

FREE: It's free to play. No fees.

If you have a ukulele, bring it! Two or more- Bring them all!!! Music stands too!!
Play the guitar? Drums? Banjo" any other instrument-- come and join us. The more the better. Like to Sing?-- Oh boy, do we want you to join us!!!!!

Bring a music stand, as many ukes, guitars, drums that you like but please also bring the Mainstage Big Book (link is below), the Mainstage Hawaiian Book (Link Below), and the Daily Ukulele Yellow book if you have it.

The songbooks for this series are located on Google Drive (except where noted):

Mainstage Big Book:
https://drive.google.com/open…

Mainstage Hawaiian Book:
https://drive.google.com/open…

Please also bring:

The Daily Ukulele: 365 Songs for Better Living (Jumpin' Jim's Ukulele Songbooks)
by Jim & Liz Beloff (aka The Yellow Book)

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All Mainstage Songbooks:
https://drive.google.com/open…

Mainstage Beatles Book:
https://drive.google.com/open…

Individual Sheets
https://drive.google.com/open…

Beginners may also enjoy "40 Easy Songs For Uke":
https://drive.google.com/…/0B5K4r02SpqGGSkdIWnJNSzg0M…/view…

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BRING:
A Music Stand & all music from the links above

(If you don't have the music or a music stand yet, we are happy to share. No ukulele? Let us know in advance and we can have one there for you to play.)

Songs:

You are welcome to bring copies of songs that you would love for us to play. (A min. of 15 copies suggested, if we share, 15-20 if we each have a copy to play from. Copies returned to you if you wish.)

Please play the song version through before copying. Does it sound true? Chords are in the right spots? - Or suggest a song and we will try to find the song sheet for you. Melodic or comedic, players have shared many wonderful songs. We've loved the mash-ups that have come our way.

EVERY TYPE OF UKULELE welcome!
If playing baritone, you'll need to be able to play along with us in C tuning (GCEA) with a capo or a chord conversion chart, (unless you can convert chords on the fly.)

DO YOU PLAY THE BASS, DRUMS, OR GUITAR -- ANY INSTRUMENT? ALL ARE WELCOME

WE LOVE TO LEARN!
Share what you know!

WE WILL ALSO BE PLAYING HAWAIIAN MUSIC
We will have 40 - 60 minutes where we play Hawaiian music (Hapa-Haole and traditional)