Ukulele Friends Ohana

BOT:

Aloha Everyone! Just another reminder about this special Kanikapila tomorrow evening at San Rafael Joe’s on 4th Street, 6:30p – 9:30p. Come on down for yet another fantabulous Ukulele Revival! A yay! Ah know you can walk without that accordian! Feeeeel the healing power of the Ukulele and the UFOhana! The spirit of Aloha commands you! Strummmmmm! Sttttrrrrrummmmm !!!!!  . . .   or just come on by, bring your family, order a great dinner  and sing/strum/hula/tap your feet along.  Sorry about waxing ‘revival’ there for a while, we watched “Leap of Faith” and “The Identical” this weekend and still have them running around in my head.

Mahalo Nui Loa to Paul (What Page?) T. for arranging this one for us.  Mahalo to Wikio, aka Wa’li, aka Wally, aka Wallace for the great poster! Anybody have a large format printer we could print this on for Tuesday night?

Btw, we’ll be back at the Campbell Hall in Sausalito this Friday. Reverend Chip is eager to Kanikapila with us once again, as are we. Usual run time of 6:30p – 9:30p, Pot Luck (pseudo-healthy food requested but not required). Aloha A Hui Hou Brudda/Fadda/Rev. Chip!

Click the following links for photos of last week’s kani at the Elks and the Barefoot Café.  Mahalo Nui to all that attended the Barefoot (‘olohe wāwae) Cafe kanikapila and made it such a fun first event. However, in all the excitement I found out that some of us walked out without paying our tabs or not leaving enough $$$ for our wonderful server Lea. Please do reconcile with Lea sometime this week if you were among the “ones” caught up in the Ukulele Rapture and forgot to pay. Just know that the unpaid tabs comes off Lea’s pay check . . .  remember to Malama Pono (Be good or Make Right). Her kids would appreciate your effort.  Remember we’re there to create and share Aloha, not take it. Mahalo . . .

Ok, Pau for now, spok-u-bom-bye!

-=Sq=-

:EOT

BOT:

Aloha All,
We’ll be at the Elks this Friday, usual run time of 7:00p to 10:00p. As you can guess by the lateness of this posting it’s been yet another PITA week. It’s the last Friday of the month so it’s Fancy Dinner Night at the Elks this Friday. Check out their link for details and menu: http://elks1108.org/Newsletter.html .  Mahalo Nui Loa to the Elks for hosting the UFOhana once again and for their undying support.

This Saturday it our ‘Test Flight’ at the Barefoot Café. Check them out here: http://www.barefootcafe.com/   Run time 2p-4p. It may be a little bit more crowded so just bring what you need and nothing more. Mahalo to Claudia for arranging this opportunity. Keep in mind that we want to make a good first impression, so please do consider ordering a meal or at least some kind of drink other than a glass of water. Btw, check out this special announcement for our premiere Kanikapila at the Barefoot:  https://ufohana.org/barefoot-cafe-5302015-brudda-alohas-ukulele-revival-and-hula-review/  Yet another amazing creation from Brudda Wikio!

Last week Friday we had the opportunity to Kanikapila at the San Pedro Elementary School, located right here in San Rafael. Lynnette brought a few of her Keiki from Lynnwood Elementary to perform with us as well. As you can see below they were well received. We thought we’d have to call in Security when Lynnette’s Keiki broke out “Johnny B. Goode”!  (Click collages below to access the photo albums). Mahalo Leslie (of Bogie’s Café) for arranging this!

After a brief break at UFO HQ it was time for our own Kanikapila that night . . .

After a night’s sleep . . . onward to the Sonoma Valley Woman’s Club for our second Kanikapila at the SVWC center. . .  Mahalo Nui Loa to all of you that showed up to support the SVWC and Mahalo Nui Loa to the SVWC for share their beautiful hall with us.

Then . . . . it was time to rest. . . . whew!   Mahalo to the UFOhana and Nohea for helping me through all this . . . but wait, there’s more . . .

Below a couple of opportunities to play even more Ukulele! First, an Ukulele Camp invite from Tucker Spolter:

You’re invited to Ukulele Summer Camp
Where: 710 Via Casitas – 415-461-4628  tspoltz@yahoo.com
When: Wednesdays — Starting June 3rd
Time: 11:45  —   1:15
Cost: $10 per session  – there will be a limit of campers
Snacks and beverages will be provided
Activities would include:
    a. Half hour lesson – intros & outros – soloing –  preforming –  leading songs                 strumming – chord  theory – arpegios
        breaking down a song – transposing
    b. One hour sing along – solo’s – duo’s etc.
    WHEN:  from June 3rd  through July 29th
Is Ukulele Summer Camp for me?  Here’s the criteria ——-
    Do you love to make music?
    Love to strum and learn new songs? & techniques?
            a) If you can tune your uke
            b) Know the basic chord forms
        1. C Am F G7  — F Dm Bb-C7 – G Em C D7 
            c)Can strum through a few of your favorite songs.   And
     d) pluck a tune or two …..
THEN Please join us. Don your Ukulele Summer Camp tee-shirt, fill your canteen, pack your pup tent and sneak a few candy bars into you back-pack and please join us on Wednesday by the campfire. 
What do I need for class?
A ukulele, a ukulele tuner,  pen or pencil, and a desire to laugh, sing, hum, and make music.  I only have 5 stands ….. so if isn’t too much trouble.
I extend my Aloha and look forward to strumming with you. If you’re interested please let me know as soon as possible.
Tucker Spolter
415-461-4628
Tspoltz@yahoo.com

And from Linda Bolt at the Marin JCC, a camp for Keiki:

Ok I think I’ve done enough damage here . . . time to recuperate for Friday Night . . .

uKeKu
Delicate petals,
Yellow gossamer winglets,
Na Pua Nani.

Ok, only one sleepy time left before Kanikapila!

Aloha A Hui Hou,
-=SqL+Nohea=-

:EOT