UKULELE PAYERS CLUB NEWS 6/8/19

Next Session: Thurs, 6/13/19 @ 11:00 AM til 1:45 PM Location: Courageous Room, Lake Miona Regional Recreation Center

Summer Schedule Time June 13th (B) June 20th (A) Time June 27th (B) Time July 4th (A_ 11:00 Next Step (Tim) Next Step (Tim) 11:00 Next Step (Tim) 11:00 Next Step (Tim)

Quick Start I Claire Quick Start I Claire Quick Start I Claire Quick Start I Claire

11:15 Quick Start II, Vinnie Quick Start II, Vinnie 11:15 Quick Start II, Vinnie 11:15 Quick Start II, Vinnie

12;10 Open Seating Open Seating 12;10 Open Seating 12;10 Open Seating

12:20 Announcements Announcements 12:20 Announcements 12:20 Announcements

12:25 Club Strum Club Strum 12:25 Club Strum 12:25 Club Strum

12:30 Open Sing Open Sing 12:30 Open Sing 12:30 Open Sing

1:30 Tables/Chairs 1:15 “Rock Shop” 1:30 Tables/Chairs

1:45 Perf. Group - Perf. Group - 1:30 Open Sing 1:45 Perf. Group

2:15 Perf. Group -

Thursday’s Session in Review

Thank You to all these folks who made Thursday’s session work.

o Jack, Ed, Frank: meet and greet, set up and tuned loaner ukes. o Dennis: Maestro, sound system, Performance Group. o Claire: Quick Start o Vinnie: Quick Start II o Jean: Great job on the Bass and Projector.

o Bill the Thrill : Emcee with Gusto

o Ed and the Dog Pound: reset the tables / chairs from Quick Start II. o John: bass. o Singers: thanks for great sessions of music. o 2nd Session Members: replace table and chairs. GREAT and QUICK WORK!!!!!

It is no longer necessary to Sign In on line for the First Singing Session. Check out Larry Martin’s weekly article “Tim’s Ukulele Tips” at the end of the Newsletter. See Frank at the next session to have your official UPC Name Tag for the upcoming UPC Special

Events. Especially FOR SUMMER CAMP COUNSELORS.

We THANK YOU ALL for helping with maintaining the clear aisles and doorways during the

sessions. Now we can all try to work on our “NOODLING” It’s always great to have so much help replacing the tables and chairs.

U P C Performance Group

Scheduled Performances - See Dennis to sign up- mcleanteacher@yahoo.com

Date Location Time Set up Audience Nr. Comments

Tues., 6/18 Lake Miona R.C. 10:00 AM 8:30 AM Camp Villages 20 Arr. 9:15 AM

Tues., 7/16 Lake Miona R.C. 10:00 AM 8:30 AM Camp Villages 20 Arr. 9:15 AM Tues., 7/30 Lake Miona R.C. 10:00 AM 8:30 AM Camp Villages 20 Arr. 9:15 AM Sat., 8/3 Eisenhower R.C. 6:00 PM 5:00 PM Coast Guard Club 30 Arr. 5:45 PM

Wed., 8/7 Harbor Chase 3:30 PM 2:30 PM Residents 12+ Arr: 3:15 PM

Tues., 10/8 Mulberry R.C. 6:30 PM 5:30 PM Neighborhood 52 S.C. 20+ Arr. 6:15 PM

Fri., 12/13 Alamanda R.C. 7:00 PM 6:00 PM VanBuren Way S.C. 25-30 Arr. 6:40 PM

Wed., 4/15 O’Dell R.C. 7:00 PM 6:00 PM C C Pride 15-30 Arr. 6:40 PM

Official UPC Logo Shirts

UPC personalized logo shirts are now available through the Custom Apparel Shop located at 3451

Wedgewood Lane (Southern Trace Plaza), The Villages. The Custom Apparel Shop is located between

the Publix and Giovanni’s Restaurant.

Custom Apparel has a large selection of shirt styles, colors and sizes. You pick your style/color.

The price of each shirt will vary based on the style.

The price will include the embroidered logo and a name under the logo.

There is an extra charge for additional lettering.

Logo embroidered hats, jackets, ukulele bags/cases are available.

Also they will embroider the logo on any piece of clothing you bring in.

Due to the custom shirts there is a one to two week wait for delivery.

Order yours today, in time for Camp Villages and our August performances.

It is NOT NECESSARY to have a Logo Shirt to PARTICIPATE IN UPC FUNCTIONS.

The UPC Logo was designed by Helen, Ed’s wife at our request. Thank You Helen.

Camp Villages

There will be a meeting after the JUNE 6th UPC Session for all those UPC members wishing to

participate in this years THREE Camp Villages UPC Ukulele Sessions.

The Camp Villages Sessions are scheduled for 6/18, 7/16 and 7/30, from 10 AM til 12:00 PM.

The Camp will be held at the Lake Miona Recreation Center.

You MUST SIGN UP NOW and complete a Villages Volunteer Registration Form to

participate.

We like to have 22 UPC members for instructors for each session.

UPC Schedule Change

Please notice that we will be going to our SUMMER SCHEDULE starting in June.

During our Summer Schedule we only have a single one hour Open Sing Session, 12:30 PM

thru 1:30 PM.

The class schedule remains the same and the UPC Performance Group will practice after we

handle the Tables/Chairs.

This schedule will continue through July and August.

UPC Song Book Nominations

Nominations CLOSED on May 1st. We will evaluate them based on their appropriateness and

performance in the Rock Shop. So make sure you send them to Vinnie.

Credits: Ukulele Players Club members who participated in recent performances.

Please let us know if you participated in a recent performance….so we can put you in our “CREDITS” Section.

Support our Members Mark and Wayne solo with Sparkey’s Strummers during their weekly practice sessions

at the Savannah Recreation Center every Thursday at 9 AM. Mark, also known as “MrBluSkies,” is available for appearances at private parties and

other entertainment venues. Contact him or go to his website at www.mrbluskies.com.

Bobby and Wayne play and solo with the Blue Grass Performance Club at the Sea Breeze Recreation Center every Wednesday at 1 PM.

If you are participating in a performance event open to the public and would like to use this NEWSLETTER to promote it, please give Tim ALL the information (a leaflet, handout, etc) so we can get ALL the info in the appropriate NEWSLETTER.

Assistance with DROPBOX and FORSCORE UPC friend Jay Gerhard is available to assist UPC members with both Dropbox and

Forscore:

o Jay will also work independently with you if you have problems with either, ForScore and Dropbox. Jay’s email is: JayGerhard@gmail.com

Ukulele Players Club (UPC) Groups.

1. “QUICK START I” (with Claire and/or Dennis at 11:15 AM.) 2. “QUICK START II” (with Vinnie and/or Dennis at 11:15 AM.) 3. “NEXT STEP (with Tim at the rear of Courageous Room-11:00 AM)

PLEASE BRING YOUR TUNER Week III, Key of D

1. D, D7 2. G, G6 3. A, Am, A7 4. Calypso Strum

---- S-1, S-2, S-3, S-5, S-6, S-7

Song Sheets: “Save the Last Dance…..” “Yellow Bird”

"Loaner Book" Policy: We have 5 updated "Loaner Books" which can be used during our sessions. Please DO NOT remove pages from the Loaner Books.

LOANER BOOKS DO NOT LEAVE THE COURAGEOUS ROOM Lost Items All found items will be turned in at the front desk at the Lake Miona Recreation Center. We will not drag the items around looking for the owners. Villages Ukulele Club Updates: (Most of these clubs have their materials available on line if you ask them.) Strumming Ukulelians – 1st, 2nd & 4th Monday @ 1:30 PM @ Laurel Manor Recreation Center

o Contact: Medy o Updated Books for Sale ONLY

Peace, Love & Ukulele Club – 1st, 2nd & 3rd Monday @ 10:30 Am @ Laurel Manor

o Contact: Mary @ pluclub2018@yahoo.com o Updated Loaner Books and song books available

Folk Singing – Monday @ 7:00 PM @ Lake Miona Recreation Center.

o For Folk Singing materials through DROPBOX please contact Rich at RHBEN@comcast.net.

o New songs are available by contacting Rich at the above address.

“Hummers and Strummers” - Tues. at 10:00 AM in the Cape Hatteras Room at the Bridgeport Recreation Center.

o Contact: Dennis o Updated Loaner Books and song books available

“Banjolele Strings Club” – Tues, 12:00 Noon at the O’Dell Recreation Center.

o Contact: Marc o Updated Loaner Books and song books available

Villages Ukulele Club “Silver Strummers”- Tues. at 4:00 PM at the Chula Vista Recreation Center.

TropRock Ukulele Society – First and Third Thursdays at 12:30 PM at the Canal St. Recreation Center.

“Strum for Fun Club” – Thurs., 4:00 PM til 5;20 PM at the Sterling Heights Recreation Center.

Larry Martin’s “Tips From Tim”

Tim’s Uke Tip #5

Tim’s Uke Tip #7

Closed (and movable) Chords Four-fret chords are special because they are closed chords. In closed chords, all the

strings are fretted, i.e., there are no open strings. They are also called ‘movable chords’,

because you can move them up or down the fret board to get a different chord. Thus,

once you master the fingering for one of these 4-fret closed chords, you have mastered

the fingering for others as well. The most common four-fret chord is Bb.

To play Bb you either bar the first two strings with the first finger (as shown

here), or you could use the first and second fingers for the A and E strings,

first fret; then you would use finger 3 for the 2nd fret C string, and finger 4 for

the 3rd fret G string.

Bb is common in the key of F, such as the chorus of City of New Orleans.

For most beginners, learning this chord well enough to play in a song is

difficult initially. However, this chord shape is important because IT IS

MOVABLE; YOU CAN USE IT TO PLAY OTHER CHORDS.

Once you get this chord shape down, you can move it up

the fret board one-half step to play the B chord.

Move the fingers another half step up and you have C chord.

There are many closed, movable chords one can learn, but I recommend you start with

Bb. References

“Rockabilly for Uke: Uke-a-billy, Vol. 1, Classic Rock n Roll....” Ukulele Zen by Stuart Fuchs at www.stufuchs.com

“Uke Syllabus: An Introduction to Basic Music Theory for the Ukulele” by Dr. Larry Martin at: http://www.lakesidepress.com/UkeSyllabus.pdf

Ukulele Chord Chart at www.Walrusproductions.com “Ukulele Aerobics” by Chad Johnson, w/CD...available through

Amazon.

“Ukulele for Dummies” Everything you wanted to know/learn. W/CD. Available at Amazon.

Hal Leonard’s “Ukulele Method Book #1” w/Lil Rev. Basic chords, strums, melody w/ tabs. Amazon

Hal Leonard’s “Ukulele Method Book #2” w/Lil Rev. Advanced chords, strums, advanced melody w/ tabs.

Hal Leonard’s “Ukulele Chords”. All chords/positions. Amazon. “Watch & Learn Ukulele Primer” w/DVD by Bert Casey Basic chords,

strums, melody

“KEEP STRUMMING”