Promoting the UKElele by Playing It!

"People who play the ukulele seem to have a good sense of humor about themselves, their music and about life. The uke, in and of itself, is a contradiction. It is a serious instrument with a playful attitude... It's more than a tiny musical instrument…it's a state of mind."

Check out the workshops on the coming events page.

Glen Rose and Victoria Vox!!!!

In August we meet on the 5th, the first Thursday night at

Northridge Music...

We will need idea's on which songs to play, so we can all practise up ahead of time. SO.... if you have suggestions, please email me at stuherreid@yahoo.com with your suggestions!

See ya on August 5th?

Stu

Come join us at the new uke club here at Ukelele University!

We have started a brand new Ukulele Club here in the Sacramento, CA. area.

We will meet the 1st Thursday night of each month

at Northridge Music, located in Citrus Heights, at Greenback and Sunrise, at 6:30 P.M. til 8:00

(see map below)

Our goal is 3 fold:

1) Promote the playing of this fine little instrument we call the Ukulele...

2) To see some groups form and eventually play out...

3) HAVE FUN!!!!!!!!

How does it work?:

We have scored the Santa Cruz Ukulele Club Songbooks, and will be playing out of those. The CD ROM is available for free at each meeting. (You will need to print it out yourself, as it is 400 songs!)

We will be playing some oldies, some contemporary, some classics, a little bit of everything. If you have any songs you would like to play, make some copies for the rest of us, and together we will make some beautiful music...

The cost:

We charge $2.00 per month for dues. This covers the cost of the studio rental, as well as the website costs and other misc expenses. This will probably go down as our membership grows...

We value your input:

Being as this is a brand new venture, we are open to idea's and suggestions. If you have been involved in a musical club of some kind, and wish to share your positives and negatives with us, please use this email address and let us know of your experiences: stuherreid@yahoo.com Please put Ukelele Club in the subject line so it will get read. (I get a LOT of spam...)

The Small Print:

We are starting this club to be FUN! And that means: no politics, no attitudes, no ego's allowed. All members will be asked to come expecting to contribute to the overall goals of the club. Policies and procedures will be changed and improved as they are deemed nessasary.

In a nut shell, common sense will be the prevailing theme of this club... Kapesh?

One Last Thing:

We know the correct way to spell Ukelele is: UKULELE, (with a "U", not an "E",but UKULELEUNIVERSITY.com was taken, so we decided to use the

"other" spelling: UKELELE

About Us

My name is Stu Herreid, and I will be heading up UKElele University.I teach 5 String Banjo, Mandolin, Ukulele, Guitar, and Bass at Northridge Music here in Citrus Heights. (Here's a link to my Teachers Page...)

http://www.northridgemusic.com/teacherSHerreid.html

I am 54 years young, and have been playing for years, and recently, I was bit by the ukulele bug! I can't get enough of them... I own 5 uke's, and have just bought the new Kala U-Bass, which is the COOLEST bass I have ever seen!!!!!

My hope is that this Ukulele University explodes and we have more Ukulele players than we know what to do with. All types of Ukulele's are accepted and encouraged: baritone, tenor, soprano, concert, resonator, banjo ukes, even slide ukes! The more, the merrier.