Event

2nd Annual Belfast Ukulele Picnic

NOTE: WHEN WORKSHOPS ARE SOLD OUT ONLINE, THERE WILL STILL BE 5 SPOTS REMAINING IN WORKSHOPS THE DAY OF THE EVENT!!!!!

Who's Playing When at the Picnic 2015?
($10 Suggested Donation at the Gate, $20 for Families)

10:00 am - Acadia
11:00 am - Falmouth Library Flukes
12:00 pm - Open Mic Hour
1:00 pm - Peaks Island
2:00 pm. - Farmington Plinksters
2:45 pm. - Hula Dancers
3:15 pm - Vally of the Stars Ukulele Social Club
4:00 pm - John Hicks
5:00 pm - Dos Ekies
6:00 pm - Audience Strum session.

Workshop Schedule:
($10 in advance online, $15 the day of - registration is limited!)

10:00 The Ukulele: Meet Your New Friend!
Taught by Frets Halligan
Here's your opportunity to get a taste of the ukulele and walk out strumming! Loaner ukuleles will be available for those folks who are ukeless.

1:00 Voice Leading
Taught by John Hicks
Turn your ukulele into more than a collection of strings, but a versatile four-voice choir capable of amazing harmonic journeys. Workshop participants will develop an approach to playing "up the neck" that can be used to create their own chord and melody arrangements. Special emphasis will be placed on turn-arounds, vamps and introductions used in the music of the 1920s and '30s, and some written material will be provided. Facility with movable chord forms (7th's, 6's, diminished) and a C-tuned uke required.

2:00 Uke a la Smeck
Taught by Joel Eckhaus
This workshop will include various right hand strums, Smeck tricks (Roy Smeck, the "Wizard of the Strings"), and a basic chord melody thing like five foot two or 12th st. rag.