World Play Your Ukulele Day
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WORLD PLAY YOUR UKULELE DAY
If you have a ukulele and love to play, join us on February 2 as we play popular uke songs together with uke players around the world!
Every year on February 2nd, World Play Your Ukulele Day encourages ukulele players all across the world to get together and play!
People around the world celebrate the day under the slogan, "bring the world together, four strings at a time."
This year we will gather both in-person at Spotlight and remotely through Zoom with others around the world to play popular ukulele songs together! Music will be shared before the celebration to give everyone a chance to practice, but don't worry - the songs aren't difficult. You might have already played a few of them already!
We will be going live through Social Media for those who want to see the event!
This is an event for ALL SKILL LEVELS, from beginner to advanced. The songs we will be playing are:
Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole)
Someone to Lava (Disney)
Riptide (Vance Joy)
Hey There Delilah (Plain White T's)
Can't Help Falling In Love (Elvis Presley/21 Pilots)
WORLD PLAY YOUR UKULELE DAY HISTORY
Mike Lynch, also known as "Ukulele Mike" established World Play Your Ukulele Day in 2011. Lynch was a school teacher who also taught people how to play the ukulele online. He believed the ukulele to be the true instrument of peace. Ukulele Mike passed away on January 2, 2018. His memory lives on through World Play Your Ukulele Day.
WHEN: Wednesday February 2 at 8:30pm
WHERE: Spotlight Studios, 3 Railroad St in Fairport
OR Online through Zoom
Please RSVP by email to john.barthelmes@gmail.com. The music will be share along with a zoom link for those joining us remotely.
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