Thankyou! The Blue Mountains

Ukulele Festival would like to thank

all those who help to make this

great festival happen;

• The Blue Mountains Ukulele

Group,

• Our venues including the

Carrington Hotel, the Blue

Mountains Cultural Centre

and the Paragon Cafe

• Our artists and graphic

designers

• Most of all, the volunteers,

who give up their time to help

make sure everyone has a

great time.

Welcome to the sixth annual Blue Mountains Ukulele Festival. This year, with the festival being on the weekend of both

Friday the 13th and Valentine’s Day, we have gone with the theme of “spooky love”. Our festival has never been bigger,

with over 120 acts across 9 stages. You can see acts ranging from pop, to folk, to jazz, to punk, to classical. Take the

time to scan our program and plan your time to catch as many of our great acts as you can. We hope you have a great

time here in the beautiful Blue Mountains.

Our festival is free. This is a point of pride to us as we want as many people as possible to access the joy that is the

ukulele. We would like to thank all of our sponsors their support is vital to the continued existence of our festival. We

encourage you to seek out our sponsors and support them as they have supported us. We have a fantastic raffle with

some great prizes this year, so c’mon catch up with out our raffle ticket sellers and buy some tickets. Who knows, you

might get lucky! We also have a wide range of Festival merchandise. This year you can buy items including t-shirts,

stubby holders and lapel pins. Make sure you check out our merchandise tables and take home some stuff to help you

remember the great times you had here at the (still free!) Sixth Annual Blue Mountains Ukulele Festival. You will find a

donation box on each stage. If you enjoy your time here at the festival, think about putting some money in. You will be

helping our volunteers (no-one organising this amazing event is getting paid), helping cover our bills and making sure that

we can continue to do this year after year.

The Blue Mountains Ukulele Group would like to thank all the performers who are playing this year. We know that you

30 minutes with Irving Berlin....A "30 minute" bio of Irving Berlin, punctuated with songs from his repertoire performed by some of my friends

80's One Hit Wonders - One hit wonders from the 80s (plus a few others). Take half a dozen ukes, songs like Tainted Love, My Sharona, Centrefold and Come on Eileen, a bucket of fun and the possible appearance of a Wonder Woman outfit and you have our act (or something like it)

Albion Park Aristocrats - An interesting blend of genres, our music is heavily influenced by everything except hip hop. The audience will have the opportunity to sing along with some of their favourites songs interpreted for ukulele. And expect something eclectic as well.

And Your Bird Can Sing - With almost 30 years of music experience, and having been brought up surrounded by many genres of music, Alex describes herself as 50% eclectic, 50% eccentric with a serious soft spot for The Beatles. Both vocally and musically, this is what she delivers: from gutsy blues to sweet ballads and a good dose of humour... this quirky bird certainly CAN sing, and will be providing the perfect soundtrack for valentine’s day - The summer of love, psychedelia. Come and enjoy a laid back, cruisy set!

Andrew Smith - Andrew likes to explore the many moods that the Ukulele can express. He is particularly interested in fingerpicking on the ukulele which gives more intimacy to the songs he performs. He also likes to arrange solo ukulele pieces.

Andy Dyson - Inspired by world music, including influences of gypsy and flamenco, this long-time guitar player bring a fresh new sound to the ukulele.

ANZUKERS - One Aussie and two Kiwis who have been playing music together for nearly 50 years

Aubrey and Purton - Dennis Aubrey and Peter Purton are regular performers at the Festival. They can be seen playing at pubs, clubs, private parties, ukulele and community events in and around Sydney.

Biff McGee - A drop of Irish Craic

Big Bamboo Too - are bawdy balladeers who perform songs that may best be described as ribald classics. Their songs are rated M [for mature audiences], but certainly not R. Their emphasis is on fun, but not to shock, merely to titillate.

Bird n Beast - perform a medley of WW1 poems written by Kevin’s great uncle Alf, and their own songs that combine to compliment a compelling tale of life, love, loss and war and hope.

BIRTH - We are Naoko and Tonzy from the band BIRTH, based in Osaka, Japan. Our performance is our own original acoustic ukulele sounds. We have performed in Japan, Hawaii, and Australia over the last few years.

Blue Mystics - We play a variety of songs mostly from the Blue Mugs song books. We sometimes add sound effects and we like to "theme dress”. Our ages range from late 40's to 80's.

Bums: Anything Goes - We perform an eclectic mix of music: early jazz through rock ‘n’ roll, disco, and pop. Based around ukuleles, vocals and ukulele bass, we add percussion, harmonica, and woodwind. We are always looking for “something different” to spice up our show.

Cameron Murray - has been playing the ukulele and uke-banjo for about 25 years. A George Formby-like strummer and occasional picker, he enjoys performing original songs, as well as classic tunes from the 1920s and ’30s.

Central Coast Ukulele Club - Effervescent, happy and always entertaining ukulele group from the beautiful Central Coast region. Formed just over 3 years ago the hard working community based group have, performed nationally and internationally gaining an incredible reputation.

Champagne Tastes ... on a Beer Budget.... one fine dame and her ukulele swinging old and new tunes with a retro feel.

Charles and Yolanda - In January 2002, Rose Turtle Ertler laid the foundation for the uke movement in Australia when she hosted Ukulele Land. We would like to continue this culture at the Blue Mountains Ukulele Festival again this year, with Songs from the Swing and Bebop Era.

Clarence Kiyoshi Hirakawa - Ukulele player directly from Tokyo, Japan along with a local backing group of performers, will share their music with us here at

Katoomba. Clarence is known as the best ukulele player in Japan, and has played at the Ukulele festival in Honolulu, Hawaii for many years.

Cosmic Space Warriors - Cosmic Loopz

Cover Sheets - Variety of generation-x and semi modern greatest hits and number 1 singles

CSUkes - Charles Sturt University Ukulele Group - A bunch of academics and university boffins playing their favourite top ten, hippy trippy, underground, overground, grousest songs.

Dave Favours - Raucous alt-country singer/songwriter and former member of country Rockers, The Delivery, returns for his second appearance at the Blue Mountains Ukulele Festival, where he will be performing a mix of originals and covers on ukulele and harmonica.

Dennis Aubrey Shopworkers - A group of people from the Inner West of Sydney who have played at the Festival for the last 2 years.

DoUG - a quintessential Australian name for a ukulele group. It is entirely accidental that we share the brand with Doug Walters, Dungog's famous cricketing son. But we do have some things in common. We play. And when in form, we're great!

Duke and the Dragan - Instrumental duo tackling some frenetic Hawaiian stuff and some tasteful arrangements of some familiar classics

Feisty Ukes - Feisty, funky and fun music to sing, dance and play along with

Fourte - From Sting to the Doobie Brothers, Eva Cassidy to Adele, Fourte love to play music together on a Friday nights after a long week at work. Their sing-a-long style covers decades of great hits with 3 part harmonies and various skill sets on the ukes.

Frankly My Dear - formed in the spring of 2014. A revenge-plot. An uprising against the proverbial snake-in-the-grass. Bonding over a dislike of the ringing telephone and an adoration for Swiss cheese, they stand in the dust bowl of this planet

Freestyle - Having seen the light and adopted the Ukulele while the guitars gather dust, Brian Free (aka 'Freestyle') will deliver some pop, rock and folk songs from Paul Kelly, Bob Dylan, Eddie Vedder, Neil Finn, and who knows what else?

Gollagher Ross - Playing mostly original music covering a diverse range of styles including jazz, modern folk, pop, and even movie theme soundscapes.

Grandma Schneider and Her Orthopeedics - Grandma Schneider is a living legend who has continued to perform since her start in vaudeville with Gypsy Rose Lee.

Grazing Hawley/Chips and Salad - Uke, Bass and Drums hit the stage with energy-rich originals and some old favs.

Hornsby Berowra Ukelele Club - was created in 2011 by the late David Kesby and Meg Molloy, started with just 4 members, we now enjoy a membership of 92

Jack, Jel and Danielle - Three ukulele musicians from Newcastle (formerly called SQ3 but what a stupid name!!); who play mostly upbeat and/or beautiful originals with funky bass lines, groove strumming and three part harmonies, plus a few well-chosen covers they make their own.

James Newbold - Classical Ukulele - James plays his own arrangements of classical pieces on ukulele. He plays with a depth of feeling that belies his years. His performances have been a highlight of the past 3 Festivals. James plays a custom built Isaac Ware Cutaway Tenor.

Jazz Hands - Music has always been a huge part of my life playing guitar at an early age acquiring a treasured gift of playing by ear, so playing at concerts, in bands, choirs and musical theatre has always been easy, exciting and fun. I always say 'so many instruments, so little time', playing guitar/ukulele/harmonica/bass & stomp box, singing covers, originals, and perform instrumentals in jazz: Girl form Ipenema; Take Five and more modern pieces such as those played by Jake Shimabukuro:(While my guitar gently weeps, Heartbeat/Dragon etc and Kalei Gamiao's: Kiss from a Rose).

Jim Fishwick - Innovator... Raconteur... Former president of the Sydney University Ukulele Society... JIM FISHWICK delivers a musical comedy riot, packing as much mirth, skill, and love as he can into four tiny strings.

Jim Wenman and Adam Robinson - Jim will present the best of his own music compositions composed on the Ukulele, Jim has written poetry for all his life and in recent years has been turning some of his poems into songs. Jim will be backed again by the bass playing of Adam Robinson.

John Tubridy - John will perform his original songs such as Not the Bloody Grandkids Again, My Mate the Bloke Next Door, his Award winning song Carefee Road and the popular Love in the Dancin.

Joy Boyz - A cheery bunch of blokes and one girl who get together to stretch their ukulele.

Lady and the Groove - is three musicians who come together to play great pop, rock, jazz and funk tunes in a ukulele-infused covers band. Derek’s tasteful drumming and Adam’s wild uBass playing provide the perfect foundation for Laura’s tasteful ukulele and amazing voice. Songs from the likes of Gnarls Barkley, Prince, David Bowie and Lilly Allen rub shoulders with jazz evergreens in their repertoire.

Lapstone Public School - has been learning the ukulele for the past two years. Grades 1-6 can get involved and we have 25% of the school involved in ukulele lessons.

Let It Ring - Lively ukulele singers & players. Finishing off with soul stomping music involving the audience in song & percussion. Bring along your spoons, or any other percussion you may have.

Little Black Ducks - are a group of uke-buddies who love to perform classic melodies from the early part of the twentieth century. We sing and play old-time gospel hymns, bluegrass standards, jazz-based melodies and protest-era folk tunes.

Los Trios Towradgi - A trio of ardent lovers of irregular strums and hearty performances.

Loveridge 'N' Son - Father (Peter) and son (Nicholas) team up to play a series of songs from their past, present and future. Some songs they wrote together, some songs they listen to and some songs they have played together for years.

LSO - the Lightly Strung Orchestra - From age 14 to 94 (almost!), this group is full of positive optimists who love giving their brains and vocal chords a total workout whilst learning a few new uke tricks along the way. Both groups provide a safe space to discover one's "musical self"!

Macarthur Ukulele Group - (a.k.a. Macarthur Uke-a-Lips) have been going for approximately 2 years. Based in the Macarthur Region of Sydney, they meet at Campbelltown RSL. Whilst they play a wide variety of material they have adopted an Australian theme.

Mark Jackson and Jane Jelbart - have been inspired by the singer song writer tradition of Americana music. For the last four years they have toured the west coast of USA and collected songs from folk music camps and blue grass sessions

Mirrabooka - meaning River of Life. Mirrabooka is a four piece acoustic band with a variety of instruments, beautiful vocal harmonies and catchy original songs and catchy covers. MIrrabooka will delight you with their melodies and rhythmic beats.

Miss Amber and Stukulele - have been hosting Uke Nights and leading the Northern Rivers Uke Orchestra in their home region of Northern New South Wales since July 2011.

Mookulele - is a group of primary school students aged from 8 to 12. We practise together every Thursday morning before school. We play a variety of music but focus on contemporary songs. Ths will be our 5th year performing at the festival.

Mr and Mrs Favours - Sydney-based alt-country singer/songwriter Dave Favours is a festival veteran. He recently came home and heard his wife playing great country covers on the ukulele and liked what he heard. Now it's her turn to share the spotlight with her husband.

mUKEas - An enthusiastic group from Wollongong looking for a chance to play "our" songs - not necessarily those fitting the 'ukulele tune' genre.

Nick Paisley - Nick performs melodic pop songs - a mix of originals from his CD "Ukulele Songs" and some well-known covers.

The Northern Rivers Uke Orchestra - pride themselves on their instrumental arrangements and original tunes. After being an open group for over 2 years the doors have closed in order to perfect an act (still in progress). The have played many a festival.

Ohana - Chilled out tunes and twisted covers not usually heard on a ukulele!

Paddy McGinty and the Ukulele Shillelagh's - High energy Irish Craic

Plastered Bastard Sisters - Kylie Brickhill and Lisbeth Dempsey combine in-your-face satirical humour with beautiful harmonies and ukulele's. The Plastered Bastard Sisters have a mile-long list of pubs, theatres and festivals they’ve played, shocked and rocked across Australia

Po'aha - We're a community group of ukesters who enjoy singing and strumming. We've been playing together for several years and do a broad range of musical styles.

Ranger John does the two Hanks - Ranger John of The Sky Riders performs the hits of Hank Williams and Hank Snow. Performing Hank Williams' many country music songs which have now become country and popular standards plus the railroad and travelling tunes of Hank Snow, The Singing Ranger.

RIVERLELE - consists of a multitalented group of 4 including Kathy, Andrew, John and Martin (on bass). Each shares a passion for their beloved Ukulele and together have performed at numerous festivals/gigs. Harmonies and upbeat songs are their specialty.

Rob & Tay - The Ukulele has been referred to as 'The Little Big Band'. Jazz musicians and Ukers, Rob and Tay put this to the test as they combine to strum out a set of jazz influenced instrumentals.

Robyn Rottinger - Active member of Hornsby/Berowra Ukulele club, and Ukemeisters, Robyn loves the uke, the happiest instrument on Earth!

Rose Turtle Ertler - is a musician and community arts facilitator who often lives in a caravan in Maldon, central Victoria. And she rather likes the ukulele. She loves it when people play it nude through distortion pedals with a Marshall stack and she loves

The Rough Diamonds - have developed from a collection of keen beginners into a group that has regularly performed on the 'Marrickville Circuit'. They have developed an approach to music that has been referred to as Glamgrass.

Beatles

SHAZ IN THE 60s - Sharyn Carr (SHAZ) is an accomplished Jazz and pop singer and she has put togethter her own ukulelel band to play her songs in her way. Fun! Happy. Unsophisticated

The Shoalhaven Jamarama Ukulele All Stars - formed five years ago and perform at nursing homes and community events. They play a variety of music from Al Jolson to ACDC and welcome new players, hosting a beginners' group every week.

SHUG - first picked up their ukuleles in a dark dungeon in coldest Siberia. They had been sent there after an assassination attempt on Vladimir Putin’s third best bear had gone terribly wrong. Once in Siberia, they intercepted a secret cache of ukuleles

South Pacific Echo - We are a group of diverse nationalities singing South Pacific Islander Songs.

Strum'n Jen and frenz - Strum'n Jen and a few close friends will show you around a few familiar tunes.

Sue Stenning - Irreverent, profound, funny, sensitive, flippant, perceptive - all words used to describe Sue Stenning’s songs. Her inspiration is drawn from the excitement and hum-drum of everyday life in the country.

The Angry Townsfolk - are made up of the Newbold family, Mum. Dad, James 17 and Patrick 14. They play a range of upbeat songs, largely inspired by the inner city scene of the 1980s.

The Blue Street Band - is a combo of Ukulele Banjolele and Double Bass. We play old favourites like Autumn Leaves, Travellin Light, All of Me and Blue Moon

The Brothers - are different from any other act you've seen because they play songs you would never expect to hear on a Ukulele including Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull & Pink Floyd just to name a few.

The Chordbusters - have a repertoire that stretches from bluegrass to jazz to bigband with a uke with pretty well every tune more than 50 years old. The combined age of the band is 146 (and there's only 2 of them) but they still very much have IT.

The Clarileles - A Happy marriage of clarinets and ukuleles that bring an interesting aspect to their performance.

The Daisy Ukes - are a foot tapping quirky retro pop harmony band

The Filthy Lukers - add a bit of fiddle, a bit of bass and some sweet harmonies on top of the instrument you all love.

The Helen Kellys - have played twice at the Blue Mountains festival. We cover songs as diverse as ac/dc, Blondie and Johnny Cash.

The Mudskippers - bring back the spirit of the 20s JUg band era with old Ragtime, New Orleans street Jazz and Jug music.

The Jumping Fleas - Superb uke playing with great vocal harmony, you’ll love all the good time songs the Jumpin’ Fleas have made their own. Songs by Kiss, Queen, ACDC, Michael Jackson, Rose Tattoo, Cold Chisel, The Rolling Stones, U2 and Elvis Costello to name just a few.

The Leichhardt International Ukestra - has been performing their enthusiastic renditions of folk and pop songs around Sydney since 2010. Led by aficionados of all things twee—Robin Dixon and Haidee Ireland—this community ensemble knits harmonies, melodica m

The Lost Wanderers - The unique sounds of our ukuleles paired with the harmonies of our voices creates an incredibly original and individual sound. We are two uni students hoping to make our impact on the music world. We play songs we enjoy & we hope you like our versions too

The Shining Wits - Original, witty* songs written by Russell, Veronica and Kenneth. *we think they're witty; nobody else does. When I told people I was going to write funny songs they laughed at me, they don't laugh now!!

The Shire-leles - A group of players and singers doing upbeat songs from the 60's, 70's and 80's

The Songbook – be prepred, this is going to be special.

The Stolen Ukulele Players - nicked members of The Helen Kelly's,Queen

Beaver and The Plastered Bastard Sisters. These gals will put on a great show with their great harmonies,rockin' ukulele's and fun stage shenanigans.

The Swingaleles - is a ukulele group that has been entertaining the citizens of Wollongong for five years. The members are also involved in taking the ukulele to schools in the area by providing ukuleles and tuition.

THE THREE Song-Breros - Light Comedy with a Latin Flavour. Enjoy harmonising vocalists Lyndey Carter & Jay Gibson on Baritone & Bass Ukes, supported by internationally acclaimed Jazz Guitarist, Josh Hindmarsh on Uke & Guitar with special guest Don Shields. Enjoy classics that will Appeal to all.

The Three Sisters - A wacky mix social commentary, comedy and song. They sing about beauty, they sing about truth, and they sing about chickens being tortured in sheds with no breezes!

The TruFFles - What do you get when you cross three ukuleles, a Hofner Bass, a love for The Beatles, and a sweet tooth? The TruFFles, that's who! The TruFFles utilise their gorgeous vocal harmonies and incredibly appropriate instrumentation (still looking for a drummer, sorry Ringo) to make the most of the fab four's legacy, including those hidden gems (diamonds?) that are rarely heard. N.B. Walrus suits not provided!

The Yorkuleles - formed in the desert areas of Southern North-East Siberia. These days, the Yorkuleles can be found lurking in the back alleys around York Public School and surprising unsuspecting victims with their sweet melodies and rhythmical strumming.

Three Gs - The band comprises a u-bass, ukuleles, banjo-uke, saxaphone, drums, other percussion instruments and vocalists. They play up-tempo songs from a variety of genres. The band won the inaugaural 2013 Ukulele JAMboree held at Riverwood Downs.

Tyrone & Lesley - gentlemen songsters with ukuleles.

U King Orchestra - A slightly off beat group of Elvis impersonators who won’t be giving up their day jobs. As seen in Memphis and Parkes (Not performing just seen in both those places)

U3+1 - Forged in a cauldron of wine, pizza, excessive laughter and rehearsing the occasional song, U3+1 will draw from their growing list of 374 songs, and hope to agree on a set list of 8. Anything could happen and probably will!

The Ukestra Ukestra - is a cross between a ukulele orchestra, a choir and a musical theatre experience from "Hair"! We play original arrangements of songs taken from all genres (including pop, folk, world music and jazz) but send them to new places and back

Uke Caramba! - Ukeleles with a Passion for Latin

Uke East Big Band - Eastern Suburbs Ukulele Club - As part of Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs Ukulele Club, The Uke East Big Band was formed in December 2012 in response to our Club's growing membership numbers. The aim of the Big Band is to provide a positive learning environment for beginners as well an opportunity to grow and perform

Uke Junction (Part of the Uke East 'Family" - Rock and Blues Band

Uke-alypts - is an enthusiastic group from Penrith Anglican College who have been performing at the Uke Festival for a few years now. They have progressed from simple 3 chord wonders, to some tricky tablature work in just a few years.

Ukestral Voices - This is a community choir with a little difference, i.e. a ukulele difference. Three to four part harmony arrangements of songs (Pop, Gospel, Jazz and World Music), but accompanied and performed on the uke and with percussion. It’s a rich vocal sound.

Ukulele au Go Go - Ann and Enid bring you the songs and sounds of the 60's girl groups. Backed up by various family members who have been given little choice in the matter. So put on your go-go boots and frug to the sensational 60's sounds of Ukulele au-Go-Go.

Ukulele Republic of Canberra (URoC) - is Canberra’s oldest community Ukulele performance group. We play and sing across a wide range of music – folk to rock, country to soul, blues to blue Hawaii. Founded in 2007, we now have well over 100 local members.

V.I.C.E. Squad - stands for Vangones Instrumental and Choral Ensemble. The Vangones are a bunch of Golden Oldie footballers attached to the Van Gogh’s Rugby Football Club. Located in Vincentia on the NSW South Coast

The Vinylz - play contemporary pop, jazz, country and soul using vocal harmonies and a variety of ukulele playing styles.

West Ryde Ukes - We are a community ukulele club from West Ryde, in Sydney's northern suburbs. Originally started by the fabulous Khristina Joy, with members from all over Sydney, we come together to play ukulele and sing. We'll be playing some favourites from our book

Willem Roorda - One man act with vocals and ukulele performing original material and covers.

The Carrington Hotel Marquee The Carrington Hotel Ballroom The Baroque Nightclub The Old City Bank Bar The Carrington Hotel Dining Room The Blue Mountains Time Blue Mountains Tourism Stage Helloworld Stage Champion Financial Stage Jack's Music Stage Lanikai Ukulele Stage Cultural Centre

9:30 Official Opening

10:00 The Yorkuleles The Blue Street Band Uke East Big Band - Eastern Suburbs Ukulele Club

10:30 Lapstone Public School Bums: Anything Goes Ukestral Voices

11:00 Mookulele - Warrimoo Public School Charles and Yolanda The Three Sisters Andrew Smith Los Trios Towradgi Jim Wenman and Adam Robinson

11:30 Uke-alypts 30 minutes with Irving Berlin.... Feisty Ukes Wildcard Let It Ring Loveridge 'N' Son

12:00 The Swingaleles Frankly My Dear Hand Cuffed and Tasered Biff McGee The Chordbusters Wildcard

12:30 SHUG Mirrabooka Hornsby Berowra Ukelele Club Cameron Murray The Lost Wanderers Mr and Mrs Favours

01:00 Lightly Strung Orchestra THE THREE Song-Breros 80's One Hit Wonders Big Bamboo Too Albion Park Aristocrats Mark Jackson and Jane Jelbart

01:30 DoUG RIVERLELE Dennis Aubrey Shopworkers Freestyle Ukulele au Go Go Plastered Bastard Sisters

02:00 mUKEas Rough Diamonds The Clarileles Andy Dyson Cover Sheets Gollagher Ross

02:30 The Shire-leles James Newbold - Classical Ukulele The Honey Drippin' Mudskippers Wildcard Grazing Hawley/Chips and Salad Ohana

03:00 Ukastle Ukestra Strum'n Jen and frenz Grandma Schneider and Her Orthopeedics

Dave Favours Rob & Tay The Brothers

03:30 URoC (Ukulele Republic of Canberra) The Songbook South Pacific Echo Nick Paisley John Tubridy Close Stage

04:00 Uke Junction (Part of the Uke East 'Family")

Joy Boyz CSUkes - Charles Sturt University ukulele group

Ranger John does the two Hanks. ANZUKES

04:30 Vice Squad The Jumping Fleas Shoalhaven Jamarama Ukulele All Stars

Robyn Rottinger The TruFFles

05:00 Central Coast Ukulele Club Wildcard Blue Mystics Rose Turtle Ertler Close Stage

05:30 West Ryde Ukes The Shining Wits Po'aha Champagne Tastes

06:00 Macarthur Uke-a-Lips Little Black Ducks SHAZ IN THE 60s Sue Stenning

06:30 Lady And The Groove The Helen Kellys Three Gs Willem Roorda

07:00 Clarence Hirakawa Fourte Uke Caramba! Aubrey and Purton

07:30 The Daisy Ukes The Stolen Ukulele Players Northern River Uke Orchestra Bird n Beast

08:00 The Angry Townsfolk Vinylz U King Orchestra BIRTH

08:30 Miss Amber and Stukulele Jazz Hands The Filthy Lukers Cosmic Space Warriors

09:00 The Leichhardt International Ukestra U3+1 Close Stage Duke and the Dragan

09:30 Tyrone & Lesley Jack, Jel and Danielle Jim Fishwick

10:00 The Blue Mugs Close Stage Close Stage

Sunday - Performances

The Carrington Hotel Marquee Time Blue Mountains Tourism Stage

10:00 Strum Along – From the Ukulele Club Songbook

10:30 And Your Bird Can Sing

11:00 Strum Along – From the Ukulele Club Songbook

11:30 Ohana

12:00 Strum Along – From the Ukulele Club Songbook

12:30 Rose Turtle Ertler

01:00 Strum Along – From the Ukulele Club Songbook

01:30 Vinylz

02:00 Strum Along – From the Ukulele Club Songbook

02:30 Paddy McGinty and the Ukulele Shillelagh's

Saturday Workshops – The Blue Mountains Cultural Centre

10:00 - Busking – Dennis Aubrey: Dennis Aubrey started busking in 1973. For many years he busked outside venues like the Hordern Pavilion at concerts all around the country, hitch hiking a quarter of a million miles in the process. Dennis will share the secrets of how to get more of those precious gold nuggets in your ukulele case and how to get the best value out of the considerable effort required to be a successful street performer.

11:00 - Alternate Tunings Workshop – Dean Newbold: "I know how to play all the chords in the book. Now what?" "I would like to write some songs, but I keep going to the same 3 chords." If either of these sounds like you, then you might want to try some different tunings. Let's face it; you have 8 ukuleles in the house; why would you have them all in the same tuning? Alternate tunings can break old habits and open up new worlds for you to explore.

12:00 - Homework (Home Recording Workshop) – Adam Robinson: This workshop will cover the basics of how to use recording software. The examples in the workshop will use Apple GarageBand (which runs on Mac and iPad/iPhone) but we’ll talk about Windows and Android as well. I don’t plan to get into lots of deep technical discussion. The aim is to get people to the point where they can start experimenting with recording their music.

1:00 - Beginners – (Ukulele John) John Chandler: An introduction to take you from a complete beginner through basic fundamentals, tips and techniques. You will have a concept of chords, ukulele song sheets, basic strums and the confidence and ability to join with others to strum your favourite tunes. Experience the fun of the ‘happiest instrument there is’.

1:45 - One Note Samba! Aye Karumba - Cath (Jazz Hands) McCourt: If you would like to drift into a new challenge of different shaped chords then Jazz is for you, where it starts and where it ends is always a mystery and it makes you want for more (and a bit of lead thrown in) plus techniques how to strum to a different beat. It will help if you already know your basic chords and can form Bar Chords as Jazz is mostly that up and down the neck, hope to see you there. From Jazz Hands

2:45 - Staging your Songs - David Megarrity: OK. You’ve got the songs down. The next step is to present your music in a way that’ll help it leap off the stage. Work and play with David Megarrity (Tyrone and Lesley) to outline a few principles to shape and frame your material for performance. Warning: may include content that seems obvious, but that nobody ever seems to mention.

Please join with the Blue MUGs to acknowledge and send a special thankyou to all the performers

who come along each year to make the Festival such a wonderful community event.

NOTICE TO ALL PATRONS

It is a condition of entry to the Venue (including all areas under the control of the Venue

owner or hirer.) that patrons agree:

1. not to bring into the Venue any photographic, video or audio recording equipment for

any purpose other than private non-commercial purposes, which may include, without

limitation, video and/or audio recorders, camera tripods, monopods or lenses with a

total focal strength of greater than 200mm and commercial digital video equipment;

2. not to (i) make any recording or take any photograph for anything other than private

non-commercial purposes or (ii) sell, license or otherwise publish, disseminate or

reproduce (or permit such), whether in whole or in part, any recordings taken or made

inside the Venue (including, without limitation, photographs, video recordings or sound

recordings) without the prior written consent of The Blue Mountains Ukulele Group

Incorporated;

3. all patrons must adhere to our copyright rules that photographs are for private and

domestic use only. They cannot be resold, copied/scanned or displayed in a public

place (including in public areas in a place of business) or republished in any way

(including in digital format or on websites or the internet) without written permission of

The Blue Mountains Ukulele Group Incorporated. A fee may apply.

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