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2010 Calendar
Summary
| Date | Artist | Event |
| September 1-6 | Strawberry Music Festival | |
| September 10-12 | Wine Country Ukulele Festival | |
| September 24 | Aldrine Guerrero | Evening Concert |
| September 26 | Movie |
"Mighty Uke" Screening at the Castro Theatre |
| 1st, 3rd and 5th Wed. each Month | Everyone |
Beginner Group Ukulele Lessons |
| 1st & 3rd Monday each Month NEW! | Everyone |
Advance Beginner -
Track 1 Group Ukulele Lessons |
| 2nd & 4th Monday each Month NEW! | Everyone |
Advance Beginner -
Track 2 Group Ukulele Lessons |
| 2nd & 4th Wed. each Month | Everyone | Berkeley Ukulele Club |
DaSilva Ukulele Co.
2547 8th Street, Suite 28
Berkeley, CA 94710
510 649-1548
email: mike@ukemaker.com
Copyright
@ 2010 Michael DaSilva
All Rights Reserved
Directions to DaSilva Ukulele Co.
From
the North: 80/580 – University exit, East on University, Rt. on 6th,
Lft. on Dwight, Rt. on 8th.
From
the South:
80/580 – Ashby exit, East on Ashby, Left on 7th, Rt. on
Parker, Left on 8th.
Enter at Bay 3 and look for #28.
Details
September
Strawberry Music
Festival
Camp Mather, Yosemite, California
Thursday,
September 2 - Monday, September 6, 2010
My new semi-annual venture to the Sierra Nevada for several days of superb stage music and more than lots of jammin' with beautiful mountain scenery and delightful camping and many, many friends. Check it out at - http://www.strawberrymusic.com.
3rd Annual Wine
Country Ukulele Festival
Napa Valley, California
Friday,
September 10 - Sunday, September 12,
2010
James Hill, Ralph Shaw, Del Rey, Victoria Vox, Gerald Ross, Hula Honeys, Kimo Hussey, Ukulele Bartt, Jim D'Ville, Liko Puha, Brook Adams, Faith Ako, Steven Espaniola and many others will be there. Workshops, concerts, luau, ukulele vendors and more. And did I mention the main location is the Beringer Winery? I'm not going to miss it!
For
workshop signups, tickets and info go to:
http://winecountryukefest.com
Aldrine Guerrero
in Concert
DaSilva Ukulele Co., Berkeley, California
Friday,
September 24
7:00 pm, Please note the earlier than usual start time.
$20 cash or check at the door.
The musical powerhouse of the top ukulele players website - Ukulele Underground will be at DaSilva Ukulele Co. to entertain, dazzle and charm us with his ukulele playing and vocal talents. I am sure the local Ukulele Underground contingent will show up in droves, but I bet there are many others that would thoroughly enjoy this show.
Have doubts? Just visit www.ukuleleunderground.com and you'll see and hear Aldrine hard at work, teaching and performing, via online video like no one else can.
"Mighty Uke - The
Amazing Comeback of a Musical Underdog"
Ukulele Documentary Movie Screening
&
Guinness World Record Attempt !!!!!
Castro Theater, San Francisco California
Sunday,
September 26
Have not
seen the movie? What better place than the Castro Theater
and I am sure you will want your own copy later - with lots of
extras!
Just go to
http://mightyukemovie.com
for ordering
info. The DVD extras include:
Your First Uke Lesson, with virtuoso James Hill
MIGHTY UKE SHORTS
Nine Short Films about the Ukulele
1) The Uke Saved Martin Guitars
2) The Ukulele of the Future
3) Ukes for Peace in the Middle East
4) Bosko and Honey's Ukulele Safari
5) The Strum Bums of Grass Valley
6) On the Road with Victoria Vox
7) Connecting with the Big People
8) The Boy who Loved George Formby
9) Reviving the Music of Old Hawaii
Ongoing Events
Berkeley Ukulele Club
2nd and 4th Wednesday of
each month. Please note new start time.
6:30pm - Beginner session
(Instruction for beginners)
7:00 pm - Regular session
Berkeley Ukulele Club
Have fun, learn how to play, and grow as musicians. We meet on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month. We meet at DaSilva Ukulele Co. which has easy parking, lots of room, lots of chairs, lots of ukuleles and other instruments and no noise level restrictions.
As many have found out, the ukulele is a wonderful instrument for all music levels. Whether you are a beginner or seasoned player, please join us twice a month to share songs, techniques and music and uke talk. Everyone is welcome - if you don't own an instrument or have never played one, this is a great way to find out about them and an easy way to learn. There will definitely be ukuleles at the meeting for you to try out. If you have been playing for awhile, there is no better way to expand your music horizons by meeting and playing with others and also sharing what you know.
There is no cost to attend, no need to signup. Just visit when you can.
There will be prepared songs with handouts to sing and strum with but please bring music and ideas with you.
Next Club Meetings
September 8, 2010
September 22, 2010 (Quarterly Potluck and Open Mic!!!)
October 13, 2010
October 27, 2010
November 10, 2010
November 24, 2010
December 8, 2010
December 22, 2010 (Holiday Potluck and Open Mic!!!)
Group Ukulele Lessons
Beginner Ukulele Lessons
1st, 3rd
and 5th (when there is one) Wednesday of each month.
6:30 pm - 8:30pm
$10
Basic Instruction on How To Play the Ukulele
Want to learn the basics of playing a ukulele? How to learn chords? How to strum? How to play different picking styles? Need playing exercises to improve your technique? Just drop in to our new classes, no signup necessary.
Upcoming Classes
August 31, 2010
September 15, 2010
September 29, 2010
October 6, 2010
October 20, 2010
November 3, 2010
November 17, 2010
December 1, 2010
December 15, 2010
December 29, 2010
Advanced Beginner Ukulele Lessons
Track 1 - 1st and 3rd
Monday of each month.
6:30 pm - 8:30pm
$10
Track 2 - 2nd and 4th
Monday of each month.
6:30 pm - 8:30pm
$10
Advanced Beginner
Instruction
or
How To Make the Music Your Own
Now that you know the basics you are ready to select the songs you want to play and craft your own style. We'll help you do that by teaching you easily learned but tasty techniques for adding some variety to your playing. We'll teach additional strums, basic fingerpicking and embellishment techniques, demonstrate and practice simple improvisation tricks while we explore different musical styles, how to listen and transcribe songs, as well discover how applied music theory can simplify the ukulele fretboard.
Each track will explore similar techniques but will utilize different music styles and songs. This will allow the more adventurous to attend every week with lots of material to work on, or allow the player with limited practice time to learn the same techniques but only meet twice a month.
We'll be mixing up the techniques quite a bit, and always include basic lessons, so no need to have any prior sessions under your belt. Just drop in to any class, no signup necessary.
First session is on the Monday following Labor Day, 2010
Upcoming Classes
Track 2 - September 13 & 27, 2010
Track 1 - September 20, 2010
Track 1 - October 3 & 17, 2010
Track 2 - October 10 $ 24, 2010
Track 1 - November 3 & 17, 2010
Track 2 - November 10 $ 24, 2010
Track 1 - December 3 & 17, 2010
Track 2 - December 10 $ 24, 2010