The 4th International Ukulele Ceilidh

The 4th International Ukulele Ceilidh takes place in Liverpool, NS from October 20th-23rd, 2011. All Ceilidh activities will be held at White Point Beach Resort. The Ukulele Ceilidh features workshops and performances from some of the best and brightest in the ukulele world including: Chalmers Doane James Hill Ken Middleton Manitoba Hal (Hal Brolund) Lil Rev [...]

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HUG Gig with Ryan MacGrath at the Seahorse

HUG has been invited to play with Ryan MacGrath at The Seahorse on Saturday, February 12. I have sent out an online sign-up list through a Facebook and email message. Please sign-up if you plan to go so I can give Ryan some sense of the numbers. Here are the details: Please arrive by 10:30 pm. [...]

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HUG at Nocturne

We were like rock stars: after a while we weren’t even sure what city we were playing in. What a great turn-out by HUG members. At one point, there were about 30 ukuleles! The audience were great.

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Our First Official Gig! – The Nocturne Festival

*** Another schedule change: We are going back to our original time slot, starting with the 8:15 ferry from Halifax and playing until 9:12. If possible, we have also been asked if we can play a little longer (for another two ferry rides, ending back in Halifax at 9:42). I say we go for it. [...]

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Upcoming HUG Events

Next HUG Gathering: Our next HUG ukapalooza is Monday, October 4th at the Celtic Corner (7-9pm). Bring your friends and bring your ukes! The HUG gig for the Nocturne Festival is: Saturday, October 16, 2010 Halifax-Dartmouth Ferry 8:15-9:15pm Set up at 7:45pm on Halifax side (If you are coming from Dartmouth, hop on the ferry [...]

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Night of the Uke – May 7

Don’t miss this great Uke event on Friday, May 7 at the Company House on Gottingen Street. The gig starts at 8:00 pm and features the talents of Manitoba Hal, Ukulele Mike and Rev Hank $8 without a uke $6 with a uke

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James Hill Workshop – Saturday, March 27

James Hill will be giving a free public ukulele workshop in Halifax and you’re invited! When: Saturday, March 27, 2010. 3pm-4:30pm Where: Long & McQuade Music, 6065 Cunard Street, Halifax You’ll meet like-minded people, learn at least two great arrangements and pick up new tricks and ideas along the way. See you there!

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HUG members invited to play with Matt Mays at Canoe ’09

The Halifax Ukulele Club has been invited to play a song with Matt Mays at the big Canoe ’09 concert on Friday night (August 14). It’s very short notice, but Matt and the boys would love to have as many uke players out as possible. And when I say as many as possible, I mean [...]

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Pacific Curls at Kings Theatre (Annapolis Royal)

Mark the date on your calendar and tell all your ukie friends. The Pacific Curls is a trio from New Zealand who play Celtic/Maori fusion on ukuleles and fiddle (and other instruments). Here is the King’s Theatre (Annapolis Royal) web site blurb: http://www.kingstheatre.ca/process.cgi?file=/var/www/webwrite/kingstheatre.ca/htdocs/templates/t_event.html&id=823 and here’s the band web site where you can listen to some [...]

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John Kavanagh Memorial Concert

Here is the info from the Facebook  site regarding the memorial concert for John Kavanagh. The date of the concert is Saturday, June 13 and takes place at the Ross Creek Centre for the Arts. Click HERE for directions. Here is a tentative set list. TIMES ARE APPROXIMATE ONLY. A BIG list will be posted at [...]

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