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 of their tunes:
http://www.pacificcurls.com/

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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 Ross [...]

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James Hill CD Launch concert

If you haven’t heard yet, there will be a show at the Marigold Theatre in Truro, Saturday 28 February,  as a preview launch of James Hill and Anne Davidson’s new CD True Love Don’t Weep.  There will be guests on stage, including Chalmers Doane and John Kavanagh. 
Songs of life, death, love, longing, and jubilation [...]

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South Shore Shindig

Sorry I missed the July 7th meeting. I want to make sure you all know about the Kitchen Party at Lane’s in Liverpool, on the 20th. It’s a fundraiser for the 2009 Ukulele Ceilidh, and a good chance to hear some music and meet some uke players, including the Ceilidh crowd:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=33895487104
It should be fun – [...]

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