Hey up folks, in the absence of Uketator Mick on Wednesday, he will be attending an Australia Day Awards Dinner, we will muddle on in his absence. We will continue to refine our HONK! set for the Blue Mountains Ukulele Festival on the 8th February. It's not far away. I don't think that we could improve on the perfect performance of the Swingaleles at the Illawarra folk Festival but we will try. The sound man commented on how much he enjoyed it.

Just in case you…

Congratulations to our intrepid leader, Uketator Mick Berghuis, who has been nominated for a Wollongong Council Australia Day Award for having made a positive impact to the community over the years. He will be attending the  the Australia Day Awards Dinner on Wednesday 22 January. The dinner will be hosted by the Lord Mayor, and Australia Day Ambassador Nikki Gemmell. We wish him well on his nomination.

I forgot to mention to bring along Raymondo’s and the Blue Mountains Rock and Roll book

M.B

UseMy generous Swingaleles 

The unanimous decision to donate to the bushfire appeal shows once again the spirit of our club. In our own way, we are a very community minded ukulele group, with our members playing in retirement homes, supporting charities, and always being available for some worthwhile cause. This weekend we are playing at the Illawarra Folk Fest. The songs we will play from are the list we did last week at the Honk festival plus “The Way Of A Woman In Love (353), “Son…

My wonderful  Swingaleles 

As another year beckons, we are of to a flying start, with the Honk Festival, followed by the Illawarra Folk Festival. We will use the following songs as our base repertoire, adding or replacing songs as they come up. 1 Bohemian Rhapsody/Radio Ga Ga (395/391), 2 Chattanooga Choo Choo (375), 3 Islands In The Stream (346), 4 C Jam Blues (372A), 5. Six345789 (312) 6 In The Mood (367C) 7 Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (370A) 8 The Letter (396). 9 Rainy Day Women (286).…

My Wonderful Swingaleles 

It’s been a wonderful year musically, and I can only see it getting better and better with all the various splinter groups forming. I wish you all the best for the season, and once a day play Raymondo’s chord book 5 times to keep your fingers nimble.