This Thursday I will bid my younger son as he travels down to Swansea to begin his University course. So with that in mind here is this weeks image: That then lead me to think that we should do some songs based around journeys, roads, Wales, etc. We had a gig recently and those of us on the WhatsApp will have seen some comments on there. I do feel that we should remind ourselves that this is something that we do for fun and we should not be too hard on anyone if things are no

It's nearly time again for us all to meet up once more. I am always aware that people come to the club for a variety of reasons. It could just be the social interactions. It could be to improve their ukulele playing, or to build towards our next performance. And, while we will practice a song or two now and again, I will always try to keep the majority of the night for the club in general. The event in the Town Hall that is coming up on the 8th of October and the theme if the

Sometimes the week goes by quickly and then sometimes it just blitzes by and it is nearly Thursday and I haven't sent the email out yet! When it gets like that it is good to know that there is a time to sit back and just enjoy the scenery for a bit. To allow for a small oasis of calm amidst the storm. So what is my plan for this week? Well! Errr.... Um... I am going to leave it somewhat loose this week. Richard has been working on a couple of songs that we have done recently

Well I hope everyone has had an amazing summer break! We start back this week so I want to keep it simple. I don't have any gigs on the calendar that we need to look at so we can just relax and enjoy ourselves. {Edit: err, we do actually on the 11th September. If we need to go through a song or two for that, then we can of course take a look.} Song List: C'min Everybody Da Doo Ron Ron Wonderful Tonight Any Dream Will Do Don't Worry Be Happy Living Next Door to Alice Five Foot

It's Party Time! As it is a party week, you do not have to pay this week. We just come together for some fun. I will have slips of paper that people can write on. So what to write? Well, you could just ask for a song. We will set up the projector and I will man the laptop. If you choose a song, you are welcome to try leading it if you wish, or I will do so. However, you could offer a performance. This could be anything. A song, a short anecdote or story, or a poem. It can be

School's Out for Summer! Now, there's a song we could try! Maybe. Well, in case you were not aware, school is over for the summer. What better time for another lesson from Richard! So to mark the end of term and the beginning of the holidays I thought we would try songs on that theme. Song List In the Summertime Holiday Summer Holiday What a Wonderful World Another Brick in the Wall You are My Sunshine Maggie May Common People Lyin Eyes Perfect Mad World Rockin In The Free Wo

With all this heat I hope that we have had opportunities to enjoy being outside in the fresh air. For me that would mainly be in the shade. We are also closing in on our Summer party, so if you are bringing food then please let us know on the WhatsApp feed. Or email one of us so that we can add it on your behalf. We will continue to look at Perfect by Ed Sheeran. I think we are making real progress here. Should we also look at A Little Respect too? I will leave that to the g

Well, I went a wandering earlier this week and we also missed a couple of songs from the end of last week, so I thought I would add them in. We'll also take another look at our newer songs. Song List These Boots are Made for Walking This Land is Your Land Country Roads King of the Road Down By The Riverside I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) Skipton Woods Wild Mountain Thyme Perfect A Little Respect Fields of Athenry Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head Fields of Gold Wild Rover The main

What a week we have for you this time! We have some newer songs to look at and may also have a look at a couple that we are doing for the Craven Open Door gig on the 14th. We also have another workshop from Richard. Can you guess the theme this time? The topic is Keys and Scales. A am sure that it will be a sharp delivery with no major issues. Although you can go flat with a minor one. If you have the handout that Richard gave out, please bring it along. Failing that you can

"It's getting hot in here...." Well that is as far as I am taking that song anyway. Blimey it is hot. I hope that everyone is staying cool and hydrated in this weather. This weekend will also be when I do the Total Warrior muddy assault course in Bramham Park. Looks like decent weather for that as well. Unfortunately, I will not be there this week. As such I need to leave it to you all to keep things rolling. Perhaps songs with the sun in it? Or rain? I leave it all to you am

It is Pride Month. A time when people are encouraged to take pride in who they are. And we should also take pride in who we are! It was a fantastic time on the float and we had plenty in the crowd singing along and smiling with us. So I thought that this week I would select some songs that perhaps reference pride in all its forms. I will be stretching fro some of those song choices though! I have also had a couple of requests for songs to look at. A new one and one we have on

Another week rolls round. We are building up to the Gala in a week or two so we will run through the five songs for that, but then we need to fill up the rest of the time. I was trying to come up with something and couldn't think of a theme as such, so I went foraging through our library to see what I could see. The list below is a result of that. A lot of songs that are a little fresher to the group, but I thought we did a reasonable job of. Song List Mustang Sally Chasing C

The heat is on, it's on the streets. It was nice to feel the heat, but there are limits too! Hopefully people were able to keep cool enough, The only songs that we will definitely look at are ones for the Gala. Not looking to spend loads of time on them, but just to keep them ticking along. Song List: Under the Boardwalk Into the Sun Here Comes the Sun Mamma Mia You Are My Sunshine Top of the World We’d like to Teach the World to Sing Rocking Allover the World San Francisco B

"We don't need no education...." Well actually, I think we can always learn something and this week Richard is going to be going through some things with us. So we will have a general session to start and Richard will go through some things after the tea break. I have looked out songs that feature school in them in some way. I have then picked out some that have World in them to go with the Ukuleles that are being decorated. Some of them are new and will need a sheet to be wr

We have a gig at the weekend, and while we are not all going down to the Mill, we will go through the songs on the set list. They are all really well known, so they should be a fun strum. Not too tricky either. Song List: Bring Me Sunshine Happy Together Scarborough Fair All I Have To Do Is Dream All My Loving Black Hills of Dakota Bad Moon Rising Dedicated Follower of Fashion Sway Octopus' Garden Mull of Kintyre Singing the Blues Half the World Away Sunny Afternoon We can th

I managed to resist the urge to reference Star Wars day. Almost... Well another week rolls by and we will be meeting up once more for some singing and playing together. This weekend I will be the Race Director for our local Parkrun, so that is the image. I did look for songs with Run in the title, but we do not seem to have more than a couple. Perhaps we can search some out for another night. Last week I was handed a list of great songs along with some ideas as to what we cou

We are heading into another week and this week we will have an honoured guest. Bill is coming to see us. With that in mind, we will be trying to select some of his favourites. I also think that we will try to just have a nice broad mix of songs. There will be a list below, but there will also be a chance for people to ask for some tracks too I think. Song List Danny Boy C'mon Everybody Georgie Girl Good Luck Charm The Very Thought of You Heart of my Heart I Saw Her Standing T

As the world welcomed back the crew of the Artemis II mission, I welcome you all back to our wonderful club. And with that thought in my mind, there will be a theme this week of Space and the Moon. So songs featuring the moon or astronauts and the like. We have a fair few in our library already, but we may add some extras in as well. Song List: Bad Moon Rising Blue Moon (D) Carolina Moon Catch a Falling Star I'm the Urban Spaceman Man on the Moon Monty Python's Galaxy Song Mo

It is our last night before our Easter break. We will be meeting again on the 16th April. As is usual at times like this we tend to have a looser night. If anyone has a floor spot they would like to share then tonight is the night! Failing that, I will be calling on you to supply song suggestions. No themes, just a fun strum. That being said, we may play any songs that we have recently re-drafted as well as playing Circle Game. We should also think about what song we want to

Well if it isn't just after St. Patrick' Day? It would be a shame if we did not mark it in some suitable fashion with a song or two from or about the emerald isle. So we will include as many as we can. We have a few on our own library and we surely can try to add some more I reckon. To be sure. We will also take another look at "Circle Game" as it is our song for the month so we can really get to grips with it. We will keep the learning or practice to the early part of the ev