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Welcome to the Portland Ukulele Association (PUA)
Dedicated to the fun and fellowship of ukulele playing since 2002

Next PUA gathering:

Sunday • February 12 • 1:30-3:30 p.m. $5 : St. David's Episcopal Church Community Hall, 2800 SE Harrison - in the Hawthorne district (Harrison is 4 blocks south of Hawthorne at 28th).

PUA meets on the second Sunday monthly 2012 season. February 12, March 11, April 8, May 1, June 10.  (No gathering in July and August).

Coming Soon!

First Saturday Ukulele workshops

with Marianne Brogan at  Artichoke Music

Next: February 4 -- 10--10:45 a.m.

Introduction to the Ukulele

This is an elementary introduction to playing the ukulele. Loaner instruments available, no prior experience expected. Artichoke Music. Drop-in. No registration required. $10

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11a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Beginner's Jam (Teacher: Marianne Brogan): 3-4 chord songs, emphasis on rhythm, strumming and chord strategy. Drop-in. No registration required. $10

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Jam By Ear Workshop with Jim D'Ville
Saturday, January 28, 2012
12:30pm to 1:30pm $20
Artichoke Music, 3130 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Portland, OR

This fun and interactive workshop will teach you how to have a great ukulele jam session with no sheet music, music stands and all the other distractions that take you away from playing music. Jam By Ear is a one-hour workshop and jam session in which you'll not only get to play a number of fun tunes, at the same time you'll be learning about arranging, intros and outros, stopping and starting together, changing keys, switching up the rhythm, and a few more tricks of the trade that will really jazz up all of the songs you play. All levels, from beginner on up. Email for sign-up or more details. dville@telelport.com
http://playukulelebyear.blogspot.com

Caravan Gogh Reunion Concert

Saturday, January 28, 2012
Secret Society Ballroom, 116 NE Russell St, Portland OR
Show 9:00 PM 21+
Door price $10
Portland, Oregon's Caravan Gogh to reunite for one show, at The Secret Society Ballroom, Saturday, January 28, 2012. Featuring Gideon Freudmann-Cello, Brad Price-Guitar, Brian Oberlin-Mandolin, Jim D'Ville-Ukulele, Calen Uhlig-Bass and special guest Mary Flower and others. Tickets can be purchased online from Brown Paper Tickets.
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/209729

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Second Saturdays: Traditional Hawaiian Language songs on ukulele

with Francis Doo

1–3 p.m. $10

Bamboo Grove Hawaiian Grille, in the Tiki Room. 0515 SW Carolina Street, Portland. For more info:

fdhawaiian@yahoo.com, or phone, 503 888-8134. Drop-in. Write Francis to confirm time and meeting dates.

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Ukulele Class offered by Dave Mullany

in SE Portland- beginners and intermediate players welcome.
1st and 3rd Wednesday evenings, each month. Class is held in SE Portland near Foster and 55th from 6:30 to 8:30 PM. We spend each class playing songs (popular- Beatles, Dylan, Folk, blues etc.) as well as learning new chords, strums and note fills. $30 for one class or $50 for the month. Registration is required, please contact Dave Mullany at (503)757-7522 or dave@davemullany.com for more information.

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West Side Ukers meets the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month at West Hills Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 8470 SW Oleson Rd., Portland, OR 97223 from 6:30-8pm. Please call Karen at 503/246-3351 Ext. 4 for more information or go to the yahoo group: West Side Ukers.

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2012 Gorge Uke Fest, March 2-4 http://www.gorgeukuleles.org/

Workshops are sold out. Concert tickets still available.

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Ukulele Band Camp

Registration is open for the 2012 Camp: May 7 - 11, 2012
Registration is limited to 60 campers, 8 spots available.  All the information and registration is at
http://www.menucha.org/programs/uke-band-camp
A concert in downtown Portland featuring the teachers and support musicians from band camp will be held Friday night May 11, 2012. Tickets will be available soon. The concert is a separately ticketed event.
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Ukulele in the Classroom - music literacy and musicianship on the ukulele. Join the band! Continuing level 1 & level 2 classes start in February. Learn the rudiments of music: rhythm, sight reading, melody, harmony, intervals. For more info contact pua@teleport.com. Marianne uses James Hill Ukulele in the Classroom materials. (http://www.ukuleleintheclassroom.com/)

For more information or to be added to our email list, contact Marianne Brogan: pua@teleport.com. 

Maintained by Marianne Brogan.
Animated Ukers w/the exception of Tiny Tim used by permission from Rock That Uke.
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