Phew! We got to the end on one piece! Sort of! Here’s a lovely video Laura took of our playing on North End on that freezing
Saturday!
EVENING CONCERTS
Saturday 5th March, 7.30pm at
The Oval Tavern
, CR0 6BR - Phil Doleman concert
Sunday 6th March, 7.30pm at
The Oval Tavern,
CR0 6BR - Elliot Mason and Jo Stephenson concert
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you
want
to
be
kept
up-to-date
with
info
for
the
festival,
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We’re
delighted
to
welcome
Phil
Doleman
to
our
inaugural
ukulele
festival,
possibly
Britain’s
most
famous
ukulele
player.
Formerly
half
of
The
Re-Entrants,
Phil
will
run
a
workshop
and
perform
a
solo
gig.
You can
buy concert and workshop tickets
now.
What
can
we
say
about
Elliot
Mason
?
Moving
songs
that
tap
into
the
profundities
of
human
existence
tackling
serious
issues
head-long,
such
as
the
roundness
of
pickled
eggs,
trying
to
find
a
pair
of
jeans
that
fit,
and
trying
to
remember
where
on
earth you parked the car.
Half
of
“Can
You
Dig
It?”
-
the
best
vegetable-based
musical
comedy
act
EVER,
Jo
Stephenson
returns
to
Croydon
after
success
on
Radio
4.
She
claims
to
be
able
to
write
a
song
about
absolutely
anything
-
she’s
even
got
a
love
song to Alan Titchmarsh!
We Support
Thank
you
to
our
friends
at
Jurys
Inn,
Croydon.
Special
discount
rate
available
if
attending
the
festival.
Contact
us
via
the
Contacts page
for details.
Thank
you
to
our
friends
at
The
Oval
Tavern, who will host the evening gigs.
Discount on all food and drink throughout
the festival if you have a ukulele with you!
Thank
you
to
our
friends
at
The
Green
Dragon,
the
home
of
the
festival
for
the
daytime
events
and
our
regular
Sunday
night uke jam sessions.
Saturday 5th
Events include:
gigs by Jo Stephenson
and Elliot Mason;
Mother’s Day workshop;
performances from
Balham, Brockley &
Croydon uke groups;
Paul from the Pukes, end of
festival Uke Jam.
Sunday 6th
Here are links to some of the songs that we’d like to include in the Mass Busk on Saturday.
Don’t worry if you can’t play everything - you can contribute as much or as little as you wish! Or just sing!
•
Sloop John B
- The Beach Boys
•
500 Miles
- The Proclaimers
•
Da Doo Ron Ron
- The Crystals
•
Hallelujah
(but not as you know it!)
•
In Between Days
- The Cure
•
8 Days a Week
- The Beatles
•
Common People
- Pulp
•
Spanish Eyes
•
Find all the songs together
here.
•
Stay With Me
- Sam Smith
•
Help Me Rhonda
- The Beach Boys
•
Stand By Me
- Lieber & Stoller
•
Shake It Off
- Taylor Swift
•
Eye of the Tiger
- Survivor
•
I’m a Believer
- The Monkees (in C)
•
It’s Not Unusual
- Tom Jones
•
YMCA
- Village People
With thanks to Croydon BID for the Mass Busk!
SATURDAY 5th March
•
10.30 am - 11.30 am. Absolute Beginners’ workshop at The Green Dragon. You
should come to this if you have no idea how to hold a ukulele - we’re sure we’ll
get you playing something within a short space of time. Tickets £2 (£1 for
children) Please do buy advance tickets so we know how many resources to
prepare.
•
12 noon - 12.30. Mass Busk practice at The Green Dragon. Ideal if you know a
few ukulele chords but aren’t sure how some of the songs below should go.
Free.
•
1.15 - 2.15 Mass Busk - outside the Whitgift Centre, near Metro Bank.
Assemble by the Croydon BID Stage. Let’s flood Croydon with ukes! Free.
•
3.00- 3.30 pm - Guest performers B.U.R.P. at The Green Dragon. Free.
•
3.30pm - 4.30 pm - Ukulele tips and tricks workshop run by the amazing Phil
Doleman at The Green Dragon. £3.50 (£2.00 for children) Please do buy
advance tickets so we know how many resources to prepare.
•
4.30 -5.30 pm Workshop using tab/notation to play tunes such as Grieg’s “In
the Hall of the Mountain King” in ensemble. Parts at various levels of difficulty,
from complete beginner to advanced. Details to follow.
•
7.30 pm - 9.30pm Concert by special guest star Phil Doleman at The Oval
Tavern. See the top of this page about tickets. See the bottom of this page for
The Oval Tavern’s special offer for uke players!
•
9.30pm - why don’t we all have a bit of a strum in the pub after Phil’s gig?
CROYDON UKULELE FESTIVAL 5-6 March 2016
Thank
you
to
our
friends
at
Martin
Phelps
Music
Shop,
who
will
run
the
music
shop
at
the
festival
on
Saturday
5th
March
upstairs
at The Green Dragon.
HOW TO GET FROM GREEN DRAGON TO THE OVAL
15 min walk or 5 mins on 197 or 312 bus
from Croydon Library to Cherry Orchard Road.
Walking Map>>
Bus Map>>
Thank
you
to
Matt
at
Noah
Ukuleles
,
who
will
be
selling
ukes
on
Sunday
6th
March
upstairs
at
the
Green
Dragon.
Cronx Repertoire
•
Flagpole
Sitta
-
Theme
to
“Peep
Show,”
set
here
in
Croydon!
•
Let
Him
Dangle
-
Elvis
Costello.
Tells
a
very
sad
local
story.
•
I
Predict
A
Riot
-
Kaiser
Chiefs.
A
bit
of
a
joke
choice
here!
•
The
Rich
are
Gonna
Move
to
the
High
Ground
-
Geoff
Berner.
You
may
not
have
heard
of
this
Canadian
artist,
but
he
is
a
big
fan
of
the
town
and
even
mentions
the
Green Dragon pub in one of his songs!
•
A
Town
Called
Paris
-
after
The
Jam.
I
wrote
this
in
2012
and it helped Bradley Wiggins win the Tour de France!
•
Link
for
My
Chain
-
Harry
Bird
and
the
Rubber
Wellies.
Another
cycling
song!
We
like
road
cycling
here,
and
the
drummer from this band is local.
•
There’s
A
Guy
Works…
-
Kirsty
MacColl
was
a
Croydon
lass!
•
Find all the songs together
here.