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    JOY to the WORLD! Ukefest 2020

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    • ONLINE FESTIVAL December 18th and 19th
    • Tentative Schedule
    • SIGN UP!
    • OUR FAMILY
    • Contact

    ONLINE FESTIVAL December 18th and 19th

    ‘Tis the Season for ‘Ukulele Holiday Event: 30 days of Joy!

    Daily digital gifts to your email from December 1 - January 6 AND Two days of LIVE events Friday evening, December 18th and ALL DAY Saturday December 19th

    Can’t make the live dates but really want to participate? Wish you could be two places at once? Sign up and receive recorded classes and concerts! 

    6 Workshops with James Hill and Anne Janelle, Sarah Maisel and Craig Chee, Eduardo Garcia, Daniel Ward and Heidi Swedberg

    2 BASICS beginners classes with Tara Maysey

    Concerts with each of the instructors throughout the day

    SING/STRUM alongs- Instructors will be leading songs and sharing a little of their family’s traditions. 

    DIGITAL ADVENT CALENDAR- Videos, Mini-lessons, family recipes, songs- a daily surprise treat hidden behind a little door. To get you in the spirit and keep you going, December 1 thru January 6th- 36 little jewels for you to keep! 

    SECRET SANTA- everyone interested in participating will be assigned a person to MAIL someone a PHYSICAL gift- can be anything from a card with a song or poem to an inexpensive present. Make it yourself, order from Amazon… revel in the joy of giving!

    FULL SCHEDULE COMING SOON!

     

    INTERACTIVE EVENTS

    Besides the concerts, play alongs and workshops we will be enjoying some old-fashioned FUN.

    FRIDAY December 18th: DREIDEL PARTY Make up rhymes and spin the dreidel on the last day of Haunnukkah.

    COOKIE PARTY let’s talk treats! Bring your favorites and we will compare, share recipes and take a little sweetness of the season together

    SATURDAY December 19th: HUMOROUS WORST HOLIDAY EVER STORIES -everyone is encouraged to send in a short story/description of their funny WORST HOLIDAY story (the turkey dropped, barfing babies, the house flooded, the nest of insects that came with the tree hatched…) Funniest stories will be read aloud with musical accompaniment. Deadline for submission December 16th.

    UGLY HOLIDAY SWEATER SHOW and TELL

    FAVORITE ORNAMENT SHOW and TELL

    GHERKIN MANIA! A faux tradition- the glass pickle ornament. Nobody knows how this started. In celebration of the absurdity of 2020 we will be hiding pickles - how many can you find? Call them out in the chat when you see them!

     

     

     

    Tentative Schedule

    DECEMBER 1-January 6th

    Digital advent calendar and 12 days of christmas

    For 30 days you will receive a treat in your email. The "family" is creating videos, compiling recipes, writing stories, sharing DIY holiday crafts to share with you, with a focus traditions from many lands and faiths. One little treat to look forward to every day! 

    FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18th 4-6pm PST

    Orientation and holiday activities

    Orientation and invocation 

    DREIDEL PARTY Celebrate the final day of Hanukkah playing a musical improv game with the Dreidel Song.  

    COOKIE PARTY Sing carols and show and tell your favorite treats 

    SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19th 9 am - 9pm PST

    A full day of fun in several zoom rooms. All workshops and concerts recorded so you can join the fun even if you are unavailable on the day!

    9 am Gathering, orientation, Invocation concurrent with UGLY SWEATER PARTY

    10-12 WORKSHOPS for all levels of players concurrent with favorite ornament show and tell

    12-1 CONCERT and Strum/sing along with James Hill and Anne Janelle

    1:30-3:30 WORKSHOPS for all levels of player concurrent with WORST HOLIDAY EVER stories

    4-5 CONCERT  and Strum/sing along with Eduardo Garcia

    5-7pm WORKSHOPS  for all levels of player concurrent with SECRET SANTA REVEAL

    7-9 CONCERT  and Strum/sing along with Sarah Maisel, Craig Chee, Daniel Ward and Heidi Swedberg

    SCHEDULE coming soon

    SIGN UP!

    OUR FAMILY

    James hill and anne janelle

    Nova Scotia, Canada

    Tara Maysey

    London, UK

    Craig Chee and Sarah Maisel

    Hawaii USA

    Eduardo Garcia

    Vancouver, Canada 

    originally Guadalajara, Mexico

    Heidi Swedberg and Daniel Ward

    Hollywood, California

    charmaine slavin

    Celebrity zoom host

    Seattle, WA

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     Art by NANCY HOWELL from the book 'Tis the Season for "Ukulele   

    Download the soundtrack, buy  the book, holiday postcards, thank you cards and all other books at DanielWard.net

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