Trieste Ukulele Club - Spring 2024

 


SPRING 2024 Meeting Dates.  Saturdays, always from 10-12

April 6 - You are my Sunshine, Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone
April 20 - Meeting at the American Corner - 10-12.  Change of Venue cancelled for bad weather.
May 4 . Beatles - Love Me Do
May 18 - LAST OFFICIAL MEETING OF THE YEAR.  Yellow Submarine.  Back in the FALL.
May 29- June 2 - Monopolele! - 
NO OFFICIAL MEETINGS in the SUMMER.

Our songs this Winter included:
I Have A Dream , Felicità, These Boots are Made for Walking,  Blowing in the Wind, Flowers, What's 

Our meetings are FREE.  All are Welcome!  All Levels, All Ages.
Meetings at Associazione Italo Americana FVG / American Corner Trieste
Piazza Sant'Antonio Nuovo, 6 - Trieste - Italy

Loaner Ukes available for Meeting Days. 

Our Meeting and WhatsApp language is English.  Most songs are in English.  

We are NOT experts. We learn and have fun together.  Better Fun than Perfect.  

We play versions of songs that are ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYONE, even the person who just started..  

Our goal is to learn one song well each meeting.  

If you are Advanced, you are welcome to play with us and then do an OPEN MIC of a song that you have been working on.  

FIRST TIME REGISTRATION REQUIRED at this LINK

While are meetings are FREE, we encourage participants to become members of the Associazione Italo Americana FVG to help support our efforts and take advantage of other opportunities. 

Annual Membership 1/09/23 - 31/08/24:   Reduced: €25 - students 16+, teachers, 65+, Regular: €35 

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We get inspiration from the Austin Ukulele Society and Cynthia Lin 
If you teach young students, you can get find tutorials from Dario VivianiSukuki Ukulele and Guitar Teacher in Trieste.

Are you a Music Teacher?  Download the UKULELE IN CLASS BOOKLET.

Previous meetings:


MEETING:  May 18, 2024, 10-12  

1) Warm Up:  Don't Worry Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin - C Dm F 

2) Featured Songs: Beatles - 

Yellow Submarine - 1966 - McCartney/Lennon

I'll be There for You - Theme Song from Friends
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MEETING:  May 5, 2024, 10-12  

1) Warm Up:  Don't Worry Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin - C Dm F 

2) Featured Songs: Beatles - 

Love Me Do - Debut Song 1962 - Lennon/McCartney

3) Play through for an eventual performance (15 min)

4) Open Mic

5) Closing: El Tram De Opicina
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MEETING:  April 20, 2024, 10-12  

1) Warm Up:  Don't Worry Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin - C Dm F 

2) Featured Songs:  REPLAYS and PREP for an eventual Concert.

Proposed songs for a concert

Blowing in the Wind

I Have a Dream

Felicità

Stand by Me

You Are My Sunshine   Fingerpicking Version

 Other Suggestions?  Ain't no Sunshine

a) SELECT SONGS

b) PRACTICE SEATED

c) PRACTICE STANDING

3) Open Mic

4) Closing: El Tram De Opicina
    and/or I'll be There for You - Theme Song from Friends
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MEETING:  April 6, 2024, 10-12  🌞

1) Warm Up:  Don't Worry Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin - C Dm F 

2) Featured Songs:   You Are My Sunshine - C F G


4) Closing: El Tram De Opicina
    and/or I'll be There for You - Theme Song from Friends
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