Where to Play and Listen
Sons of the Beach
Every Saturday, 10am-12pm. Sing and play along. On the sand at the Santa Cruz Yacht Harbor near the Crow’s Nest.
Capitola Ukulele Player’s Acoustic String Ensemble
Every Sunday, 10-11:30am. Sing and play along. At the Bandstand in Capitola’s Esplanade Park.
Third Wednesday Club Meeting
Third Wednesday of the month,
5:30 – 7:45pm
A new leader and new surprises every month. May thru October at Abbott Square Market. Sign up for details sent by email below.
Ukulele Club First Thursday Sing and Strum Along
First Thursday of the month, 5:45-7:15ish. Jug Band Music sing along
Pono Hawaiian Grill Downtown
120 Union street, Santa Cruz
Cork & Fork Ukulele Night
Second Thursday of the month, 6-8pm. Open mics and Sing Alongs
Cork and Fork
312-B Capitola Ave. Capitola
Even More Places to Play and Listen
Smouldering Uke
TBA
Making Music With Our Friends
One Saturday in June and August, dates to be announced
Eat, Sing Dance and be Merry. Potluck, dance band, and a sing along.
Burning Uke
August 8-10, 2025. Check out the Burning Uke XXV page!
Classes
Marty Carlson
Group lessons:
Highland Park: Fridays 11-12
Scotts Valley Senior Center: Tuesday 9-10
Email Marty
Michelle Kiba
Group lessons at the Santa Cruz Art League 5 nights a week.
Michelle Kiba’s website
Barbara Sonnenshine
Private lessons or small group lessons.
Email Barbara
Peter Thomas
Group Lessons:
Email Peter
Rhan Wilson
Private and small group lessons on uke, guitar, bass, and percussion
Email
About The Ukulele Club of Santa Cruz
A short review by Stanley Sokolow
In January of 2002, when Andy Andrews and Peter Thomas first invited folks to meet at Peter’s house in Santa Cruz, California, to start a ukulele club, they expected only a handful to appear, but to their surprise and delight, 20 to 30 showed up. Thus the Ukulele Club of Santa Cruz was born. Named with an acronym matching that of the local university, they claimed the club was the “UCSC where you could get a real (ukulele) education,” the first monthly Third Thursday meetings consisted of everyone playing a few songs together following the chord and lyrics on song sheets they handed out, entertainment by accomplished ukulele musicians, a little ukulele education, and of course good company, while eating and drinking at the pub where they held the meetings.
And from those humble beginnings the club has grown over the years to claim hundreds, maybe even thousands, of fun-loving ukulele players in its ranks, meeting on various days, for various reasons, in various venues all over Santa Cruz County. And there is always room for more: if you want to get more involved, start up a new ukulele band, a new weekly sing along, or just host a party, go for it! We will help you let everyone know about your ideas and plans.
The first rule of Ukulele Club of Santa Cruz is, “there are no rules,” and that rule has served the club well. There’s no formality, no dues, no by-laws, no roster, you just show up with your ukulele at any of the places ukulele players gather in Santa Cruz, join in the fun, and you are a member. (That said you can signup for email notifications using contact form, or check join the face book groups). Beginners need not feel unworthy – the volume of the many ukuleles strumming along will mask any little mistakes you make. Peter Thomas said to me the other day, “The club has lasted much longer than Andy or I ever imagined in our wildest dreams.” It’s still going strong, like a big family with lots of siblings, there are more ukulele things happening in Santa Cruz than anywhere in the world (at least per capita.) So if you’re anywhere nearby, or even far away but yearning for the fun, come to Santa Cruz, to one of the events listed on this web site, and join in the fun.
PS. After the 20 year anniversary we decided it was time to change up the format for the Third Thursday Club Meeting. Moving forward each meeting will have a different leader, and what happens at the meeting will be up to that leader, so we have some fun to look forward to. If you want to lead a meeting let us know by sending a message using the form below. The only requirement is that you set up a sound system so everyone can hear you and anyone you invite to do anything at the meeting.
News & Events
Ukulele Club of Santa Cruz December Uke News:
Weekly Happenings, Announcements, Monthly Happenings, Special Events
Weekly Happenings:
Every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at the Yacht Harbor beach, in front of the Crow’s Nest (Facebook- Sons and Daughters of the Beach)
Every Sunday from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Capitola Esplanade Bandstand (Facebook- Capitola Ukulele Players)
“Most” Mondays 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Ukulele group meeting in Bonny Doon. For info (address, time) contact: Becca Moeller at becca@cruzio.com
Every Friday from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Mid County Senior Center on Bay Avenue in Capitola. They play using their own song book. All levels welcome, especially beginning players. Contact Gigi for more information. 831-662-8728. Cost is $4 for MCSC members and $6 for non-members.
Announcements:
1. Music class forming:
Along The Musical Path
Santa Cruz music teacher and performer Rhan Wilson will start a series of workshops designed to help the beginning and intermediate player learn the ins and outs of playing together in both formal and informal music settings. His former workshop, The All in Good Time Orchestra, helped dozens of students hone their skills with weekly meetings and many have gone on to form their own groups. Skills to be covered in these workshops will be: Rhythm and Strumming, Group playing, Easy basic theory, Open Mic techniques, with plenty of attention to individual needs.
The cost will be $20 per session held on Wednesdays in The Grant park area of Santa Cruz. 6-8pm (approx.) Exact time and dates to be determined. Please show your interest by emailing Rhan at: rhanw@rhanwilson.com
Monthly Happenings:
1. Thursday, Dec 4,
5:45-7:30 pm.
Pono Hawaiian Grill. 120 Union St. Santa Cruz
Twistmas Carol Sing and Play-along
Start the holiday season right and come Twistmas Caroling with the Trolley Drop Holiday Band. What are Twistmas Carols you ask? The Trolley Drops have rewritten “standards” from folk, jazz, pop, and rock genres, keeping the melodies, and replacing the original lyrics with seasonally themed words. They perform these non-denominational songs at Twistmas Caroling events during the Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, and Solstice season. They project the lyrics on the wall and also bring song books to the events and encourage the audience to sing and play along. Everyone is welcome, so dress festive and join in the fun. Pull out your red and green, and put on your Santa hats and reindeer antlers because these are holiday parties! Some examples of Trolley Drop Twistmas Carols are:
“Reindeers on the Rise” based on Credence Clearwater’s Bad Moon Rising.
“Oh Santa” based on Ritchie Valens’ Oh Donna,
“On the Sleigh Again” based on Willy Nelson’s On the Road Again.
“I Just Bought a Gift” based on the Beatles' I Just Saw a Face.
Please support the venue by purchasing food and drinks
2.
Thursday, December 11
6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Cork and Fork- NEW LOCATION
1955 41st Avenue Suite B-8 Capitola
The November return to the Cork and Fork was over the top amazing. The space is incredible and because we know how to ebb and flow with each other, we made it a magical time.
Music: Join Pat Tracy, Lew Hinchcliffe, Buddy Beach, John Gullic and Mary Heeney to explore some of the 1000ish songs in the Ukulele Club of Santa Cruz's song books!
Beverages: Wine and Beers and Beverages (NA-without alcohol)
Food: You will be more than satisfied!
Parking: Lots of Parking!
****What you should bring (not required but will be nice):
Ukulele (or other stringed instrument), your tablet (iPad etc) with the charts OR song books (yes, all six), music stand, music stand light (nice to have) (We may have the ability to project the songs- TBD.)
Song Suggestions! Some songs that you want to try out! In this smaller group we can explore these better. (Who wants to do Sheryl Crow’s Strong Enough with me?)
Open Mic (let Mary know at the event if you wanna come forward).
There will be Holiday Songs! Can’t help myself.
4.
Wednesday, Dec 17
5:30-7:30 pm
Ukulele Club of Santa Cruz. VFW 2259 7th Ave. Santa Cruz.
Twistmas Caroling at the Uke Club. If you missed the chance to Twistmas Carol on the 4th at Pono, here is your chance. We will premier two new songs at this gathering. It is going to be the club holiday party, with a fashion show with awards for the best Hawaiian holiday shirt, best ugly sweatshirt, and best Santa, elf or reindeer theme costume. There will also be a pot luck dinner as usual, bring your favorite holiday fare. Remember don’t bring drinks, buy them from the VFW “canteen”, and bring some cash to add to our donation jar to benefit the VFW and vets in need.
5.
Mountain Ukers Meeting
There will be no Mountain Ukers meetings in December because the end of each month is packed with holidays.
Special events:
1.
Sunday, November 30
Buddy Beach Trio
2:00 to 5:00 p.m
Cork and Fork
1955 41st Avenue Suite B8
Susan Bayer, Buddy Beach and Mary Heeney will once again delight you with soul soothing music weaving cello, ukulele, guitar and vocals into our musical gift to you. Opportunities to sing along and dance along! Join us won’t you? As an Extra Special Treat- Mary’s son, Martin and his wife, Dani will perform.
2.
Some other opportunities for Twistmas Caroling:
Dec 7, Sunday 3-5 pm. Abbott Square Market. 725 Front St. Santa Cruz
Dec 11, Thursday 6-8 pm. Abbott Square Market. 725 Front St. Santa Cruz
Dec 12, Friday 5:30-8:30 pm. Stockwell Cellars. 1100 Fair Ave. Santa Cruz
Dec 14, Sunday 1-2 pm. Look: Holiday Crafts Show. 5221 Coast Rd. Davenport
Dec 19, Friday 5:30-7:30 pm. Discretion Brewing. 2703 41st Ave. Soquel
Dec 22, Monday 6-8 pm. Abbott Square Market. 725 Front St. Santa Cruz
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Here is the Ukulele Club of Santa Cruz September Uke News: with Weekly Happenings, Monthly Happenings:
Weekly Happenings:
Every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at the Yacht Harbor beach, in front of the Crow’s Nest (Facebook- Sons and Daughters of the Beach)
Every Sunday from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Capitola Esplanade Bandstand(Facebook- Capitola Ukulele Players)
“Most” Mondays 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Ukulele group meeting in Bonny Doon. For info (address, time) contact: Becca Moeller at becca@cruzio.com
Every Friday from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Mid County Senior Center on Bay Avenue in Capitola. They play using their own song book. All levels welcome, especially beginning players. Contact Gigi for more information. 831-662-8728. Cost is $4 for MCSC members and $6 for non-members.
Monthly Happenings:
1. Thursday, September 4, 2025 - 5:45 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Jug Band
September will be “ukulele night” at the Jug Band sing-strum-along with the Trolley Drops at the Pono Hawaiian Grill DTSC. 120 Union Street, Santa Cruz. Are you wondering what will make it ukulele night? Come find out.
Everyone is encouraged to sing and play along with the band. Bring your voices, ukes, jugs, kazoos, washboards, guitars, fiddles, etc, and your good humor. The songs are from the 1920-19330. Lyrics and chords sheets projected on the wall. Lots of parking nearby. It’s fun and it’s free, but plan to buy a meal or a drink to support the venue.
2. Thursday, September 11 - 5:45 p.m. until 7:45 p.m.
Ukulele Night
Over the Hill Gang Saloon- 3530 Portola Drive Santa Cruz- Pleasure Point Area-Near 41st and Portola with Gary “Sweet Pea” Cunningham Lew Hinchcliffe, Buddy Beach, Johnny G. and Mary Heeney. Pat is heading for the hills for some well-deserved R&R. Thanks Gary for your BASSic support and for your levity!
***Cork and Fork’s new location is still under renovation- TBD on opening date but SOONish. We are lucky to have Melynda and staff continue to welcome us at the Over The Hill Gang Saloon***
Chance to Explore Book 6 and to play our “comfort” songs including Folsom Prison Blues (in G- I will bring the handout!) Parking is easy. Beer, wine, soft drinks and mixed drinks! Delicious taco truck adjacent to the saloon (closes around 7:15-- so don’t dilly dally to get your food.).
Open mic -sign up or let Mary know!
3.Wednesday September 17, 5:45-7:30pm
Ukulele Club of Santa Cruz monthly meeting and event
Abbott Square Market 725 Front Steet
This month we will have a special performance by Ukulele Dick, followed by a thematic sing/play along. There will be a follow-up announcement, letting you know what books you will need to bring. The event is free, but plan to eat and drink at the Marketplace to support the venue that supports us by letting us meet there.
4. Thursday September 25th, 6:00pm
Mountain Ukers Meeting
Covered Bridge Park in Felton
Please note that this is a THURSDAY at 6:00 pm Bring chairs, tablet with songs and music stand if you have them. There are usually several folks that have them and are willing to let you look on. Also, bring your requests. Hope to see you there!!!
5. Saturday, September 27 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Walk to End Alzheimer’s Seascape Park and Resort
We will be the Motivational Players and Singers to encourage those walking in this event. What more could you ask- a lovely setting, lovely ukulele folks to make music AND supporting an important cause- that has unfortunately impacted many of us.
Contact Mary at meheeney@gmail.com More details on the FB page as the date gets closer.
This conflicts with Sons and Daughters on the beach-sad to say.
And finally we welcome grammy award winning George Kahanamoku to town, and look forward to having him play at one of our events in the near future.
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Hi Uke players: The Trolley Drops are holding a jug band festival this Sunday August 17, from 11-5 at Abbott Square Market.
Pat Tracy is going to lead 1/2 hour session from 3-3:30 and you are invited to join him playing a few of the Jug band songs from our books. Walk Right In-780, Stealin - 749. Daydream-629 Saint Louis Blues - 349, San Francisco Bay Blues-731. In The Summertime - 12 Just show up with your ukulele and kazoo. Be there by 2:45.
Santa Cruz Jug Band Festival 2025
Schedule of events at Abbott Square Marketplace
11 - 12 noon: The Rivertown Skifflers
12:00 - 12:30 pm: tweener/jam session
12:30 - 1:30: The Trolley Drops Brass Jug Band
1:30 – 2:00 pm: Tweener: Emmett Tuttle
2:00 – 3:00 pm: Washboard Rhythm Co
3:00 - 3:30 pm: Tweener: Ukulele club of Santa Cruz
3:30 - 4:30 pm: Quake City Jug Band
4:30 - 5 pm: jug band roundup
Make a day of it:
Following the Jug Band Festival, from 5:30-8pm, the Plateau Jazz Band will play for a swing dance to be held at the Pono Hawaiian Grill DTSC on Union St.
There will be a free swing dance lesson by “Santa Cruz Swing” instructors from 5:30-6.
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Ukulele Club of Santa Cruz August Uke News:
Weekly Happenings, Monthly Happenings, and Special Events including a Burning Uke update…
Weekly Happenings:
Every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at the Yacht Harbor beach, in front of the Crow’s Nest (Facebook- Sons and Daughters of the Beach)...
Every Sunday from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Capitola Esplanade (Facebook- Capitola Ukulele Players)
“Most” Mondays 3:00p - 4:30 p.m. Ukulele group meeting in Bonny Doon. For info (address, time) contact: Becca Moeller at becca@cruzio.com
Every Friday from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Mid County Senior Center on Bay Avenue in Capitola. They play using their own song book. All levels welcome, especially beginning players. Contact Gigi for more information. 831-662-8728. Cost is $4 for MCSC members and $6 for non-members.
Monthly Happenings:
1. Thursday, August 7, 5:45 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. August will be toy piano night at the Jug Band sing-along and ukulele strum-along with the Trolley Drops at the Pono Hawaiian Grill DTSC. 120 Union Street, Santa Cruz.
This month we will be celebrating the 80th birthday of our “toy piano” player “the Professor” and to celebrate will have an additional toy piano available for audience members to play along on. In addition, that same evening, in advance of the upcoming Jug Band Festival to be held from 11-5 on August 17 at the Abbott Square Marketplace in downtown Santa Cruz, Doctor Teeter Phompus, Ph.D. will be giving a brief slide lecture on the roots of jug band music.
Everyone is encouraged to sing and play along with the band. Bring your voices, ukes, jugs, kazoos, washboards, guitars, fiddles, etc, and your good humor. The songs are from the 20-30. Lyrics and chords sheets projected on the wall. Lots of parking nearby. It’s fun and it’s free, but plan to buy a meal or a drink to support the venue.
2. Thursday, August 14 5:45 p.m. until 7:45 p.m.
Ukulele Night- with Pat Tracy, Lew Hinchcliffe, Buddy Beach, Johnny G. and Mary Heeney
***Cork and Fork’s new location is still under renovation- TBD on opening date but SOONish. We are lucky to have Melynda and staff continue to welcome us at the Over The Hill Gang Saloon***
Over the Hill Gang Saloon (3530 Portola Drive Santa Cruz- Pleasure Point Area)
Parking is easy. Beer, wine, soft drinks and mixed drinks! Delicious taco truck adjacent to the saloon (closes around 7:15- I think- so don’t dilly dally to get your food.).
Some of us will be freshly back from BURNING UKE! Hopefully inspired with the newly explored songs, strumming, picking and playing off the charts! Bring your books (we may even dabble in the newly released Book 6). Open mic -sign up or let me know!
3. Wednesday, August 20, 5:15-7:30 pm. Ukulele Club of Santa Cruz monthly meeting at the Abbott Square Market on the corner of Front and Cooper Streets in Santa Cruz. The meeting will be led by Linda Baker.
Linda writes: The Jazzberries will open at 5:15 with some fun tunes, Linda B and Pals will lead a sing along from 6-7:30, cookies for the first 25 to arrive and a fun raffle will be open to all who come!
If you have a song or two that you’d like us to lead please let us know❤️ email me at lkaempfer@icloud.com
4. Thursday August 28, 6pm. Mountain Ukers Meeting at the Felton Covered Bridge.
Mountain Ukers, our next meeting is Thursday August 28, 6-7:30 pm. We'll be in the covered bridge at Covered Bridge Park in Felton. Bring chairs, books/tablet with songs and music stand if you have them. There are usually several folks that have them and are willing to let you look on if you don’t.
Also, bring your requests. Hope to see you there!!!
Special Event:
1. Burning uke update
2. Jug Band Festival August 17
1. Burning uke last minute announcement
Here is an almost last-minute reminder that Burning Uke XXV is coming up next weekend, August 8-10. Arrival is Friday afternoon, we burn the ukulele on Saturday evening, and head home Sunday morning.
For info or to buy 2025 Burning Uke merch: ukuleleclubofsantacruz.com/burning-uke/
Everyone planning to attend either must rent a site or else must be -pre-registered with Lynn and have a campsite number. What Lynn needs is your name/e-mail/phone/ auto license plate number to make your KOA check in easier.
Lynn VanderKamp is our Coordinator of the “List”. lynnevdk@yahoo.com. You either need to have reserved a site, or paid Lynn $30 and registered your email, phone number, and license number to be included on the KOA check-in list. Everyone planning to attend who has not rented a camp site must be -pre-registered with Lynn and have a campsite number. We are assigning non-camping participants to paid campers. Please be sure you are on Lynn’s final list. If you are unsure of your campsite number, please call or text Sue Andre at @831-266-8570 or check with Sue or Lynn in Capitola at Ukulele.
If you have a registered campsite and are sharing your site with anyone not on Lynn’s list, please call KOA and register their names and information, including license plate number, to expedite the check-in process with KOA.
Our Burning Uke website, ukuleleclubofsantacruz.com/burning-uke/ was designed by Cam Sobalvarro, and has merch for sale with lots of clothing and other items for Burning Uke XXV. Evelyn Drew was our master artist for this event, creator of our burning ukulele designs.
Burning Uke XXV is Hawaiian-themed, and KOA also has special events planned, which will be on our upcoming schedule. We are planning an amazing schedule of events, four strum fests and fun workshops on Saturday. Brian Schutz is organizing our lists for our ukulele strum fests. Schedule to be posted next week, so please check the Ukulele Club Website. Brian will also have Book #6 for sale. Ann Gross has been instrumental in organizing our events.
We also have our famous leaders joining us, including Peter Thomas, Linda Baker, Sherri, Cam, Gary Cunningham, and Peter Muese. Fred DeKalb is assisting with sound systems.
Jay Holiday is setting up the “Burning Uke,” which is a six-foot steel uke with flames from a “Secret Formula”. This will happen at the end of our strum fest Saturday night under the Full Sturgeon Moon.
Many thanks to all of our volunteers who have been meeting monthly for the past five months to make this happen! Many thanks to Ann Gross for hosting all of our meetings at her home (with snacks!)
Hope to see you there!
Aloha, Sue & Airie2
2. Jug Band Festival
The Santa Cruz Jug Band Festival will be held Sunday, August 17, 2025, 11 AM to 5 PM. It will be held in Abbott Square, 118 Cooper Street, Santa Cruz, hosted by Peter Thomas and the Trolley Drops
Headlining the festival are the following bands: The Rivertown Skifflers, The Trolley Drops Brass Jug Band, Quake City Jug Band, and Washboard Rhythm Co. There will be opportunities for musicians to join acoustic jams between sets, so bring your own instruments.
Santa Cruz’ own Trolley Drops Jug Band is sponsoring the event, which is open and free to the public.
More information can be found at trolleydrops.com/festival/ or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/thetrolleydrops
What's Jug Band Music?
It’s bluesy, jazzy, and fun! With roots from Appalachia, New Orleans, and Africa, jug band music started in the south (notably Louisville, Kentucky and Memphis, Tennessee) in the 1920’s and 30’s. Highly popular "back in the day", jug bands such as Gus Cannon’s Jug Stompers and the Memphis Jug Band incorporated a variety of conventional and home-made instruments (such as spoons, kazoos, harmonicas, washtub bass, and washboard), and, of course, featured jug-blowing as a rhythmic backbone. Jug band music could have quietly slid into obscurity if not for a revival in the 1960’s by notable musicians such as John Sebastian, Jerry Garcia, Jim Kweskin, and Maria Muldaur. Today, with or without jug and home-made instruments, the genre is alive and well as you’ll get to hear and see when you come to the festival.
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Ukulele Club of Santa Cruz December Uke News:
Weekly Happenings, Announcements, Monthly Happenings, Special Events
Weekly Happenings:
Every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at the Yacht Harbor beach, in front of the Crow’s Nest (Facebook- Sons and Daughters of the Beach)
Every Sunday from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Capitola Esplanade Bandstand (Facebook- Capitola Ukulele Players)
“Most” Mondays 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Ukulele group meeting in Bonny Doon. For info (address, time) contact: Becca Moeller at becca@cruzio.com
Every Friday from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Mid County Senior Center on Bay Avenue in Capitola. They play using their own song book. All levels welcome, especially beginning players. Contact Gigi for more information. 831-662-8728. Cost is $4 for MCSC members and $6 for non-members.
Announcements:
1. Music class forming:
Along The Musical Path
Santa Cruz music teacher and performer Rhan Wilson will start a series of workshops designed to help the beginning and intermediate player learn the ins and outs of playing together in both formal and informal music settings. His former workshop, The All in Good Time Orchestra, helped dozens of students hone their skills with weekly meetings and many have gone on to form their own groups. Skills to be covered in these workshops will be: Rhythm and Strumming, Group playing, Easy basic theory, Open Mic techniques, with plenty of attention to individual needs.
The cost will be $20 per session held on Wednesdays in The Grant park area of Santa Cruz. 6-8pm (approx.) Exact time and dates to be determined. Please show your interest by emailing Rhan at: rhanw@rhanwilson.com
Monthly Happenings:
1. Thursday, Dec 4,
5:45-7:30 pm.
Pono Hawaiian Grill. 120 Union St. Santa Cruz
Twistmas Carol Sing and Play-along
Start the holiday season right and come Twistmas Caroling with the Trolley Drop Holiday Band. What are Twistmas Carols you ask? The Trolley Drops have rewritten “standards” from folk, jazz, pop, and rock genres, keeping the melodies, and replacing the original lyrics with seasonally themed words. They perform these non-denominational songs at Twistmas Caroling events during the Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, and Solstice season. They project the lyrics on the wall and also bring song books to the events and encourage the audience to sing and play along. Everyone is welcome, so dress festive and join in the fun. Pull out your red and green, and put on your Santa hats and reindeer antlers because these are holiday parties! Some examples of Trolley Drop Twistmas Carols are:
“Reindeers on the Rise” based on Credence Clearwater’s Bad Moon Rising.
“Oh Santa” based on Ritchie Valens’ Oh Donna,
“On the Sleigh Again” based on Willy Nelson’s On the Road Again.
“I Just Bought a Gift” based on the Beatles' I Just Saw a Face.
Please support the venue by purchasing food and drinks
2.
Thursday, December 11
6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Cork and Fork- NEW LOCATION
1955 41st Avenue Suite B-8 Capitola
The November return to the Cork and Fork was over the top amazing. The space is incredible and because we know how to ebb and flow with each other, we made it a magical time.
Music: Join Pat Tracy, Lew Hinchcliffe, Buddy Beach, John Gullic and Mary Heeney to explore some of the 1000ish songs in the Ukulele Club of Santa Cruz's song books!
Beverages: Wine and Beers and Beverages (NA-without alcohol)
Food: You will be more than satisfied!
Parking: Lots of Parking!
****What you should bring (not required but will be nice):
Ukulele (or other stringed instrument), your tablet (iPad etc) with the charts OR song books (yes, all six), music stand, music stand light (nice to have) (We may have the ability to project the songs- TBD.)
Song Suggestions! Some songs that you want to try out! In this smaller group we can explore these better. (Who wants to do Sheryl Crow’s Strong Enough with me?)
Open Mic (let Mary know at the event if you wanna come forward).
There will be Holiday Songs! Can’t help myself.
4.
Wednesday, Dec 17
5:30-7:30 pm
Ukulele Club of Santa Cruz. VFW 2259 7th Ave. Santa Cruz.
Twistmas Caroling at the Uke Club. If you missed the chance to Twistmas Carol on the 4th at Pono, here is your chance. We will premier two new songs at this gathering. It is going to be the club holiday party, with a fashion show with awards for the best Hawaiian holiday shirt, best ugly sweatshirt, and best Santa, elf or reindeer theme costume. There will also be a pot luck dinner as usual, bring your favorite holiday fare. Remember don’t bring drinks, buy them from the VFW “canteen”, and bring some cash to add to our donation jar to benefit the VFW and vets in need.
5.
Mountain Ukers Meeting
There will be no Mountain Ukers meetings in December because the end of each month is packed with holidays.
Special events:
1.
Sunday, November 30
Buddy Beach Trio
2:00 to 5:00 p.m
Cork and Fork
1955 41st Avenue Suite B8
Susan Bayer, Buddy Beach and Mary Heeney will once again delight you with soul soothing music weaving cello, ukulele, guitar and vocals into our musical gift to you. Opportunities to sing along and dance along! Join us won’t you? As an Extra Special Treat- Mary’s son, Martin and his wife, Dani will perform.
2.
Some other opportunities for Twistmas Caroling:
Dec 7, Sunday 3-5 pm. Abbott Square Market. 725 Front St. Santa Cruz
Dec 11, Thursday 6-8 pm. Abbott Square Market. 725 Front St. Santa Cruz
Dec 12, Friday 5:30-8:30 pm. Stockwell Cellars. 1100 Fair Ave. Santa Cruz
Dec 14, Sunday 1-2 pm. Look: Holiday Crafts Show. 5221 Coast Rd. Davenport
Dec 19, Friday 5:30-7:30 pm. Discretion Brewing. 2703 41st Ave. Soquel
Dec 22, Monday 6-8 pm. Abbott Square Market. 725 Front St. Santa Cruz ... See MoreSee Less
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