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2023 GMUG
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Friday & Saturday, November 10 & 11, 2023
www.GMUG.us or www.GreatMinnesotaUkeGathering.com
www.GMUG.us or www.GreatMinnesotaUkeGathering.com
Friday Eve Uke Fest
- GMUG registration at 6:00 p.m, followed at 6:30 by
- THUG Ensemble Concert
- Annie Savage Harmony Singing Workshop/Jam
- Open Mic/Jam led by Dale and Brenda Moe
- Performances by many local musicians
The Two Harbors Ukulele Group (T.H.U.G.) Ensemble was formed about twelve years ago by Al Anderson. He recruited some members for the Two Harbors Ukulele Group and it grew from there. The Two Harbors Ukulele Group now performs approximately 40 times a year from as far south as Lanesboro, Minnesota to the Naniboujou Lodge near the Canadian border. Their music ranges from the 1920's to present...quite a variety. They like to say they are the only ukulele group in Minnesota to perform music by Frank Zappa.
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Saturday
Lil' Rev
Lil Rev is an award-winning, Sheboygan, Wisconsin based, Ukulele instructor, entertainer and mult-instrumentalist. Known as a "protector" of old songs and strum styles, Rev is an avid collector of old time recordings and his participatory concerts are a virtual study in Early country, Jug Band, Novelty, Yiddish, Pre-War Blues and American Folk traditions.
Raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Rev tours North America teaching and performing at ukulele clubs, music stores, festivals, temples, house concerts and historic theaters often performing his one-man cultural history shows celebrating Tin Pan Alley, Yiddish, Blues & Jews, Quilting and Stephen Foster.
Raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Rev tours North America teaching and performing at ukulele clubs, music stores, festivals, temples, house concerts and historic theaters often performing his one-man cultural history shows celebrating Tin Pan Alley, Yiddish, Blues & Jews, Quilting and Stephen Foster.
Annie Savage
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Annie is hailed as a "firecracker educator and entertainer." She is an international string clinician and performer of American Roots music.
No Depression says of Annie, "she sees her mission as 'total world domination through vibrating wooden boxes'..." |
A prize-winning contest fiddler from the age of eight, Annie has performed with a range of artists from Aretha Franklin to Ricky Skaggs. She was a founding member of the band Jeff Scroggins and Colorado, in tandem serving as president of the Colorado Bluegrass Music Association in the Colorado's Front Range and taking the roots music world by storm.
She teaches The Free-Strings Method (www.free-strings.com), her curriculum for group improvisation at schools, conferences and festivals. Annie served as a Beginner 101 instructor at Steve Kaufman's Acoustic Kamp for many years. She taught many stringed instrument beginners at the same time in a single class. Annie’s primary goal is to help bring a pragmatic approach to jamming and improvising that is joyful and serves as a away for all folks to enjoy a lifetime of music making.
[Tony's comment - Wow! As a fellow Kamp Kaufman instructor and Kamp Jam Leader, I saw her teach beginner fiddle, banjo, guitar and mandolin in a single week-long class with great success. Very impressive!]
She teaches The Free-Strings Method (www.free-strings.com), her curriculum for group improvisation at schools, conferences and festivals. Annie served as a Beginner 101 instructor at Steve Kaufman's Acoustic Kamp for many years. She taught many stringed instrument beginners at the same time in a single class. Annie’s primary goal is to help bring a pragmatic approach to jamming and improvising that is joyful and serves as a away for all folks to enjoy a lifetime of music making.
[Tony's comment - Wow! As a fellow Kamp Kaufman instructor and Kamp Jam Leader, I saw her teach beginner fiddle, banjo, guitar and mandolin in a single week-long class with great success. Very impressive!]
Ukester Brown
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Welcome to Ukester Brown's place!
Ukester Brown is an ukulele (oo-koo-lay-lay) player from Minnesota. The only Palm Trees that are close enough for a glimpse of are not on the shores of one of our 10,000 lakes, but kept under protective glass at the Como Park Conservatory in St. Paul. While Ukester says, "it's true we are not known for normal ukulele tropical weather, we do love music in every style." |
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From August, 2011 though 2020, Ukester taught seminars and participated in concerts at the Silver Creek Ukulele Carnival hosted by the Two Harbors Ukulele Group in Two Harbors, Minnesota. In October 2011, he participated in a 90th anniversary event for the Hennepin Theater Trust for the Orpheum and State Theaters in Minneapolis, MN. He was in a video featured at MINNPOST.COM. Ukester says, "I am proud to have participated as an artist/teacher at several festivals and clubs around the country.
Brenda & Dale Moe
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Saturday Series
3 Steps to Ukulele Success 1. Saturday Beginner Lesson 2. Moving Past the Basics 3. Moving Up and Up Dale and Brenda are active members of the Two Harbors Ukulele Group. Among their tremendous ukulele skills are working with all levels of ukulele players. They are masters at teaching uke skills in an enjoyable and understandable way.
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Their smiles show how much fun ukulele is!
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Information - Contact - greatmnukegathering@icloud.com
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Want to hear about Twin Cities Ukulele Club Jams & Events?
1. Send an email to twincitiesukeclub@icloud.com.
2. Put Let Me Know About TC Uke Club Jams & Events in the subject.
3. Include both your first and last name, and
4. include both your city and state.
