Hello everyone
After our wonderful start to the year, with our South Island Tour with North of Bombay, we are now organising a ukulele workshop and performance night with the Big Muffin Serious Band on Saturday 24 March. Please register on the ‘Workshop Registration’ page.
Clare and Caroline are members of the Ukulele Performing group – North of Bombay
Along with Millie and Terry Locke, Philippa Drake, Dan McCormack and Tony Ramsay, we are travelling to the SouthIsland in January 2012.
We will be performing together, doing ukulele workshops and running Quiz nights and performing.
Our Tour Dates: (book under Workshop Registrations)
Dunedin ‘The Church’ 5 Jan 7.30pm $10 door charge
Alexandra ‘Earnscelugh Hall’ 6 Jan – book online here for workshop – Workshop Registrations. If you want to attend the concert please email clare@c-change.co.nz 4.30pm workshop 7.30pm Concert
Queenstown ‘Pig and Whistle’ 7 Jan 5pm
Wanaka ‘Rippon Vineyard’ 8 Jan 3.30pm
Wanaka workshop 9 Jan 4.30pm – Scout Hall Eely Point - book online here for workshop – Workshop Registrations
Invercargill ‘Cabbage Tree Hall’ 10 Jan – book online here for Workshop and/or Quiz/North of Bombay Concert evening 4.30pm workshop 7.30pm Quiz and Concert
Dunedin ‘Carey’s Bay Hotel’ 12 Jan – book online here for Workshop and/or Quiz/North of Bombay Concert evening 4.30pm workshop 7.30pm Quiz and Concert
Auck C-change Workshop Sept 2011 final
(click above for the workshop flier)
Auckland Workshop at Lewis Eady Thursday 22 September 7.30pm
Children’s book and CD
Barbara the Sheep and NZ animals
Ideal for Christmas performances and End of Year Productions
Story – Song – Instruments and more
15 July saw 9 Community Ukulele groups gather at the Grey Lynn Community Centre for a Uke Play Off.
Max Cryer and Mary Cornish were the judges.
Ukulele groups performing:
North of Bombay – guest performers
Wednesdays – 1st
Ukes of Howick
Ukubays – 3rd
Shorecooleles
Waiakekey Ukulele Orchestra – 2nd
Strummers and Strumpets
Grey Lynn Garden Band
St Lukes Ukes
Fantastic night of music and sharing. Money $1720 raised for NZ Ukulele Trust.
PHOTOS – See ’Photo Gallery’ column on right
C-Change launches it’s newest resource ‘Home for Christmas’
Written by Caroline
Illustrations by Caroline
Singing and Narration by Clare and Danielle
A musical story about a little lost sheep who finds her way back home just in time for Christmas.
With each new animal that helps Barbara, there is a new instrument introduced to the song.
Ideal for Christmas presents, and for end of year junior productions.
C-Change will soon be launching ‘Home for Christmas’ – a children’s book and CD.
Will Barbara the sheep be home in time for Christmas?
C-Change starts their South Island Tour in Christchurch on the 25 January and finishes in Blenheim on the 7 February.
They will be presenting the ‘Colours’ workshop for teachers and the ‘Okeley Dokeley Ukulele’ workshop for ukulele enthusiasts.
Tour dates and venues:
Christchurch 25 January
Timaru 26 January
Oamaru 27 January
Invercargill 28 January
Dunedin 29 January
Alexandra 31 January
Hokitika 3 February
Nelson 5 February
Blenheim 7 February
Enrol now.
C-Change have been performing at the recent Ukulele Festivals.
At the Hawkes Bay Ukulele Fest, Opera House, Hastings on the 21 November, we ran an intermediate level workshop to 25+ keen uke players.
NZ Ukulele Festival, Trust Stadium, Waitakere – Saturday 27 November. C-Change are performing, running workshops in the Beginners tent and we have a large group of adult ukulele students performing in the Great Uke Play-along.
