Groups
I currently teach two groups. Which one would you like to join?
Tickhill Ukulele Group
We're back!
Our Monday evening meetings at Tickhill Parish Room have now resumed. We’d love to see you all again!
We look forward to seeing you soon!
It’s open to all ages and abilities, including complete beginners. We’re a friendly group and there’s always someone willing to show you the ropes. The aim is to get everyone playing and singing a wide variety of songs. I’ll provide the tabs and words and all the resources we use are available to download.
Don’t worry if you don’t have your own ukulele. You can borrow one of ours to start with. I’m very happy to give advice on buying your own instrument as well as tuning and maintaining it.
All the music we play is available to download here.
Recently we’ve been learning “You’re The One That I Want’ from Grease, Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’, “When I’m 64′ by the Beatles, ‘We Are The Champions’ by Queen, ‘Everybody Needs Somebody’ from The Blues Brothers and a number of other songs, old and new. If there are songs you’d particularly like to learn, I’m always open to suggestions. We have performed at a number of events in Tickhill, including the Tour de Yorkshire, the Tickhill Gala, Tickhill 40s Day and at St. Mary’s Church as part of T-Fest.
Visit the Tickhill Ukulele Group Facebook page to catch up on our latest news.
Althorpe Ukulele & Guitar Groups
The Althorpe Ukulele and Guitar Group was set up by Patrick Hornsby in their local village hall just outside Scunthorpe. In its original form it was just a guitar group which had just eight members who met in the house of one of the founder members.
Patrick had a wider vision on it and invited me to deliver a Ukulele Group as well in the lovely William Stephenson Memorial Hall in the heart of the village.
Since reopening after lockdown, the group has gone from strength to strength. We now have more players on our books than ever and perform regularly at the Epworth Music day event.
We also have some lovely pie and peas supper evenings where the group plays and volunteers also perform songs of their choice for everyone to listen to. These have proven to be so popular that we are now looking for bigger premises to perform on these evenings.
Beginners are most welcome
You are also very welcome, even if you play guitar and don’t fancy Ukulele.
9 .30 to 10am – beginners guitar and technique tuition for people who are improvers.
10 to 11am – Ukulele group.
11 to 1215 – This is made up of both Ukulele and Guitar- anything goes. It is my favourite part of the morning and you need to see it to understand why. I feel that the playing skills and confidence of group members willing to stay have improved significantly as a result of this session.
