UkeJam By The Bay - Sat. May 30th, 2015. San Francisco (OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT)

3RD ANNUAL UKULELE JAY'S UKEJAM BY THE BAY 2015

FLYER HERE: https://www.dropbox.com/s/fv0wc69ory5c3s8/Ukulele%20Jay's%20UkeJam%20By%20The%20Bay%202015.pdf?dl=0

Featuring:

Uke Ellington from Santa Cruz, CA. (Led by Rick Tuner)
and
Sylvie Simmons, San Francisco, CA. (Author of Leonard Cohen's Biography, Singer/Song Writer.)

Due to the nice turn out last year, I am excited to be holding the 3nd Annual UkeJam By The Bay located at 1095 Folsom St., San Francisco, California from 10am to 4pm. Doors open at 9am.

PARKING:

Parking is 1hr zones (no meters but they are vultures in the parking dept.) so best is to take BART to Civic Center station and just walk down 7th til you get to 7th and Folsom, or if live in SF, public transportation. There are unlimited parking spots on side streets off of Folsom around 7th, 6th, 5th. This is indoors so no heat stroke! There are parking garages at 801 Bryant St., 502 6th Street, and 365 Harriet St. These are AMPCO and CENTRAL parking. It's only a three block walk from these locations.

Once again, I will have donuts to keep that sugar energy going.

I believe several luthiers will be attending and showing off some of their custom ukes. We had a lot of customs and vintage ukes last year from Collings, Pohaku, Mo Bettah, Compass Rose, Favilla and others to name a few. I am sure many will be in attendance again.

I look forward to seeing everyone from last year and hopefully ya'll will bring some ukers you know and spread the word. A good time will be had by all. PLEASE RSVP TO: blue_knight_usa@yahoo.com with your name and email as well as any guests you are bringing as I need to know how many seats to set up. RSVP will be entered in the end of day give away.

SONGBOOK DOWNLOAD HERE: https://www.dropbox.com/s/fv0wc69ory5c3s8/Ukulele Jay's UkeJam By The Bay 2015.pdf?dl=0
PLEASE PRINT YOUR OWN COPY TO BRING, OR BRING IT ON YOUR DEVICES.

I will have limited copies to share, so please do print and bring your own copy.

SCHEDULE: (Times subject to adjustment on the fly)

10:00am - 10:15am - (Arrivals) and Name Tags (but you can come any time)
10:15am - 11:15am - (Jam Session 1) Welcome and start jamming
11:15am - 11:30am - (Break, Meet and Greet)
11:30am - 12:30pm - (Sylvie Simmons)
12:30pm - 1:15pm - (Lunch time, I'll have a list of where to go or bring your lunch and hang out)
1:15pm - 2:15pm - Rick Turner and Uke Ellington.
2:15pm - 2:30pm - Sandor and his incredible ukes
2:30pm - 3:15pm - (Jam Session 2)
3:15pm - 3:30pm - (Show Us Your Ukes)
3:30pm - 4:00pm - (Jam Session3)
4:00pm - (Closing song and UkuleleJay Surprise Give Away!!!)

Cheers, and please remember to RSVP asap!

I had a great time when I was able to make it the first year - wish I could be there again, and bring some of that rain back with me!

Have a great time, Jay - maybe I can make it next time!

Thanks, we need any rain possible but the rain is done here this year. We'll miss you. Maybe 2016 will be a reunion ;-)

Woo hoo! Is it okay to post this on the San Francisco Ukulele Rebellion meetup site?

Absolutely Mark, please make sure everyone RSVP's, Vicki and a few others have already RSVP'd among others. Looking forward to seeing you and the Rebellion soon!

10 confirmations today...keep the RSVP's coming please. Thanks.

Hi Jay,
I am trying to make it...just working on my schedule... I will let you know soon.

More confirmations today, thanks for keeping the RSVP's coming!

There are 14 RSVPs on the SF Ukulele Rebellion meetup page. I'm not sure if everyone's emailed you, but it looks like the Uke Jam is pretty popular among Rebellion people.

Might be a conflict with my son's birthday party. Checking with my wife and will let you know. I really don't want to miss this for a second time

Hi Gary, got your email and I am so glad you chose me over your son. Good choice! ;-) Looking forward to catching up with you. Got a lot of new folks RSVPing so it should be a blast. So far everyone is still confirmed for the entertainment which will be fantastic this year. I think a few luthiers are coming to show off some custom ukes again.

See ya in a few short weeks. I'll have the song book posted by Saturday evening this weekend for everyone to download.

Cheers!

Added this song to the UkeJam book that will be posted by Saturday evening....lots of different song!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15b-SqxEabg

Songbook has been posted in the original post at the top. Here as well: https://www.dropbox.com/s/fv0wc69ory5c3s8/Ukulele Jay's UkeJam By The Bay 2015.pdf?dl=0

blue_knight_usa said:

Songbook has been posted in the original post at the top. Here as well.

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Thanks, Jay. Would it be okay to post the songbook in the "files" section of the San Francisco Ukulele Rebellion page on meetup.com?

No problem Mark, go ahead.

Hey Jay,

Just a heads-up -- 23 people have RSVPed on the San Francisco Ukulele Rebellion meetup page that they're coming to the jam on Saturday. There's an instruction on the meetup page to contact you directly to RSVP, but I don't know if people have, and it's possible that some of the people who have RSVPed on the page will flake. The event has generated a lot of excitement among SFUR people.

mds725 said:

Hey Jay,

Just a heads-up -- 23 people have RSVPed on the San Francisco Ukulele Rebellion meetup page that they're coming to the jam on Saturday. There's an instruction on the meetup page to contact you directly to RSVP, but I don't know if people have, and it's possible that some of the people who have RSVPed on the page will flake. The event has generated a lot of excitement among SFUR people.

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Thanks Mark, I have gotten at least 40 RSVP's with 100% confirmation they are coming, I recognized about 5 from your group, but I wouldn't know the others. Many others I did recognize so that's great to hear. Lots of new folks, should be a blast! I wouldn't be surprised if we had 50+. Only 5 days to go!

Cheers.

Updated Songbook, added 1 song to it.

blue_knight_usa said:

Hi Gary, got your email and I am so glad you chose me over your son. Good choice! ;-) Looking forward to catching up with you. Got a lot of new folks RSVPing so it should be a blast. So far everyone is still confirmed for the entertainment which will be fantastic this year. I think a few luthiers are coming to show off some custom ukes again.

See ya in a few short weeks. I'll have the song book posted by Saturday evening this weekend for everyone to download.

Cheers!

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I didn't have to choose

My son's birthday party is on Friday afternoon (after school), and his little league season is over on Thursday except for the All-Star game (so proud!).

Looking forward to it!!

Looking forward to seeing you. Haven't heard a word from CJ, I need to give him a buzz.