Tonight I attended the 2014 Los Angeles Music Center Ukulele Xmas Orchestra. It's a gathering of attendees of previous Active Arts Summer Ukule-Alongs, which amounted to about 300 people. They provided a set of about 10 songs, well known Christmas music and some not so well known. It was a very ambitious list and we ended up playing about 6-7.
I think they tried too hard to fill the program, the vast majority of us couldn't keep up with the speed they were going, especially the songs few of us knew. I actually mute strummed through the last three not knowing the words or melody. They didn't even sing with us to keep us on track, they just left us on our own, which to me was a mistake.
Overall I enjoyed an 2 1/2 hour evening playing ukulele, and seeing a number of people from groups with which I play/played. I brought my black mandolele.
I think they tried too hard to fill the program, the vast majority of us couldn't keep up with the speed they were going, especially the songs few of us knew. I actually mute strummed through the last three not knowing the words or melody. They didn't even sing with us to keep us on track, they just left us on our own, which to me was a mistake.
Overall I enjoyed an 2 1/2 hour evening playing ukulele, and seeing a number of people from groups with which I play/played. I brought my black mandolele.