We're fortunate to have a great elementary school which my daughter attends. The music teacher is an absolute gem, and she's just started fundraising for a ukulele program. Of course I'm thrilled that the instrument that's absorbing so much of my interest will be gaining ground locally. I'm no better than an intermediate player, but I'm hoping I can help out in the classroom a bit.
She's aiming for a purchase of 10 Mitchell MU40 Soprano Ukuleles. The price works out to $37 each, so dirt cheap, but given how good some of the Makala and other inexpensive instruments are, I'm not writing these off as junk. By any chance has anyone played one of these? I think she's ordering from a distributor that focuses on school music programs, so hopefully these are suitably rugged AND musically sound.
I'm confident she'll reach her fundraising goal, so in posting the link I'm not expecting UU members to contribute. As anyone with school age kids or grandkids knows, there's a non-stop bombardment of fundraisers these days. But if anyone wants to help out, it'd be cool to see support from the broader uke community.
https://www.donorschoose.org/project/ukelele-rocks-and-so-does-our-school/2799217
Hopefully I'll be able to report back next semester with some video footage!
She's aiming for a purchase of 10 Mitchell MU40 Soprano Ukuleles. The price works out to $37 each, so dirt cheap, but given how good some of the Makala and other inexpensive instruments are, I'm not writing these off as junk. By any chance has anyone played one of these? I think she's ordering from a distributor that focuses on school music programs, so hopefully these are suitably rugged AND musically sound.
I'm confident she'll reach her fundraising goal, so in posting the link I'm not expecting UU members to contribute. As anyone with school age kids or grandkids knows, there's a non-stop bombardment of fundraisers these days. But if anyone wants to help out, it'd be cool to see support from the broader uke community.
https://www.donorschoose.org/project/ukelele-rocks-and-so-does-our-school/2799217
Hopefully I'll be able to report back next semester with some video footage!