San Francisco Ukulele World record?...

We played at a Kiwanis fundraiser for child literacy last night. One of the band members said her daughter had called her Saturday to see if she could fly up and be a part of it. None of us had heard of the event. I don't recall seeing it posted in any of the forums. Did anyone her participate and if so, did San Francisco beat Englands phenominal record? Ric

References:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/cityinsider/detail?entry_id=73129

http://blogs.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2010/09/ukulele_fans_plan_world_record.php

http://www.ukemaker.com

http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201009241630/e

Hasn't happened yet, but I will be there! Got my tickets and I am heading to the city soon!

I was at DaSilva's this past Friday evening for AG and Co . . . good show, BTW. Mike mentioned something about breaking the record for ukulele players during the screening of Mighty Uke. I think it happened yesterday (9-26). Haven't heard or seen any updates.

Aloha Ricdoug,
Thanks for the heads up on this one, 852 ukulele players...Wow, amazing ukulele movement support...
anybody got more details, sound really intresting...Have fun and "Keep strumming them strings" MM Stan..

According to http://www.ukemaker.com , it's happening today. Just go down to the center of the page for more info:

"Mighty Uke - The Amazing Comeback of a Musical Underdog"
Ukulele Documentary Movie Screening
&
Guinness World Record Attempt !!!!!

Castro Theater, San Francisco California
Sunday, September 26, 3pm.

http://mightyukemovie.com

Tickets here: http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3081155

Here are the songs we'll be playing in the world record attempt.

Audio file: http://www.ukemaker.com/images/DownByTheRiverside.mov



http://www.ukemaker.com/images/KeepOnTheSunnyside.mov

ricdoug said:

We played at a Kiwanis fundraiser for child literacy last night. One of the band members said her daughter had called her Saturday to see if she could fly up and be a part of it. None of us had heard of the event. I don't recall seeing it posted in any of the forums. Did anyone her participate and if so, did San Francisco beat Englands phenominal record?

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I started a thread about this event about a month ago in the "Regional Get Togethers" forum. The event was this afternoon. It was a blast, with a strong presence from the San Francisco (even though there were a gazillion other events today in the city), the Ukulele Club of Santa Cruz and a busful of ukulele-playing elementary school students from Menlo Park. There were about 500 people there, we were told, which not enough to beat the existing record. Still, it was a very enthusiastic crowd. Uni and Her Ukulele performed and Kala gave away three ukuleles, including what appeared to be a solid acacia ukulele (it had a slotted headstock). Check the Mighty Uke website in a few days for pictures.

Dang it! How'd I miss this? Totally would have added a few more- we'll get 'em next time