The Uke as Therapy

SweetWaterBlue

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• Jan 17, 2011

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I am watching a PBS special on the old Apollo Astronaut program. Out of 10 of them they featured about 7 ended up divorced. Apparently there were a lot of groupies that hung around the Cape, so there was a lot of temptation, and of course never being home is a big strain on a marriage anyway.

Interestingly, at least one of the wives turned to the ukulele for consolation after her divorce. She sang a song with several of the other wives about moving on. It looked like a baritone.

 

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As revenge, she plucked the uke to attract groupies of her own. It attracted an entirely unexpected type of groupie and she quickly abandoned the instrument for jazz aerobics.

 

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Wow. is my TV viewing out of date, or what? I see UkiSociety posted something about this long ago

http://www.ukuleleunderground.com/forum/showthread.php?22145-Ukulele-featured-in-documentary

But here is the song anway.

 

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There's pic somewhere out there on the interwebz of Neil Armstrong strumming a uke pensively and staring off into middle distance after coming back from the moon. If it's good enough for Neil, it's good enough for me.

I imagine a marriage under that type of strain could break with or without groupies.

 

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• Jan 17, 2011

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Plainsong said:

There's pic somewhere out there on the interwebz of Neil Armstrong strumming a uke

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• Jan 17, 2011

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Fuzzy said:

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Is the first man on the moon strumming a Martin?

 

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swervy jervy said:

As revenge, she plucked the uke to attract groupies of her own. It attracted an entirely unexpected type of groupie and she quickly abandoned the instrument for jazz aerobics.

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I love a Jazzercise lady!

 

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I don't doubt that the uke can be therapeutic; all music is.

From my perspective as a teacher, where the motto is, "first, get their attention," the uke is a great tool. Playing it gathers the attention of middle school students immediately. I have to think there's a calming, therapeutic side to that.