Harold O.
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Anyone of any gender can and does play the ukulele. Fair enough. But I have noticed something just recently in the uke circles I've been playing in: IT'S MOSTLY WOMEN.
With my local group, Canogahana Players (see thread in Regional Get Togethers), we typically draw about 7 women to 3 men. No big deal, I didn't even think about it until this weekend at a Ukulele Bartt show in Kulak's Woodshed.
Bartt recently held a three-Saturday workshop followed by having the class play three songs as opening act for his show last night. In looking around at the crowd, there was the usual mix of couples and family members. But in the class of about 25 there were 18 women! Thinking back on other large groups I've heard, it strikes me that most were women.
So does this mean that learning the ukulele is a great way to meet women?
...Or is learning the ukulele a "girl thing?"
...Or maybe I simply overlook the men and am focusing elsewhere?
...Or could it be that I'm thinking too hard about this?
I realize it doesn't matter in the larger scheme, but I have grown curious.
What's the uke gender balance in your neck of the woods?
With my local group, Canogahana Players (see thread in Regional Get Togethers), we typically draw about 7 women to 3 men. No big deal, I didn't even think about it until this weekend at a Ukulele Bartt show in Kulak's Woodshed.
Bartt recently held a three-Saturday workshop followed by having the class play three songs as opening act for his show last night. In looking around at the crowd, there was the usual mix of couples and family members. But in the class of about 25 there were 18 women! Thinking back on other large groups I've heard, it strikes me that most were women.
So does this mean that learning the ukulele is a great way to meet women?
...Or is learning the ukulele a "girl thing?"
...Or maybe I simply overlook the men and am focusing elsewhere?
...Or could it be that I'm thinking too hard about this?
I realize it doesn't matter in the larger scheme, but I have grown curious.
What's the uke gender balance in your neck of the woods?