I made the news with my little Ukulele!

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I am probably as exciting as watching paint dry, but I have successfully overcome the idea of playing publicly.
I work in the summer at the local History Center, and it occurred to me that "History Center" was far less exciting than "History Center With Live Entertainment"...so I tend to bring along an Ukulele when I go.
Now- the extraordinarily nice old ladies there, who all see me as their grandson (at 38 I am the youngest docent) always tell me how wonderful I play- I do not believe a word of it.
Fact is, I am a hack. I will get better- I am wearing out parts of trees that have been around hundreds of years, and in only 11 months...but that is neither here nor there.
today a gal that writes the local section for the newspaper was in doing some research and she was treated to a little aloha.
http://cloverdale.towns.pressdemocrat.com/2011/07/news/serenading-history-2/
Spreading it around brothers and sisters- spreading it around :)
In any event- if you read it if you could click the "like" button, it means my new fan gets to pay her bills I suspect.
Cheers
The Cloverdale Kid
 
Aloha Dave,
That was cool..Seranading the grandma's ....spreading the Aloha...awesome dude...Happy strummimgs MM Stan
 
Hey TCK, That's a good story and it looks like from the comments that you have some local fans.

I think I drove through Healdsburg Cloverdale once or twice. Once to drive through the redwoods and once to go to the casino. My old job was based in Santa Rosa.

Thank you for sharing that. I appreciated it.
 
Thanks for sharing its always awesome to hear about a fellow UUer making the news. GOt yourself a few fans there good job and keep on jammin.
 
so, so awesome! what a cool experience!
 
Hey Dave, good work, nice article.

Your uke banjo playing is pretty nice, too.
 
That was a very cool article. Congrats on your ten minutes of fame. Ha ha.
 
Great warming article...Very envious of the yo-yo expertise though...could never manage that as I tried it as a smoking replacement lol!

Chris
 
Hey, Dave..... can I have your autograph?:) Seriously, though, that's pretty cool, seems like you're doing things the right way..... My wife plays a little guitar but has a pretty stressful job, works late regularly.... I can't get her to play with me as often as I'd like, but when we do, it's just great. I always try to remind her how relaxed she is after we play through a few tunes.....
 
Awesomeness +

But man, this is old news. We of the Tasmanian bush have known of Dave Laurice proselytising the ukes charms to unsuspecting history buffs for some time now. The guy's a legend. Sweet as. :)
 
Very cool!

But I kinda wanted to hear more about those 18 accordions too! :)

JJ
 
Nice article. Ukulele, accordian and yo yo, you really like to stay off of the beaten path!
 
Aloha TCK!
Great article and great job of spreading the Aloha Spirit.
Mahalo Nui Loa, bruddah!

Mason671
 
That is awesome. Thanks for the morning smile :)
 
Very cool, you make me proud to be a uker! And if you weren't a fine musician the reporter likely would have gone to where she wouldn't be bothered by your "hacking" on the uke. Instead she was drawn to your "music" (her words).
Thanks for being a cool guy with a uke,
Don
 
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