Chris Tarman
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I'm thinking of trying to see if there is ANY interest in my area by ANYONE to have some sort of a local club. The problem is that I am the only ukulele player I know. I am sure there are at least a FEW people in my town of 15,000 that either play or would like to.
So does anyone have any advice for how to go about this?
I've thought of putting flyers up saying something to the effect of "Do you play ukulele? Would you LIKE to play ukulele?", and then giving a brief description of my idea/vision. I'd be willing to teach a little bit, but I don't know how qualified I am for that. I have enough ukuleles to loan them out at the gathering (not to take home, but to play there). I have a couple of ideas of where to meet, but that would depend on how much interest there was, as well as a couple of other factors. If it was just a few adults or kids with parents, I'd be willing to do it at my house, at least for starters. Afterwards, I was thinking that one of the local coffee shops might be willing to let us meet weekly or monthly. Or the meeting room at our public library (where my wife works), but that's often booked in advance.
Any thoughts or advice as to what works or doesn't work would be most appreciated. I've never done anything like this, but I would just really love to have some other people to play with.
So does anyone have any advice for how to go about this?
I've thought of putting flyers up saying something to the effect of "Do you play ukulele? Would you LIKE to play ukulele?", and then giving a brief description of my idea/vision. I'd be willing to teach a little bit, but I don't know how qualified I am for that. I have enough ukuleles to loan them out at the gathering (not to take home, but to play there). I have a couple of ideas of where to meet, but that would depend on how much interest there was, as well as a couple of other factors. If it was just a few adults or kids with parents, I'd be willing to do it at my house, at least for starters. Afterwards, I was thinking that one of the local coffee shops might be willing to let us meet weekly or monthly. Or the meeting room at our public library (where my wife works), but that's often booked in advance.
Any thoughts or advice as to what works or doesn't work would be most appreciated. I've never done anything like this, but I would just really love to have some other people to play with.