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NUTS Northside Ukuleles

Locality: Forestville, New South Wales, Australia

Phone: +61 419 615 041

Address: 3 Starkey St 2086 Forestville, NSW, Australia

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25.01.2022 NUTS @ Narrabeen Lakes Festivall Sunday 8th December 2019 Berry Reserve, 1417 Pittwater Road, Narrabeen 12:30pm to 2:30pm with regular breaks.... THE GIG The Narrabeen Lakes Festival is a vibrant, annual festival held at Berry Reserve Narrabeen with something for everyone: entertainment, amusement rides and over 140 market stalls selling everything including food and baked treats from various countries, refreshments, fresh produce, preserves, arts and crafts, clothing, bric-a-brac and plants. Bring your family and friends and have lunch and pick up some early Christmas presents. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hJ0klpVQtA THE VENUE Berry Reserve is on the eastern shore of Narrabeen Lake. [Between Narrabeen Bridge & the Tramshed Cafe.] It is lakeside just south of Narrabeen Bridge. [Nearest Junction is Waterloo Street, Narrabeen.] Parking is limited but there is street parking towards the beach or north of the bridge in North Narrabeen. SETLIST: Familiar favourite NUTS songs will be performed utilising the following: NUTS Performance Group Setlist Songbook -2B Supplied. NUTS Green Songbook GREY Ukulele Club Songbook No.1. ASSEMBLY TIME: Meet at the Marquee/Main Stage at 12:15pm. DRESS CODE: Solid, bright coloured Shirts for men. Colourful / Solid colours for ladies. STAGE PLAN: Stage is small and space is limited. Four main song leaders plus Bass will be out front. Nominated Electric Ukes will be plugged in. Other song leaders will be on stage in Back row. Everyone is welcome but you may have to stand up or sit on chairs (supplied) at the the front of the stage. BRING ALONG: Music Stands - Please share 1 between 2 people. Clothes Pegs or Bulldog clips - especially if the day is windy. Green [NUTS] Songbook Grey Ukulele Club Songbook Number 1. Hat, sun cream and Water. Ukulele and Tuner - Check partners tuning. SORRY - No Banjoleles. STAGE RULES: Look up: smile regularly. Move a bit and act enthusiastic. Laugh at all jokes and clap enthusiastically. No chatting or strumming between songs. R U ATTENDING? Please send an email to Les at..... [email protected] RSVP ASAP to confirm your attendance as numbers may be limited! Everyone welcome! All other enquiries to Les on 0419 615 041 or '[email protected].'

24.01.2022 Happy Birthday to Iz! https://youtu.be/4YRvGXyOAL4

22.01.2022 'LET IT BE' Ukulele Tutorial With time on your hands here is a chance to learn one of the Beatles’ most inspiring tunes, the 1970 hit Let It Be. Bob Guz from the Austin Ukulele Society [AUS] does a fantastic job in breaking down this great song and all chords are shown on screen.... https://youtu.be/FH0WqXclfgM The AUS always warm up their meetings with Bob Marley’s optimistic Three Little Birds before Bob does a fantastic, performance of his arrangement of the Beatles’ Let It Be. He then takes you through some helpful exercises to teach the strum style, chord progressions, and more, before he finally puts the song together and plays it through a couple of times and you can strum along. At the end the AUS always finish their meetings with their closing song, Willie Nelson’s On the Road Again. A big thank you to the AUS for this fantastic tutorial.

22.01.2022 If you have time on your 'clean' hands then it is probably time to face your fears and learn all about barre chords. https://youtu.be/CblmkxBaC0g

22.01.2022 John the BassMan reunites with Col Joye

21.01.2022 NUTS $3,336 DONATION TO THE RED CROSS BUSHFIRE APPEAL. The NUTS Ukulele Group's thoughts are with all those impacted by the devastating bushfire crisis that has impacted our communities within NSW and across the country. To provide support and assistance to the tireless firefighters, emergency workers, volunteers and communities affected by the bushfires, NUTS Ukulele Group have made a $3,336 donation to the Red Cross Bushfire Disaster Appeal. ... Just after Christmas the NUTS committee agreed to donate $2500 to the appeal. [This is over 70% of our available funds which we hold for expenses such as hall hire, insurance, equipment, repairs etc.] We then passed a bucket around at our January 2020 Open Mic meeting and raised a further $836 from they 80+ Uke players who attended. Doesn't It make you feel proud to be a Ukulele NUT! https://www.abc.net.au//bushfire-relief:-how-you-/11835156

20.01.2022 BORED WITH THIS UKULELE LOCKDOWN? The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain have come to the rescue by creating a special Covid-19 UKULELE LOCKDOWN section of their website to help to cure your ukulele withdrawal blues. Leisa from the UOOGB has an excellent Playalong and Tutorial where where she provides useful tips for three familiar songs followed by an easy play along. [Where she even offers alternative strum patterns.]... The three songs are [1] Valerie [2] Freight Train and [3] Don't Worry be Happy. The first two songs can be found in the NUTS Grey books 1 on Pages 74 and 92. Enjoy and Learn. https://youtu.be/l5-Sx9H3OQU The UKULELE LOCKDOWN link is below and it contains simple chord sheets for all three songs ...... https://www.ukuleleorchestra.com/index.php/lockdown

18.01.2022 BLUE MOUNTAINS FESTIVAL PRACTICE DATES At the 2020 Blue Mountains Ukulele Festival the NUTS Ukulele Band will be performing on the main Marquee stage at the Carrington Hotel in Katoomba at 1pm on Saturday 9th February 2019. To prepare for the BMUF requires some serious personal commitment and practice so it is important that you attend the following TWO rehearsals.... If you want to attend the BMUF with NUTS please put the following TWO dates in your diary..... Saturday 11th January 2020 2pm to 4pm @ Forestville Senior Citizens Centre. 3 Starkey St, Forestville. Saturday 25th January 2020 2pm to 4pm @ YoYo's Youth Centre 10 Forest Way; Frenchs Forest [Forestway Shops: Corner of Forest Way and Warringah Road.]

17.01.2022 NUTS Uke Jams Cancelled until Further Notice!

17.01.2022 'LET IT BE' Ukulele Tutorial With time on your hands here is a chance to learn one of the Beatles most inspiring tunes, the 1970 hit Let It Be. Bob Guz from the Austin Ukulele Society [AUS] does a fantastic job in breaking down this great song and all chords are shown on screen.... https://youtu.be/FH0WqXclfgM The AUS always warm up their meetings with Bob Marleys optimistic Three Little Birds before Bob does a fantastic, performance of his arrangement of the Beatles Let It Be. He then takes you through some helpful exercises to teach the strum style, chord progressions, and more, before he finally puts the song together and plays it through a couple of times and you can strum along. At the end the AUS always finish their meetings with their closing song, Willie Nelsons On the Road Again. A big thank you to the AUS for this fantastic tutorial.

14.01.2022 UKE STAR OF THE FUTURE....10 years old https://www.facebook.com/Pretty52Official/videos/2643571472326511/

13.01.2022 ALL NUTS EVENTS CANCELLED! Because of the COVID-19 crisis all NUTS ukulele events are cancelled until further notice. Please STAY SAFE everyone and we will keep you posted when we can resume strumming!

12.01.2022 Check out the new Aussie song "Slanguage." Featuring Matt Scullion on the Uke! [Please LIKE this song for the struggling artist Matt!] https://youtu.be/ly_xLSq9RlU

12.01.2022 NUTS at the BMUF Saturday 8th February 2020 1pm to 1:30pm Carrington Hotel Marquee Stage... 15-47 Katoomba Street, KATOOMBA SETLIST: Please open the Setlist and Songs in the LINK below. https://drive.google.com//1BPp8JtP-hMnpmLU1wOkhpS8xULV0G-n INSTRUCTIONS Print out all the songs and place them in a BLACK plastic folder. [Folders Cost 50 cents at OfficeWorks] Also photocopy the THREE songs from the Green and Grey 1 books! ASSEMBLY TIME: Meet at the rear of the Marquee Stage at 12:30 pm. DRESS CODE: Hawaiian Shirts for men. Bright florals for ladies. STAGE PLAN: Main song leaders plus Bass will be out front. Only nominated Electric Ukes will be plugged in. Other Song Leaders and back up singers will be on stage in middle row. All other NUTS performers to be at front or rear of stage. BRING ALONG: BLACK plastic folder containing all songs - see above. Music Stands - Please share 1 between 2 people. Hat and Water. Ukulele and Tuner - Check your partners tuning. SORRY - No Banjoleles. STAGE RULES: No starting to sing or play too early or finishing too late! Back up singers stand back from the mic! No drowning out the leader! Look up: smile regularly! Move a bit and act enthusiastic! No talking or strumming between songs! R U ATTENDING? Please confirm your attendance by sending an email ASAP to Les Gordon at [email protected]

10.01.2022 NUTS COVID-19 HEALTH REGULATIONS. NUTS are back on the 4th of July but with some strict health regulations in place! Please Do NOT ATTEND if you feeling even slightly unwell. If in doubt stay away PLEASE!... Maximum Hall limit is 90 persons and this limit will be strictly enforced Social Distancing of 4 square metres must be observed Strict Health procedures will apply Temperatures will be checked before entry Hand sanitisor will be provided and must be used prior to entry There will be no afternoon tea facilities available so BYO water or cold drink. Name, email and phone details must be provided on entry. [BYO Pen or Pencil.] Song leaders must sanitise microphones and stands before and after use See more

09.01.2022 COL JOYE @ NOVEMBER NUTS: Legendary Aussie rocker Col Joye made a surprise appearance at the November NUTS ukulele jam. Col is a great ukulele fan and entertained us all with his uke, songs and stories and his infectious energy. The surprised audience was mesmerised and energised by Col's surprise appearance. And at 82 Col showed us all that he is still a great musician and energetic showman. We all had a great time! Thanks a lot Col! https://photos.google.com//AF1QipOeDkFCOtc7-r6Nn09VLOxXTYV

03.01.2022 Want to improve your strumming skills? Try this excellent seven part STEP UP YOUR STRUM tutorial from ALL FOR UKE! https://youtu.be/wo7HUYwD3VU

02.01.2022 Check out this great Aussie song by Matt Scullion. https://youtu.be/v5jZ1khDgNg

01.01.2022 HOW TO CHOOSE STRUMMING PATTERNS Well Strum Again dont know where, dont know when! If you are Self Isolating or Social Distancing and missing your regular Uke Sessions? Try this... Kevin from AllForUke has just started a brand new series of free strumming lessons to improve your strumming skills. Check them out! https://youtu.be/833XFe1lgpk