Growing old or...older and growing - with learning the ukulele
I’ve never believed that as people get older, they lose the enthusiasm for living their best lives. Sure, getting older has its downsides, but oh boy, it can be the best time of your life.
I’ve never believed that as people get older, they lose the enthusiasm for living their best lives. Sure, getting older has its downsides, but oh boy, it can be the best time of your life.
I play in a ukulele group of over twenty ‘friends’ of varying abilities and ages. One of our group members is 89 years old.We go out and about in the local community entertaining in community centres and care homes. We’ve just started an initiative of teaching ukulele to staff and residents in care homes.
Four of us from the group decided to meet to learn more challenging songs. After practising together for just over a year, we were delighted to enter and get to the semi-finals in Boom Radio’s ‘One More Dream Competition’. The event attracted hundreds of entries, so we did ourselves proud and received some very complimentary comments from Rock Royalty Suzy Quattro, no less. Nothing special except we’re all retired and this is a hobby some of us have relatively recently taken up.
Join us on Tuesdays from 10:00 in Lovedean Hall, Lovedean Lane, PO8 9SF and spend a couple of hours with the nicest people on the planet. It’s a great way to meet new friends and enjoy a good ol' singalong. You never know, it just might be the start of something!!
Beginners welcome and if you don’t fancy learning Ukulele, we would love to have you along to sing.
Contact me for further information. Email: [email protected]