BUMS Inc Newsletter for May 2025

In This Newsletter:-

• May Jams
• World Ukulele Day Raffle
• Ukulele Friday Report
• Sally Carter Workshops - book now!

World Ukulele Day Raffle

On World Ukulele Day (2 February 2025) we launched a raffle with a handmade ukulele as the prize.  We had meant to draw the raffle winner in March, but Cyclone Alfred intervened.  It was drawn at the Coorparoo jam on 2 April, and the winner was ALISON ROLLO.  She couldn't wait for a formal presentation and hurried from Eatons Hill to Toowong to collect it.  

President, Sylvia Hunt, presented the ukulele (for the cameras) at the Ferny Grove on 16 April.  Thank you to all the people who bought tickets in the raffle.

The ukulele was made by Ken Carter, a BUMS member since 2013 and an active player in NUMB BUMS.  He now plays in CHUMS, a band based in a retirement village in Aspley He made ukuleles for pleasure and when he downsized his home, he donated some of the ukuleles to BUMS.  Thanks, Ken.

Ukulele Friday Report

On Friday the 11th of April a happy gathering of some 23 ukesters celebrated joining Brisbane Ukulele Musicians Society with a Jam run by Corinda local ukulele royalty, sisters Gabi Liddle, and Jen Reynolds, along with Jen’s talented sons Sam and Ayden Reynolds.

Those in attendance enjoyed a delightful selection of songs from Taylor Swift, Marty Robbins, Train the Steeldrivers, and others. The evening was eventful because it was the first time Ukulele Friday played as a BUMS Jam at the Corinda Bowlo, and it was the first  time that they played in the Bar Annex in the Corinda Bowls club.

It was a very enjoyable evening. The venue is roomy enough to accommodate up to 35 jammers. On the evening in question, BUMS put on a small table of cocktail nibbles as part of the celebration. The Bar is conveniently adjacent to the Annex, and there are food trucks that provide an eclectic menu of tasty snacks.  The fun night ended happily, at 8:00 with the jammers leaving Corinda Bowlo with a broad smile on their faces.

Max Borchardt

Sally Carter Workshops - book now!

Sally has presented workshops for BUMS in the past and will be back in town in May 2025 to present her Campanella ukulele and 'We Will Rock You' workshops.

• Sunday the 25 May 2025
• Coorparoo Bowls Club
  • Campanella Ukulele, 12.00pm to 1.00pm
  • "We Will Rock You", 1.30pm to 2.30pm
• Please arrive early so you have time to set up and be ready to start at 12.00pm sharp!

Two workshops for the price of one. BUMS Members $30.00, Non Members $35.00.  (If you are a financial or life member, remember to log in to Member Jungle to get your discount.)

¿¿¿¿¿¿¿Seats are limited, so sign in and click here to book your place!

12 – 1pm Campanella Ukulele:

• Playing tunes with as many open strings as possible to sound like a harp. 
• Plucking techniques. For high G ukuleles only.
• Basic tab reading skills required.

1:30 – 2:30pm Song Arrangement - "We Will Rock You"

• Let’s rock out with this awesome arrangement of a well-known song. So much going on – riffs, lead breaks, clapping, singing, chords and transposing – you can do it! There is a part for everyone to play. All abilities.

Check out Sally's profile here (pdf document) and website.