The SPRUKE Festival Committee is always interested in your feedback, and will continually look for ways to improve the festival experience for our visitors. This is your opportunity to craft the ultimate Ukulele festival experience. Don’t hold back – give it to us warts and all. We’d just like to hear about your festival experience so we can improve things next time. Please have responses completed by 30th October 2015 for a chance to win a[…]
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Brisbane Ukulele Musician’s Society Inc is keen to promote ukulele playing and to encourage music teachers and schools with ukulele programs. As part of the pre-festival activities for SPRUKE 2015, BUMS Inc held two music contests. Secondary Music Contest Results Mount Maria Secondary College, Mitchelton was the only entry for the Secondary Music Contest. Mt Maria’s performance at the Ferny Grove Jam was very popular, and they have been invited to perform on the Music[…]
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What a great way to finish the holidays. The perfect day out for the whole family! Learn to play ukulele in a day … FREE. ENTRY to the festival precinct is FREE with many activities and performances that won’t cost you a cent! Be sure and get to the festival early so you can fit it all in! Early birds can kick off with Ukulele Boot Camp to stamp out those bad practice habits from 8:30[…]
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Where will all the BUMS, CHUMS, SCUM, WUPPIES and MUGs be 2-4 October 2015? Apart from a good acronym, ukulele players love making music, learning something new and chillin’ to live music. SPRUKE Brisbane’s Ukulele Festival on the long weekend in October is the place to be. You don’t have to play a ukulele but you might when you leave! SPRUKE 2015 is a three day event with live music, workshops, open mic, markets and two[…]
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Congratulations to Vanessa Nugent who won a $100 music gift voucher in our How Ukulele Changed My Life Competition. This is her winning entry. Vanessa’s Uke Journey I have played the guitar in the confines of my bedroom since I was 12 years old; always quietly so as not to disturb anybody. I sang quietly, I played quietly. Thirteen years ago I moved to a new area and found a nice man who persuaded me to dust[…]
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I am a ukulele player…and I am happy! The SPRUKE Festival Committee are happy to announce that Victorian, Jane Cameron has taken out first place in the essay competition “How the Ukulele Changed my Life. Jane”s entry was the unanimous choice of all judges. Her story appealed to the spirit of Spruke, and the judges felt she was a most deserving winner The competition entries came from all over the country, from Victoria, New South[…]
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Jim plays tenor ukulele with Kine Kool, a nine member group that showcases three and four part vocal harmony with ukulele backing. He plays the lead and harmony melody with two different ukuleles and a Behringer V-Amp for a variety of musical effects. The ever increasing song list includes single and multi- page pdf files for TAB, Notation, Fake Books, ukulele lyric and chord charts and handwritten back of envelope charts. There are also charts[…]
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The Air Turn PED allows you to take control of music reading, scrolling lyrics or guitar tabs, tele-prompting, slide presentations, instrument effects or media control, and more. Air Turn PED is the perfect controller for Bluetooth smart ready-equipped mac, pc, iPad or android tablet. Works with iPad 3 and newer, Galaxy 4 and newer. Enjoy total page-turning freedom with the AirTurn Bluetooth pedal. Paired with your iPad or tablet and a page turnings app like[…]
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