the EPIC WEEKEND MUSICAL ADVENTURE. I'd say this musical adventure weekend was a huge success...even though they played my songlist at the beach in Santa Cruz and I missed it...however, I made it to the Beatles Sing in Pacifica at the Chit Chat Cafe, where Jeanine and her groovy little band led us in all the songs from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club band! the entire coffee shop sang along...people of all ages...younger to older...! I brought my ukulele and played along on some songs...my friend Steve played the guitar and bass...THEN we played and sang more Beatles songs at jeanine's house..! totally random, unexpected fun...HOWEVER, I had already made plans to attend the Ukulele Love In at the Actual Cafe in Oakland, so we jammed with them as long as we could before taking off down the road again for more uke playing...and to meet up with friends.
Then yesterday it was all about San Francisco and the Uke Rebellion. I took BART (and am so glad I did), brandishing one ukulele (had to choose which one, hehe!), and a backpack with music...caught 6 Parnasus bus and got off at Haight and Divesadero close to the Oakside Cafe just in time! one dude on the bus gave me some drawings he made for kids in schools, a mom and grandma with a cute little girl named "Justice" sat in front of me -- their drycleaned clothes hanging up next to them on the bus...we played songs out of the Daily Ukulele for an hour and then sang songs from the songsheets Nancy is compiling...such as the Monster Mash (for Halloween), which was so much fun...and Friday I'm in Love, Take Me On...Secret Agent Man and even Killing Me Softly...I brought the song from Rocky Horror Picture Show, "Science Fiction Double Feature," perfect for Halloween! The guy who sat next to me sang it word for word as I led the gang....anyone who has seen Rocky Horror would know this song! I also sang and played it with my friends Geoff & Caroline at the Actual Cafe, and they knew the words too! so much fun. Then afterwards, we all reluctantly parted ways and I hung out with my friends Dean & Steve at a lovely cafe...the sun shining down...played our ukes...then we walked over to Dean's house and played some more...jamming on My Sweet Lord (George Harrison) and some awesome Pretender tunes...I always learn so much when I jam with these guys! We stayed til long after the baseball game was over. Then we walked down to a really cool Mexican restaurant and ate shrimp and garlic burritos and Steve rode the bus and BART with me to the Bayfair Station where I transferred to a Fremont train and headed home...
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