This event is open to all members of LUKES and other groups such as SKULL have been invited to join us.
Mentone RSL will open at 6:00pm for dinner and the workshop & performance will start at 7:30pm.

Date: March 23
Time: 7.30 - 9.30pm
Cost: $20 (Lukes will subsidise its members so the cost is only $10pp)
Dinner: from 6:00pm before the workshop and performance.
Phone:  the RSL on 9583 2841 to book
Bring: Ukes only, no need for stand or music

The headline band at this years Melbourne Ukulele Festival (MUF) is Dead Mans Uke, from the UK and we have been offered the opportunity to run a workshop and performance evening with them on March 23 at Mentone.
Duplicity will be joining them too and have offered to play for us as well.

See Dead Mans Uke - Word Class Ukulele and Double Bass Duo
Dead Mans Uke are an award winning two man band playing dirt swing, hokum and old blues tunes as well as crazy covers and anything else they fancy on double bass and a resonator ukulele that belonged to Tiny Tim... they play shows in bars, music venues, parties, festivals and theatres across the UK and recently in Prague, Dublin, Austria, Paris, Bavaria, Poland, Las Vegas, Palm Springs and even Saudi Arabia…
www.deadmansuke.com



and Duplicity - Acoustic Duo, Melbourne, Australia
Duplicity has been delighting audiences with its eclectic mix of jazz, blues, rock and pop since winning Best Group at the Dandenong Ranges Ukulele Festival (DRUKE) in 2017.  Duplicity has captivated audiences by combining beautiful vocals with clever arrangements and "taking ukuleles to places they don't normally go". Duplicity covers a range of musical genres using a variety of instruments including ukulele, guitar, bass and percussion.  Based in Melbourne’s Dandenong Ranges, Duplicity comprises Sue Kidd (Vocals, Ukulele and Percussion) and Brendan Canty (Ukulele, Guitar, Bass and Vocals). In addition to regular gigging, Duplicity has supported Lucy Wise, Hannah Schmidli, Paul Jonson (NZ), Manitoba Hal Brolund (Canada) and the Screamin' Eagles.  Duplicity is active on the festival circuit in Australia and New Zealand.
www.duplicity.com.au



The workshop on offer is called SPIDERMAN which focuses on the sort of thing we do at Lukes - working on the presentation of a song.  

The description of the workshop is:
DMU came up with this arrangement whilst playing with our DUM CHING set and started singing various tunes to see what fitted. As a child Tim watched this TV show and read Spiderman Comics. The TUNE is one that always stuck - so it wasn’t long before we were singing this classic theme in our usual DUM CHING style. This has changed a few times - recently with the addition of a fiddle part - hope you have fun with it! Dm Gm C7 A7 Bb This is essentially a dum ching rhythm... so you down strum on the 2nd beat - the first beat can be a note plucked, a silent strum or a bass. dum ching, dum ching, dum ching, dum ching There are a few licks that can be added throughout to make it more interesting...