DATE: SATURDAY 12 FEBRUARY 2023
TIME: 2-2:30PM
PLACE: Coles Car park, bottom level, right next door to the Carrington Hotel venue.

Rehearsal in Katoomba

DATE: SATURDAY 12 FEBRUARY 2022
TIME: 2-2:30PM
PLACE: Coles Car park, bottom level, right next door to the Carrington Hotel venue.

On top of this is the Council Building containing the Library and Cultural Centre. Below that is Coles. Below Coles is a carpark. Below that carpark is another carpark. I think this would be the bottom one. Either drive straight in there, or catch the escalators down from Coles. I’m pretty sure there is some space there that we could occupy for a 27 minute rehearsal. We’ll have the portable amp, but no drum machine.

THIS MAY CHANGE IF WE FIND A MORE SUITABLE SPACE, BUT WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO EMAIL YOU FROM KATOOMBA. You presumably have our phone numbers (Mark – 0430434291) (Jane – 0478624883), but please, use the ever reliable grapevine on the street to confirm the rehearsal time and space.

The Newcastle Ukulele Community makes a very significant contribution to the Blue Mountains Ukulele Festival, probably the largest of any community (outside of the Blue Mountains community themselves).

The festival is on the weekend of 11-13 February 2022. At this stage the Ukastle Ukestra are scheduled for Saturday 12 February at 5pm.

To ensure COVID compliance the festival now costs $10, primarily to keep track of numbers. You can book those tickets here.

The Dinner/Show tickets will again be available through the Carrington Hotel. This sells out quickly (Friday night) and you should yourself stay in touch with the festival so that you can know when they go on sale.

Rehearsal Fee

We will have four rehearsals with a flat rehearsal fee of $20 (whether you do 1 or all rehearsals). You can either pay this to the usual spot, or (preferably) in cash at a rehearsal.

REHEARSAL DATES (locations will be continually updated)

First Rehearsal – Wednesday 8 December – 6pm

Second Rehearsal – Wednesday 12 January – 6pm RAILWAY SHEDS AT FORESHORE PARK

Third Rehearsal – Sunday 23 January – 3:30pm RAILWAY SHEDS AT FORESHORE PARK

Fourth and final rehearsal – Saturday 5 February – 3:30pm RAILWAY SHEDS AT FORESHORE PARK

Click here or the Zoom logo to attend the rehearsal virtually.

We usually do a last touchup rehearsal in the forecourt of the Katoomba library just before the performance, but keep your ear to the grapevine for final details. Ask other ukestrans on the street on the Saturday for a confirmation.

Possible Set List (this is the order of performance – but may change) for Ukastle Ukestra – 5pm in the Marquee – date/time is not yet fixed

Beast of Burden (Jules)
Helpless (Jules)
One’s on the Way (Dini or Carol)
Weather with you
Dreams (Evie)
I can’t go for that
Come up and see me

Here are the links to the music

Videos of each rehearsal (recorded via Zoom will be put up here too).

Videos of the Rehearsals

Rehearsal #3 – 23 January 2022 – Individual Videos

No Surprises

Take It To The Limit

Kashmir

Homecoming Queen

Colours

Wichita Lineman

Rehearsal #3 – The Zoom video

Rehearsal #1 – 8 December 2021 – the Zoom video

Individual Song Videos

No Surprises – 1st Rehearsal – 8 December 2021

This came up surprisingly well. We will ask a few good harmony singers to take up Jane and Mark’s harmony with Will. If you can learn the plucking, that’s great!