Ukulele Blog » festival http://ukeschool.com/ukulele-blog by Barnacle Bob Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:33:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Ukes gain foothold in Ireland http://ukeschool.com/ukulele-blog/2009/08/30/ukes-gain-foothold-in-ireland/ http://ukeschool.com/ukulele-blog/2009/08/30/ukes-gain-foothold-in-ireland/#comments Sun, 30 Aug 2009 02:25:32 +0000 Barnacle Bob http://ukeschool.com/ukulele-blog/?p=35 Dublin has a ukulele festival? First one, this year! Cool!

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“Smaller than a violin but more fun than an orchestra – all hail the ukulele“

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Wow, that’s pretty high praise.  I think Ireland is about as far as you can get from Hawai’i…

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http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2009/0817/1224252667118.html

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The people in the picture look like they’re playing those brightly-coloured Mahalo ukes that everyone seems to have these days.

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