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	<title>Ukulele Tonya &#187; Ukuleles of Paradise</title>
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		<title>Welcoming in summer with some ukulele strummin&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://ukuleletonya.com/blog/2010/06/welcoming-in-summer-with-some-ukulele-strummin</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tonya</dc:creator>
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What do lawn chairs, mosquitos, music stands and the summer solstice have in common?
They were all in evidence as members of Ukuleles of Paradise heralded the first day of summer with an evening of “Plunkin’ in the Park.”
More than a dozen of us gathered at Paradise’s Rotary Grove Aquatic Park (aka “the duck pond”) just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learn to &#8220;Play Ukulele by Ear&#8221; in upcoming workshops</title>
		<link>http://ukuleletonya.com/blog/2010/05/learn-to-play-ukulele-by-ear-in-upcoming-workshops</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 05:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tonya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ukulele instructor extraordinaire Jim D&#8217;Ville is touring through Northern California in June and has put little old Butte County on his schedule for a pair of info-packed workshops&#8212;and, if you&#8217;re willing, you might even be part of his newest instructional DVD.
&#8220;Play Ukulele by Ear&#8221; will be at 11 am on Saturday, June 12. &#8220;Chord Progressions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tahoe Area Uke Fest; March 19-20, 2010</title>
		<link>http://ukuleletonya.com/blog/2010/04/tahoe-area-uke-fest-march-19-20-2010</link>
		<comments>http://ukuleletonya.com/blog/2010/04/tahoe-area-uke-fest-march-19-20-2010#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 02:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tonya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Note: I wrote this the Monday after returning from the Tahoe Area Ukulele Fest, but it’s taken me until now to get the photos sorted and this posted. If you want to skip the description and go straight to the photo gallery (with more than two dozen photos), go here.

The past few days drained my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jake S. comes to Chico&#8211;and I get to hear him in person!</title>
		<link>http://ukuleletonya.com/blog/2007/11/jake-s-comes-to-chico-and-i-get-to-hear-him-live</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tonya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jake Shimabukuro (with the accent on the &#8220;bu&#8221; part, if you&#8217;re curious), performed at Chico&#8217;s Laxson auditorium last night to a very appreciative crowd and I was on hand for the fun. I&#8217;ve been fortunate enough to hear most of the ukulele &#8220;greats&#8221; in live performances, but I&#8217;d never attended a concert by Jake (I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SCUF Festival at Cerritos was a &#8220;don&#8217;t miss it&#8221; event!</title>
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		<comments>http://ukuleletonya.com/blog/2007/11/scuf-festival-at-cerritos-was-a-dont-miss-it-event#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 23:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tonya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As an attendee at 15 ukulele festivals and workshops in the past few years (from Rhode Island to the Big Island), I can guarantee that, if you play ukulele&#8212;no matter what level player you are&#8212;the Southern California Ukulele Festival should be a &#8220;don&#8217;t miss it&#8221; event on your lifetime list.What follows is a lengthy account [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In which I join a folk jam session&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://ukuleletonya.com/blog/2007/09/in-which-i-join-a-folk-jam-session</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 20:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tonya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine a room full of musicians playing all sorts of old-timey, bluegrass and folk melodies. Yet amidst the expected mass of mandolins, gaggle of guitars, bunch of banjos and fistful of fiddles there are&#8212;not one, but&#8212;two ukuleles! Yep, I was invited to an informal folk jam session frequented by local players at Augie&#8217;s Coffee down [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hawaiian language pronunciation lesson posted as well as updates to &#8220;Buying an Ukulele&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://ukuleletonya.com/blog/2007/08/hawaiian-language-pronunciation-lesson-posted-as-well-as-updates-to-buying-an-ukulele</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 02:49:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tonya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I really enjoy the variety and vitality of Hawaiian music, both traditional and contemporary. But for many folks, it&#8217;s tough to get their tongues in line with pronouncing the Hawaiian words&#8212;there are just so many vowels and the words seem to go on forever!
This Hawaiian Language Primer, compiled from a variety of sources (see footnote [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local kids experience the ukulele</title>
		<link>http://ukuleletonya.com/blog/2007/07/local-kids-experience-the-ukulele</link>
		<comments>http://ukuleletonya.com/blog/2007/07/local-kids-experience-the-ukulele#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 20:43:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tonya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whew&#8212;three of us from Ukuleles of Paradise (Jim, Cynthia and myself, with help from Jim&#8217;s sister-in-law, Susan) helped local kids play the ukulele for the first time this morning at the Paradise Library and I&#8217;m tired this afternoon! We were invited as part of the library&#8217;s &#8220;Get A Clue&#8221; summer reading program for kids; the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reporter visits us to learn to play</title>
		<link>http://ukuleletonya.com/blog/2007/07/reporter-visits-us-to-learn-to-play</link>
		<comments>http://ukuleletonya.com/blog/2007/07/reporter-visits-us-to-learn-to-play#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2007 17:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tonya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chico News and Review reporter Toni Scott visited Ukuleles of Paradise in June to try her hand at playing ukulele. Her article highlights her experiences as someone who&#8217;s never played an instrument before—and how much fun she discovered with four strings! Read the article here.
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		<title>Plunkin&#8217; in the Park</title>
		<link>http://ukuleletonya.com/blog/2007/07/plunkin-at-the-park</link>
		<comments>http://ukuleletonya.com/blog/2007/07/plunkin-at-the-park#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tonya</dc:creator>
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Ukuleles of Paradise is spreading ukulele aloha around the Paradise community! That&#8217;s right, during the summer months we&#8217;re meeting at Paradise Community Memorial Park for our occasional jamming sessions. This gives us a bit of &#8220;public&#8221; exposure and it&#8217;s a lot of fun to play as the sun sets (don&#8217;t forget your mosquito repellent!) against [...]]]></description>
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