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	<title>Ukulele Tonya &#187; Ukuleles of Paradise</title>
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		<title>Change can be good: 2011 Northern California Ukulele Festival</title>
		<link>http://ukuleletonya.com/blog/2011/04/change-can-be-good-2011-northern-california-ukulele-festival</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 05:18:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tonya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note: I didn&#8217;t have a camera this year at the festival, but I did have my little video camera. I&#8217;ve posted a video of a bit of the festival activities here; but do take some Dramamine before you view it. It&#8217;s a bit bouncy&#8230; (The video is also embedded at the bottom of this post [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We have an ukulele library!</title>
		<link>http://ukuleletonya.com/blog/2011/03/we-have-an-ukulele-library</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tonya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nope, we&#8217;re not &#8220;sssshhhhing&#8221; anyone in our library. The materials in the new Ukuleles of Paradise library are meant to help you makes some great music (noise?) and help you play better. In addition to a copy of The Daily Ukulele for use during meetings, the library of Ukuleles of Paradise now has a wealth of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get your &#8220;Daily Ukulele&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://ukuleletonya.com/blog/2011/01/get-your-daily-ukulele</link>
		<comments>http://ukuleletonya.com/blog/2011/01/get-your-daily-ukulele#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jan 2011 05:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tonya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Santa’s budget might have been a bit tight around your house this year. So, of course, that certainly explains why you didn’t find the William King tenor or a 3K Martin under your tree come Christmas morning. But if you’ve been good (and if you’re an ukulele player, I’m just gonna guess that you’re “good” in [...]]]></description>
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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>
		<comments>http://ukuleletonya.com/blog/2010/06/welcoming-in-summer-with-some-ukulele-strummin#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tonya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></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 [...]]]></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 [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://ukuleletonya.com/blog/2007/11/jake-s-comes-to-chico-and-i-get-to-hear-him-live#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<link>http://ukuleletonya.com/blog/2007/11/scuf-festival-at-cerritos-was-a-dont-miss-it-event</link>
		<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>
		<comments>http://ukuleletonya.com/blog/2007/09/in-which-i-join-a-folk-jam-session#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<comments>http://ukuleletonya.com/blog/2007/08/hawaiian-language-pronunciation-lesson-posted-as-well-as-updates-to-buying-an-ukulele#comments</comments>
		<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 [...]]]></description>
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