Well after all the blood, sweat and a few fears, the UKEPOP festival came off without a hitch. What a beautiful, inspirational and often hilarious night! They said it couldn't be done...6 back-to-back ukulele acts without switchover time...but we clocked in exactly at one hour fifty minutes. A feat!
All of the performers rocked the stage in their many-splendored styles - Ukulele Club de Montreal (their first ever show - what a treat), NIVE (Greenlandic bliss - see photo), Beaver (fresh off the 5-day uke boat), Erin Lang & The Foundlings (beautifully arranged), MEB (a voice like honey - photo below), and Krista Muir & The Enhancers (ELO tribute was harmonic bliss!). Only Miss Dynamite was missed - she fell ill and couldn't perform but next year she'll be back in full force!
Tony and Margaret stopped off on their 3-month tour of uke festivals and happenings with their documentary "Mighty Uke" which was hilarious and inspirational and caused a few watery eyes to be sure.
Krista hosted a one-hour play-along that was well-attended and some classics were learned ("You Are My Sunshine," "Mr. Tambourine Man"...). At the end of the night we had a draw for the brand new uke (photo: Krista pulling the winning ticket!) courtesy of "www.ukejunky.com" - a local Montreal distributor of all things uke!
Thanks to e
veryone for making this years UkePop such a wonderful event! We're looking forward to UkePop 2011 so if you are interested in participating please email your EPK/website with a short note about you and your uke to kristamuir *at* gmail *dot* com!And watch out...there may be a special showcase at PopMontreal in the fall...
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