Ukastle Ukestra perform at Night At The Wireless
A huge group of Ukestrans were given the great oppourtunity
of performing on 1223 ABC's 'Live At The Wireless' concert,
where our live Civic Theatre performance was broadcast on the
radio. The evening showcased a multitude of talents; musicians
of all ages. Here is a recording of us performing All I Want
Is You, it can be found here.
Dean Denham (MUF Director) comments on the Ukastle Ukestra
Dean was wondering whether he should quit being the leader of the Melbourne Ukulele Kollective after his 7 year stint. Then comes this....but then I saw the Ukastle Ukestra and went, "now does this mean I really should quit now or does this mean I should go for another seven years and make sure I lift the ante?" because they were REALLY good, they are the only thing that has come close to MUK.
A wonderful video of our performances at the Wallsend Winter Carnivale
Thanks to Charissa and her Mum for this wonderful edited video of the joint performance of the Ukastle Ukestra & LakeMacUkesta at the Wallsend Winter Carnivale on August 8 2010.
We performed a couple of songs in the street, and
then did our one hour allocated set in the town Rotunda. We
asked the audience to sit in there with us. The bits and
pieces of songs in order are:
- Five Foot Two - Trad uke / jazz number
- Let's talk dirty in Hawaiian - John Prine
- Keep on the Sunnyside - Trad uke number
- Deep in the heart of Texas - trad singalong / clapalong
- I walk the line - Johnny Cash
- Runaround Sue (note the awful street sellers on their mics in the background)
- Catch my disease - Ben Lee
- Tonight you belong to me - Patience & Prudence, or
Steve Martin, depends on your poison.
Three videos of the public debut of the Ukastle Ukestra
The Ukastle Ukestra
performed magnificently at the Olive
Tree Markets (held at the Junction Primary School) on May 1st 2010. This was our
public DEBUT!!!
This page has our videos. The first uploads here are courtesy
of Sue Herd from the LakeMacUkestra.
This first song is Aloha Week Hula, introduced to us by Dennis & Paula Browne who brought the song from Hawai'i. In fact a bunch of Ukastle Ukestrans are planning on a Hawai'i 'study' trip in July 2011. I think they brought Christine from Hawai'i as well, as her hula dancing is sublime..
The NBNTV report prior to the performance can be seen here.
Congrats Ted & Betty for your eloquence, Suzie for your
harmony and laughter, and Christine for holding the playing
together so well!
This second video is a snippet of our attempt at 'Dreaming of You', made famous (in ukulele circles) by the Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra, but was originally a hit for The Coral in the UK in 2002.
And the final song is Just Like That by Kieran Kane and John Hadley. It features the singing debut of Mister Michael Gallagher, the deep voice at the beginning. The cheery face & voice singing the third verse is Suzie Lochhead, followed by Pommy John Dickinson.
Happy Uking!!!!