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The inaugural Warkworth Ukulele Festival will be held on Sunday October 9 at Warkworth RSA as part of the Kowhai Festival.
Warkworth’s own ukulele group, the Summerleles, will open the festival at 10am, followed by two bangolele solo acts at 11am.
Patron of the Kiwileles Trust, Kevin Fogarty, will hold a “woncert”, or workshop and concert, distributing song sheets to teach people a range of songs for an hour-long performance.
Uke duo North of Bombay will perform an original set at 1pm followed by a “woncert” by uke heavy-weights, The Nukes at 2pm.
Concert organiser Sue Robertson says tickets for the event are almost sold out and the response has been incredible.
Sue started the Summerleles last year after putting out a call out in Mahurangi Matters to start a weekly jam.
There are now about 100 people who attend the weekly events, with about 30 people at each jam session.
Musicians meet once a month at the Old Masonic Hall in Warkworth and Sue says the support has been overwhelming.
The Summerleles are now called on to play a number of concerts.
They will perform at the Leigh Sawmill Cafe on November 13, from 3pm, and at the Selwyn Centre in the Anglican Church Hall in Warkworth on Monday November 7 from 9.30am to 12 noon.
Info: Summerleles 422 3023 or 027 200 3413 or email garysusan@xtra.co.nz
