10/13/2024
⭐2024 MOUNT AIRY, NORTH CAROLINA UKULELE RETREAT⭐
OCTOBER 24-27, 2024
Registration $150 🔗https://www.surryarts.org/shows/ukulelefestival.html
➡THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2024
10:00 am Registration
11:00 am-12:30 am Circle Jam and Introductions: Ukulele Gent, Kent Knorr, George Smith, Lightnin’ Wells
12:30 pm-2:30 pm Lunch on your own
2:30-3:30 pm Ukulele Essentials, Ukulele Gent
2:30-4:00 pm Strumbelievable, Kent Knorr
2:30-4:00 pm Movable Chords, George Smith
2:30-4:00 pm Right Hand Strums – Playing Techniques – Uke Tunes, Lightnin’ Wells
4:00-7:00 pm Dinner on your own
7:00-9:00 pm Open Mic; Ukulele Gent, Kent Knorr, George Smith, and Lightnin’ Wells
➡FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2024
10:00-11:30 am How to Navigate Songbooks, Kent Knorr
10:00-11:30 am Improvise Solos, George Smith
10:00-11:30 am Tunes, Tunes, Tunes, Lightnin’ Wells
10:30-11:30 am Right Hand Essentials, Ukulele Gent
11:30 am-1:30 pm Lunch on your own
1:30-3:00 pm Intros and Outros – Finger-picking Patterns – Uke Tunes, Lightnin’ Wells
1:30-3:00 pm Songwriting, George Smith
1:30-3:00 pm Island Style Jammin’, Kent Knorr
3:00-3:30 pm Break
3:30-5:00 pm Rehearsal for Merry-Go-Round, George Smith
3:30-5:00 pm Fingerstyle Ukulele, Kent Knorr
4:00-5:00 pm Barre Chords, Ukulele Gent
5:00-7:00 pm Dinner on your own
7:00-9:00 pm Jam: Ukulele Gent, Kent Knorr, George Smith, Lightnin’ Wells
➡SATURDAY OCTOBER 26, 2024
9:30-10:30 am Rehearsal for WPAQ Merry-Go-Round, George Smith, Historic Earle Theatre
10:00-11:00 am Learn a Song and a Whole Lot More, Ukulele Gent
10:00-11:30 am Chord Melody Made Easy, Kent Knorr
10:30-10:45 am Break for Merry-Go-Round participants
10:45-11:00 am Sound Check for Merry-Go-Round, George Smith, Historic Earle Theatre
11:00-12:00 pm WPAQ Merry-Go-Round Live Performance, George Smith, Historic Earle Theatre
12:00-1:30 pm Beginner Strum-Along, Kent Knorr
12:00-1:30 pm More Tunes, Tunes, Tunes, Lightnin’ Wells
1:30-3:00 pm Lunch on your own
3:00-4:00 pm I Want to Perform, but I’m Scared to Death, Ukulele Gent
3:00-4:30 pm Uke Pop Rock, George Smith, Betty Wright Room, Arts Center
3:00-4:30 pm Wrapping Up – 1920s Uke Film, Lightnin’ Wells
4:30-6:00 pm Dinner on your own
6:00-6:30 pm Sound Check for Instructors
7:00-8:30 pm Instructors’ Concert, Doors open at 6:30 pm
➡SUNDAY OCTOBER 27, 2024
10:00-11:00 am Goodtime Gospel Strum-Along, Kent Knorr, Betty Wright Room, Arts Center
11:00-11:30 am Break
11:30 am-12:30 pm Jam, Lightnin’ Wells and Gregory Gent, Betty Wright Room, Arts Center
11:30 am-12:30 pm Halloween Jam, George Smith
MAUI Mount Airy Ukulele Invasion Kent Knorr Ukulele Gent Lightnin Wells George Smith Downtown Mount Airy Visit Mayberry NC Yadkin Valley, NC Surry Arts Council