Ithaca Ukes

About Us

Ithaca Ukes is a club of ukulele enthusiasts in Ithaca, NY and beyond. Started by Robbert van Renesse and Emoretta Yang from a ukulele workshop during Ithaca's first Porchfest in 2008, Ithaca Ukes have marched in the Ithaca Festival parade, played for the Cayuga Waterfront Trail's Water Music and the Holiday Fair at the former Neighborhood Pride. We try to meet at least monthly to jam on the last Saturday of each month, at Hickey's Music Center. Other events, such as classes, workshops, house concerts, uke flash mobs, etc., will be announced via the group's e-mail group, as well as on the Ithaca Ukes Facebook page. Strum some!

Upcoming Events

Last Saturday of the month @ Noon: Uke'n Do It - a free ukulele jam usually at or near Hickey's Music Center. Sponsored by Hickey's. No charge, no obligation - come prepared to have fun. We'd love to see you.

Need an instrument? We'll lend you one for the session.

Hickey's Music Center is at 104 Adams Street, between Dey and Auburn Streets.

Questions call the store at 607.272.8262.

Charts for the monthly uke jams can be found here.

Saturday, October 2 @ 10am, Cass Park:

Message from Emoretta Yang:

Weather permitting, the Annual Walkathon fundraiser for the Finger Lakes Cancer Resource Center [FLCRC] will be held this Saturday, October 2, from 10am-11am on a two-mile trail circuit at Cass Park in Ithaca.

Robbert van Renesse and I plan to play ukulele at a designated spot along the trail to entertain participants as they walk or run by. We may include pieces prepped for Watermusic/Porchfest events, which had to be canceled.

We may also play songs from a packet I've assembled of ten songs about walking. See below for a list of titles with keys and YouTube links.

If you'd like to join us for part of the hour, I invite you to make a donation -- even a small amount -- to the FLCRC, via their website (see link below), by mail, or at the Cass Park tent on the morning of the walk. This is just an informal request, I'm not registered as a fundraiser and don't need to know.

Come with your 'ukulele, chair, music stand, music; 9:45am would be good.

I encourage you to listen to the The Proclaimers' "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)". And, if you don't know it by heart, bring chart for "This Little Light of Mine" (in G, C, F)

At the moment, I don't know the exact location where we'll be; I've requested a spot near the beginning of the walk, just south of the crosswalk to the Cass Park ice rink. You can find a map of the trail at the website below. If I can't notify you by email Friday night, the organizers may be able to tell you Saturday morning.

If the weather looks iffy (rainy, drizzly, too cold), we'll cancel,

Thanks for reading.

Emoretta

Charts for session:

Ten Walking Songs Packet
This Little Light Of Mine

Contact Us

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Group Leaders:
Emoretta Yang
Robbert van Renesse

Facebook Page:
Tom Hirasuna

Hosts For Uke Jam:
David Zimet, Hickey's Music Center

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