Oh, to be in Nowra this weekend for the Shoalhaven Ukulele Festival, with a guaranteed 10 acts playing each day. The organisers claim that there is a ukulele resurgence in Australia with more and more taking up the instrument each year. It's even being claimed that many schools are dropping the recorder in favour of the uke on the basis that you can't sing and play a recorder at the same time. Sounds reasonable!
One of our favourite acts we've seen on cruise ships is Trevor Knight who is a ukulele virtuoso, although he plays guitar as well. I think he lives in Bulahdelah and breeds horses. His bio lists that he holds the world record for the 250Km Endurance Ride (the horse's name is not recorded) and has performed for the Queen. It's also not recorded whether the Queen had any requests for Trevor (apart from 'Please stop playing). My money would be on Pearly Shells.
Some of Trevor's best stuff is in his John Denver Tribute Show but he is doing a Beatles Tribute at the Waukivory Hall on June 10th. I hope he uses a guitar for that; I can't imagine Michelle on the ukulele.
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