Charity at home with help from abroad
Before I joined the Raleigh Uke Jam, I started posting on the forum of Ukulele Underground . The jam and forum have been the biggest helpers in my journey as a middle-aged newbie musician. The ukulele has brought me closer to my adopted community. Three young native Hawaiians started UU in 2007 to “help grow the next generation of ukulele players throughout the world.” Aldrine, Ryan, and Aaron teach online classes, post tutorial videos and virtual jams (some free, others behind a paywall — I’m a paid member), appear at festivals as performers and teachers, and run the UU Forum. “Our mission is to create millions of new ukulele players, which in turn helps millions experience the joy of music.” The forum hosts a couple dozen boards and thousands of threads. The UU marketplace is the best place I’ve found to buy or sell a used instrument sight unseen. I’ve done both. I’ll do so again. The relevance to Social Fabric? The Seasons of the Ukulele sub-forum. Short description...