When a friend began suffering from dementia, Andy King wanted to help him retain his memory. So, he created something memorable. A ukulele orchestra. If the very idea sounds whimsical — this humble ...

This is the time of year when people get together. The air gets cooler, and thoughts turn to ice and snow. But what’s drawing a crowd at the Clements Community Center is usually more associated with ...

Nearly everything about the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain is improbable. The orchestra began in 1985 when George Hinchliffe met seven other ukulele players and decided to play a gig. Thirty years ...

The ukulele is a dangerous instrument. A little bit of uke, applied by discerning musicians, can be a good thing. Too much of the four-stringed, beach baby guitar, though, can drown a listener so ...

As individuals they seem normal enough, the kind of amiable young Brits you`d enjoy meeting over a pint of bitter in a London pub. But when all 12 men and women pick up their ukuleles and start ...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - If you have ever had a night out for dinner in the St. Andrews area, there’s a good chance you have heard the Ukulele Orchestra of St. Andrews. You can hear them play ...

Get Access To Every Broadway Story Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The McCallum Theatre welcomes the return of the ...

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UCSB Arts & Lectures presents the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 1 at UCSB Campbell Hall. Four decades (and 400 million plucks) since its founding, the Ukulele Orchestra of ...

The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain doesn’t possess the same gravitas in the orchestral world as say, the London Philharmonic. But Mitch Gershenfeld, president and CEO of the McCallum Theatre, ...

DORTMUND, Germany — At 5:30 p.m. backstage at a concert hall here a few weeks ago, a security guard delivers a small brown bag from a chocolate shop in Paris. Devouring the contents is not a folk-rock ...

The ukulele, an instrument once ridiculed for its ties to vaudeville acts and Hawaiian vacations, has gone in and out of favor over its roughly 140-year history. Its recent popularity can be traced ...