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Well, I just want to tell you that you got to reserve these dates .... April 18th and 19th for the Maitland Spring Festival of the Arts. It is held each year at beautiful Lake Lily in Maitland, Florida. This year's event features 170 fine artists and craftspeople, great food and beverage stations, and, TADA, drum roll... me. Yup, I am going to be there with my ukulele to sing and dance and entertain the young ones (and the young at heart). I will be doing songs from my cds, and of course, the wonderful, traditional songs that kids know and love. Join me, 'cause we are gonna' have lots of fun. For directions go to http://www.maitlandchamber.com/events/art.htm and stop by and say hello. Love,
Greetings, Whoever said "good things come in small packages" must have been a uke player. Surely it is the greatest surprise that so much sheer joy and delightful sound could come from such a small but nobel instrument. To that end, meet HoneyBell, my new soprano ukulele. Doug Montgomery and Bill Fels are the owners of the Guitar Factory in Orlando, Florida, and HoneyBell is their line of soprano, concert and taropatch ukuleles. The atmosphere of their shop is downright homey until you notice the walls are covered with signed photos from famous musicians, each expressing gratitude and delight with their new instrument. Then it occurs to you that you are in some mighty fine company. Yesterday I went and picked up my new HoneyBell . It is beautifully crafted of mahogany and is ... well ... sweet as honey to listen to, look at and play. Doug was on hand to greet me, He is a renown luthier who has total enthusiasm for each instrument he builds. He showed me all his models, both ukes and guitars. One thing that particularly interested me were his woods. Among the rare and traditional varieties, were woods he salvaged from felled trees after Hurricane Charley whipped through Central Florida some years ago, I saw a guitar made of Dogwood. It was gorgeous. As a Floridian, it was restorative to my heart to see such beauty resulting from that devastating storm. You can learn more about Doug and Bill at www.guitarfactory.us . By the way, the reason that ukulele players tend to accumulate so many instruments is because each one sounds different. HoneyBell and I are in the process of getting to know each other. What fun! Stay tuned ... love, Madeline
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