Audience participation is central to a ukulele festival. Here are a few examples from last weekend’s Seventh Annual New Jersey Uke Fest.
The One Uke Wonders, covering the Waffle Stompers, covering Walk Off the Earth, covering Pentatonix, covering Gotye’s ‘Somebody That I Used to Know.’ Next year, these vagabonds from the Morristown Uke Jam hope they can afford more instruments:
The Morristown Uke Jam strikes again, with a uke-estral arrangement of ‘Habanera’ from the opera ‘Carmen’ (or was it from Bugs Bunny?):
Professional ukesters (yes, Major League Ukulele is for real) lead rank amateurs in a sing-along on the Morristown Green. Heidi Swedberg, Daniel Ward, Rachel Manke and Christopher Davis-Shannon strike up the band. Watch for Manke’s plastic cup solo:
Thank you Kevin for your coverage on this joy-filled event!