The tickets for my next gig go on sale.
The local church I attend are organising a Social Evening next month and they asked me to perform a singalong for about 30/40 minutes. A hot supper of a main course and a sweet will be served first and then it’s over to me. I’ll be doing an acoustic set using just a 4-string tenor ukulele which will be fine in the church hall. When I did the Ukulele Jam at Stafford Rangers Football Ground I used PowerPoint on my laptop and a video projector to display the music on a big screen behind me. However, for the church Social Evening I’ve prepared song sheets to give out to the audience which I hope will encourage them to sing-along.
As regards the set list, I like to perform songs that the audience know and would be more likely to join in with. So I’ll be starting with some songs from the Tin Pan Alley era followed by a medley of Cockney songs. I’ll then move on to some popular songs, some country songs and finish with some rock’n’roll. Just in case I get asked for an encore I have a number of extra songs that I could perform.
I’m really looking forward to the Social Evening as it’s for a friendly crowd of folk who already know me.