Kringle Event

Street of Rock -- you guys were AWESOME at the Kringle event. You sang and played your instruments so well. The crowd LOVED you and so did the big guy in red...

To think about...

 

 

 

 

 

 

UKE players: here's the tab you will be using, IF we were to be doing "Sweet Child Of Mine".  :)

Kringle Event -- Friday December 6 @ 7:00 pm

We will be performing at the annual Hintonburg Kringle event! Please come to the Hintonburg Community Centre for 6:45 (or earlier, if you want!!) as we will be going on at 7:00 pm. This is a great family event, with crafts, treats and (free!) photos with the big man himself. Maybe we could try for a group shot with Santa?!

We will be performing the following holiday songs: Frosty, Rudolf, Santa Clause is coming to town and jingle bells. I've added the tab and lyrics above.

An easier Cups tutorial...

We found this video to be very helpful:

CUPS Tutorial

Want to learn how to do that Cups song? Dave recommends this video:

But don't worry if you're stuck, we'll be breaking into small groups and working on it, this Monday. Feel free to bring your favourite cup, though we will have plenty to share.

Cups

Since we will be learning the Cups song, I thought you might enjoy this video of two girls singing it while using cups . It's fantastic!

Do any of you want to learn the cups part? Let me know!

Monday October 28...

... will be our first Street of Rock gathering for 2013/2014!  We will be at the Hintonburg Community Centre's Laroche Room from 6 pm -7  pm. Bring your ukes, guitars, and most importantly your amazing VOICES!!

Song ideas...

Sara Bareilles - Brave 

Anna Kendrick - Cups (Pitch Perfect's "When I'm Gone")

Serena Ryder - Circle of the Sun - LIVE

Elvis Presley-Burning love lyrics

Ylvis - The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?) [Official music video HD]

 

 

What do you think??

 

Looking back

With the busyness of summer wrapping up and calm, cool and collected September here I thought we'd have a look at who were last year and start the discussion about who we want to be this year.

Kitchissippi Times reporter Ted Simpspon came by to meet the group last spring and published a great story  about Street of Rock:

From his living room on Carruthers Avenue, David Hartell leads an organized chaos of ukuleles and bongo drums hammered out by a choir of about a dozen elementary school children from grades one to six.

The Street of Rock started after Churchill Alternative School’s School of Rock program didn’t start on schedule due to the recent labor dispute involving the Ontario public school teachers.

After seeing the disappointment in his young neighbours, Hartell – a father of three himself – decided to offer up his home as a make-shift jam space.

“I know Gabby (one of the young rockers) well, and I knew it bummed Gabby out that there wasn’t going to be a school of rock this year,” said Hartell. “So her mom and I started talking and decided, we could do our own school of rock.”

Gabby Mosurjohn-Lockey is a fourth grade student wielding a ukulele and sporting an over-sized plaid shirt. She loves Walk Off The Earth and David Bowie.

The kids have been playing together for the past seven weeks and sound surprisingly tight for a band with the collective age of Keith Richards. The group’s repertoire includes Walk Off The Earth, Taylor Swift, Serena Ryder and a raucous, stomping rendition of I Love Rock and Roll.

Hartell acts as a conductor, leading the group on guitar, his own singing drowned out by the collective of small but powerful lungs."  

http://kitchissippi.com/street-of-rock-ukeleles-bongo-and-tweens-rock-carruthers-avenue/ 

Backyard Shenanigins

One of the best parts of Street of Rock is that we can get together and sing anywhere.

ArtsPark 2013

On the morning of May 25th members of  the Street of Rock met to prepare for their first public performance. With SuzyQ donuts to fuel the group during warm up, the crew hit the stage ready to ROCK!

Summer Solstice 2013

While our numbers were smaller then usual, the Street of Rock performed an awesome set and were cheered for encore after encore!