![]() ![]() Recently, Bowers has attended ukulele club meetings in neighboring counties to better understand how his might operate. He has bought instructional books – on both starting a club and the ukulele itself – and he’s done online research to learn more about the instrument. ![]() “It’s a fun instrument, it’s a happy instrument.”īowers practices ukulele whenever he can, and he’s taken the opportunity to learn more about the instrument in recent months. You start playing a little bit and you want to play more. “And in tuning all these, I usually strum a few chords and it’s just contagious, you know. “I go in every day that we’re open and I tune all the instruments,” explained Bowers, whose shop keeps close to 20 ukuleles in stock. Customers were drawn to to his colorful assemblage of ukuleles, and he began thinking of ways to expand on his lifelong interest in music. Tim, the illustrator of two New York Times bestselling children’s books, thought of starting the club shortly after he and Keryn opened the shop. He noted that there are instructional classes available locally at Mount Vernon Nazarene University. “It’s not going to be structured like an instructional course or class,” Bowers explained. He will lead the initial meetings, but plans on eventually becoming more of a participant in the club. The first few meetings will be centered around learning chords and becoming comfortable with the instrument, Bowers said.Īs time goes on, Bowers envisions the club as an opportunity to play in a group setting. No experience is required, Bowers said, although participants must bring their own ukulele. The first meeting will be held this Thursday night. in the smaller room on the Woodward’s second floor. He’s beginning the Knox County Ukulele Club, which will meet on the first and third Thursday of every month at the Woodward Opera House. And now, after a year in Mount Vernon, Bowers is ready to share that passion with others. ![]() He’s been in love with the ukulele ever since. “And I used that as an excuse to buy my first ukulele,” he said Tuesday, laughing. ![]()
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