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Show Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, March 16-19, 2019 C-5 The Park Record Lessons harmonize with ukulele checkouts PUZZLE ANSWERS FROM PAGE C-4 C P L S O H O K E A S Y X R A Y C A M E R A E S S O D E E P A L I S P E N H T Y R E S E H E A L E R G A V E I T A D G E O P R R E A S M S M O E R R S I S T A O H N G E L G R E A Y M A R S O S S N T H G A M I M T O O R O O T E R T B O P E R O S I T E P O I T Y S E S I S P O S A M D E T A C O S H A P E S T I O B O N R I A M E D C E E R A D E E C Z O O F A L R I P B S C A S A T H N T S H T A T I P O S W E R O A T E U R O S S N E M E S I S L O L S H O O P F R I I C L Y E S T K F F C A D U E S E V R A I R D I G T A V D I A T R O A D E L E H I F I V E L E T I N G L I T T E R A T E I L A E N I D N E F A O V O O R P E A D C A T E R E R R A D I A N U R A N I C B A N G L E L O N E L I E S T T R I O E Y E S K N E W I D E A A N N I T E E M H Y D E TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Bill McGinnis’ ukulele lessons will help students develop small motor skills in their non-dominant hands. Registration is now open. Registration open for Bill McGinnis’ weekly classes SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record The Park City Library will get a musical jump on its counterparts in Nashville and Oahu when local singer-songwriter Bill McGinnis starts giving free ukulele lessons to go along with its uke check-out program. “The libraries in Nashville and Oahu and Park City allow patrons to check out ukuleles, but the Park City Library is the only library of those three that are offering free lessons,” McGinnis said. McGinnis, who taught classes last June at the Summit County Library Kimball Junction Branch, will teach weekly beginner’s classes from 3-4 p.m. starting on Monday, April 15, and ending on May 6. Consequently, there are a lot of ukuleles, and guitars for that matter, that sit in closets or are under beds collecting dust and cracking...” Bill McGinnis, Songwriter and ukulele teacher The library has four loaner ukes provided by the Utah Conservatory, but once those are checked out, students need to provide their own. The first class on April 15 will be a basic session, Mcginnis said. “The whole premise is to get people playing songs as quickly as possible,” he said. “We will learn three songs. In doing that, the class will start to develop small motor skills in their non-dominant hands.” Right handed people usually strum the ukulele with their right hands and finger the fretboard Free ukulele lessons with Bill McGinnis When: 3-4 p.m., every Monday from April 15May 6 Where: Park City Library 1255 Park Ave. Cost: Free Phone: 435-615-5600 Web: parkcitylibrary.org with their left fingers and lefties vice versa, McGinnis said. “Most beginners don’t have the small motor skills to work out the changes between the chords on the hands they use the least, and they can get frustrated quickly,” he said. “Consequently, there are a lot of ukuleles, and guitars for that matter, that sit in closets or are under beds collecting dust and cracking.” The lessons will start with one-finger chords in the key of C and then move on the two-finger chords. Day one will conclude with a lesson about minor chords. “We want to get the first, second and third fingers working to get that synapse with the brain working,” McGinnis said. “And during the class the students will hear some stories about the ukulele and get some insights along the way.” Once the classes wrap in May, McGinnis will offer different ukulele programs for those who want to continue playing. One is a two-hour ukulele camp for kids during the day of July 15 at Ecker Hill Middle School through Compass, a community education program with the Park City School District, and the other is an autumn evening class. McGinnis bought his first ukulele from a seller named Kevin during a visit to Hawaii more than 20 years ago. “He had a huge wall with hundreds of ukuleles and kept pulling them off the wall one by one, tune them up and play a quick crazy jig,” McGinnis said. “Then he’d hand them over to me and said, ‘You play.’” McGinnis noticed the ukes ranged in price from $300 to upwards of thousands of dollars. “”I looked at the wall behind me, and there were four ukuleles -- a baritone, a tenor and concert soprano ukulele,” he said. “The Friday March 22 UTAH HISTORY LECTURE SERIES 4:00-5:00 pm Lecture 19th Century Utah Women in Business and Government 5:00-5:30 pm Q&A Free Admission A discussion of many successful 19th century Utah women, including: Emmeline Wells, who started a grain storage business and successful newspaper; Zina Young, who established silk production in Utah; Fanny Brooks, who started an empire of retail stores; Mary Chamberlain, the Mayor of Kanab; Ellis Reynolds Shipp, one of the first woman doctors in Utah; and Jennie Judge Kearns, an instigator of Catholic charities. Speaker: Dr. Brian Q. Cannon Park City Library Community Room 3rd Floor Dr. Cannon completed a Master’s Degree in History from Utah State University and a Ph.D. in History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has received fellowships and other awards from the Western History Association, the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies and the Ford Foundation. 1255 Park Ave Park City Please see Ukulele, C-7 RSVP: malena.stevens@parkcity.org The Utah History Lecture Series is sponsored by Rebecca Marriott Champion UPCOMING MAMMA MIA! MAR MAR 22–31 22–31 RICHARD MARX APR 4–7 RICHIE FURAY BAND APR APR 12–14 12–14 “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” ORLEANS THE ICONIC SOUNDS OF 1968! MARCH 14–17 APR 18–20 ParkCityShows.com |