Meetup March 28, 2026

Join us March 28th for a musical voyage through the “American Jazz Era Music” genre led by our dear friend (and one of our favorite guests) “Ellen Bloom”. 

Ellen will be leading jazzy songs from the 1920s and ’30’s.  Most of these songs will be familiar to you with some surprises thrown in!
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• CONEY ISLAND WASHBOARD 
• 5 FOOT 2 
• ALL OF ME 
• SWEET PEA 
• CAROLINA IN THE MORNING
•  SIDE BY SIDE 
• MY BLUE HEAVEN 
• ONE MEATBALL 
• ON THE SUNNYSIDE OF THE STREET 
• UKULELE LADY

9:00 AM to 9:400 AM  – Ellen will be reviewing the songs we’re going to do in the second section. And probably go over some of the trickier parts. Based on available time, we will learn the melodies of songs in the strum list you may not remember that well. Or at all. It’s an idea I had that we would all enjoy the strum/singing section of the meeting more if we weren’t learning the songs and trying to play/sing at the same time.

9:40 AM to 10:00 AM  -Breaktime, and a chance to mingle and share snacks and refreshments and bargain for a new ukulele.

10:00 to 11:15 AM – This will be our classic strum session, performing a list of songs chosen by our guest leader, Ellen Bloom.

11:30 AM to 12:00 Individual performance time! I really hope we can get many people to sign up. I would love to see some of our new Strummers stretch their wings. Then we need to pack up and exit the building before Noon.

Disclaimers:

Masks are no longer mandatory, however, if you feel more comfortable wearing one, please do.

It is very important to the church that we completely exit the building and clean up behind us before the next group arrives. So, depending on the number of performance signups, we may or may not get to all of them. Any member who signs up but does not get to perform will be moved to the top of the list for the next meeting.

Any member who wishes to be a guest presenter/teacher needs to contact me the week before the meeting, let me know what you plan to present and provide me with early pdfs of any material you will be handing out.

As there are only a few music stands readily available to us, if you have a music stand, please bring it with you.

The address of C.C.L.A. is 3852 Edenhurst Ave Los Angeles CA 90039

We look forward to seeing everyone there.