Many thanks to all of you who have been patient as we assembled the details of the Tahoe Area Uke Fest II. We are now ready to roll! Here are the answers to various questions we have received:
Q) How much does the festival cost to attend?
A) That is up to you! The Festival Stage music and Vendor Marketplace are free. Workshops, accommodations, and our two Celebrity Showroom Headliner Concerts are optional at varying costs.
Q) When can we sign up for workshops?
A) Now! The workshop information and reservation page is now up, look for the tab above.
Q) When will the festival schedule be posted?
A) The daytime entertainment is now listed above, under the 2010 Uke Fest Info tab. A .pdf schedule of the whole festival is coming. For now, the Fest begins gathering at 3PM on Friday, March 19, the Friday workshops are at 4:30, concert doors open at 7, concert begins at 8. Saturday begins at 9AM with Festival stage music and vendor marketplace. Workshops begin at 9:45, evening concert doors open at 7, concert begins at 8. Sunday will feature a farewell get together and some kind of breakfast arrangements TBA, and a workshop from 10-11. Everything winds down and is over by noon.
Q) Why must I purchase concert tickets from the Nugget and Workshop tickets from PlayUke.net?
A) This is necessary because of our arrangement with our host. John Ascuaga’s Nugget has been extremely generous in providing meeting space and requisite staffing at a huge discount to us. Without that, we either would not have been able to hold the festival in such a nice place, admittance to everything would have been much higher, or we would not have been able to present two of the premier ukulele artists on the planet. We ask you to bear with this “two purchase” arrangement.
Q) Are concert tickets general admission or assigned seating?
A) The Nugget concert ticket system assigns your seats! The earlier you order, the better your seats!
Q) I went to a recent large festival and was unable to see everything I wanted to because so many things were scheduled simultaneously. Will this be the case here?
A) We have been very conscious of this fact and have scheduled with lack of conflict foremost in our minds. The only simultaneous workshops are those with differing audiences based on playing level. There are a few first-year-player classes running opposite advanced classes. Otherwise, you should be able to see and do exactly what you wish. There are no workshops opposite James Hill’s workshop, there are no workshops opposite the doorprize/raffle drawings on Saturday afternoon, and you should be able to see most featured Festival Stage performers in between. All workshops end two full hours before the evening headliner concerts.
If you have any further questions, use the comments box below this post or email playuke@playuke.net.
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Are the two workshops by D’Ville the same or is the second one a continuation of #I?
They are two different classes. First is Jim D’Ville, Play Uke by Ear I, Basic intervals and Chord Progressions, second is Jim D’Ville, Play Uke by Ear II, Dominant seven and diatonic chord progressions. Thanks for asking.
Should guests at the workshops bring a ukelele with them?
Absolutely! Or at least some sort of recording device if you cannot.