Aloha wonderful ukulele players.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

After great debate, watching the current COVID figures rising and spreading throughout NSW, and with the uncertain duration of our lockdowns, there is virtually no prospect (or very little) at this stage to safely hold our Central Coast Ukulele Festival on 1st-3rd October 2021.

Our priority has always been to keep you all safe and to enjoy a festival free from worry and covid.  Perhaps by the end of the year, most of us will be vaccinated and out of lockdown and we can plan with clarity an amazing enjoyable ukulele festival. Due to our cancellation in 2020 and now this in 2021 we are determined that covid will not get the better of us or stop live music.

With that said we have rescheduled/moved (not cancelled) our festival to the 4-6 March 2022! We plan to have a brilliant safe and fun ukulele festival (as it was to be)  All precautions will be in place to assure you that we have your best interest at heart, all covid safe protocols in place that need to be in for our 2022 Central Coast Ukulele Festival.

Same venue: Wangi Wangi RSL, NSW

The weather will be warmer, longer days, and we will be able to utilize the beautiful waterfront that Wangi Wangi RSl has to offer by erecting two more outdoor stages and a jam area, we will include ukes in cafes and markets.

We will have the same line up of acts and there is always room for more.

For everyone who has registered we will play it forward.

If you have booked accommodation, I believe Airbnb and in fact most accommodation will refund you due to this pandemic.

We have left our decision until now as we were hoping the situation with covid would ease to enable us to get back to some live music. Thank you for your support and understanding.  We look forward to a great year next year full of live music and ukulele festivals.

Thank you for your understanding

cheers

Liz

Aloha to all!

The Central Coast Ukulele club are in our tenth year and we would like to celebrate our 9^th Festival (would have been 10^th however due to COVID-19 we had to cancel last year) with you.

We are planning a fun and slightly different Central Coast Ukulele Festival this year adding a new venue who have kindly come forward and offered their entire club for our special event. More to come shortly.

The advice to me is they are slowly returning to normal and complying strictly to social distancing and hygiene. The Central Coast Ukulele Festival is welcome to go ahead as it has always been a popular community event with live music, workshops an all-in ukulele jam and sing-along, live ukulele groups and acts, raffles, merchandise tables, markets stalls and more.

Planning is in line with COVID restrictions and regulations.   

When:            October  1-3 (October long weekend.)

Where:           Wangi Wangi RSL, suburb on Lake Macquarie                        

275 Watkins Rd, Wangi Wangi NSW

Accommodation is available at Wangi Wangi and surrounding areas of Lake Macquarie. There is brilliant camping, van parks and grounds in the area and around the Central Coast. If you have a boat Swansea, Belmont, Blacksmiths, Caves beach, Gwandalan are easy access as there is a boat ramp opposite the club.

Details of program will be advised once all applications are final.

Wangi Wangi is 30 minutes from Wyong, 1.5 hours from Sydney, 36 minutes from Ourimbah, 50 minutes from The Entrance, 50 minutes from Newcastle.

Wangi Wangi (/ˈwɒndʒi wɒndʒi/) is a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia, which forms a peninsula jutting eastwards into Lake Macquarie. Wangi Wangi is a well-known holiday spot, that was frequented in the early days by families from the coalfields. It is known for its beautiful views, bushwalking, and fishing spots.

Wangi is also well known as the former home of artist William Dobell. Dobell’s 1948 Wynne Prize winning landscape Storm Approaching Wangi depicts the locality.

Along with event attendees all over the world, we’ve been watching the COVID-19 pandemic as it evolves. We recognize how stressful this particular situation is, and we share your concerns.

We stand with all of you and the broader event community during a time when our industry is being deeply affected. We have faith and are putting in place all safeguards to have a great festival.

Looking forward to seeing you and your music

Applications will be available shortly

Monday:      Lake Munmorah every Monday 10am-12pm Colongra Bay Hall, Lake Munmorah

Tuesday –   Woy Woy – CWA Hall, The Boulevarde Woy Woy, 6.30pm-8.30pm

Thursday AM: East Gosford: Lions Club Hall, 10am-12pm, Russel Drysdale St East Gosford

Thursday PM: Long Jetty, CWA Hall, 1 Pacific Street, Long Jetty 6.00pm-8.00pm

Aloha to all

I didn’t want to end this year, without saying a huge ‘thank you’ to everybody. 

The support you have given each other as well as Rob and I and helping each other get through what has been a touch year full of everything has been amazing.

Thank you.
We’d like to wish you all a HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Please keep safe, happy, healthy, and keep practicing!

Classes will resume January 11th

cheers

Liz

Good morning wonderful ukulele players.With concern for today’s wild weather and local flooding we have decided to cancel today’s Lake Munmorah’s class.
You are welcome to join any of Our Zoom classes this week or East Gosford on Thursday.We’ll be back with bells on next week.
My apologies for any inconvenience.
Cheers

Liz
Additional Tuesday day class 
Topic: Liz Kitney’s Zoom Meeting
Time: Oct 27, 2020 10:30 AM Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 204 874 5344
Passcode: 126555

•   Tuesday
• Time: Oct 27 PM Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney
• Join Zoom Meeting

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Meeting ID: 204 874 5344

Passcode: 126555

 Wednesday Beginners

Topic: Liz Kitney’s Zoom Meeting

Time: Oct 28, 2020 06:30 PM Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney

Join Zoom Meeting

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Passcode: 126555

Wednesday all level

Topic: Liz Kitney’s Zoom Meeting

Time: Oct 28, 2020 07:30 PM Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney

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Meeting ID: 204 874 5344

Passcode: 126555

CENTRAL COAST UKULELE CLUB 2020

Yes, we are still here, and we have been trying our very best keeping our face to face classes and Zoom lesson going strong with safety measures in place allowing us to continue through these hard times.

It was with much regret we had to cancel our festival however for the safety and respect of our community it was necessary.

It would have been this coming weekend and we cant help but think of all the wonderful times we have had, all the brilliant acts and most of all the amazing friendships we have all made. Fingers crossed we will be back again next year!

We will place some clips and pics over the weekend for you.

COVID CONSCIOUS AND COVID SAFE

We have put in place Covid Plans and protocol as per the NSW Health regulations and guidelines as well as our own.

We have two face to face classes running each week and up to 5 zoom classes including beginners lessons.

One on one teaching is available on request and usually before or after each of our face to face classes. Our face to face classes are in large halls, well-lit and very comfortable. Plenty of parking and covid friendly. The halls and chairs are cleaned before your entry.

All meetings and classes within NSW Clubs are suspended due to covid regulations and we respect their commitment and policies keeping our community, friends and family safe. We will advise once restrictions have lifted to return to our clubs.

Face to Face classes:

Lake Munmorah every Monday 10am-12pm Colongra Bay Hall

East Gosford: Lions Club Hall, 10am-12pm

Our Zoom classes are weekly, and an email is sent out to all our members and interested parties. If you are interested to join our zoom classes, please email us

centralcoastukuleleclub@gmail.com for details and, arrangements and music

Beginners class every Wednesday night from 6.15pm

To attend our face to face classes regulations to keep you safe have been put in place as per NSW Health plus our own conditions.

Condition of participation.

• Sign COVID-19 register
• Temperature check on arrival with covid marshal
• Social distance
• If you are unwell or have a cold, please stay at home and or zoom with us
• Sanitizers are in all rooms including bathrooms
• gloves available
• Anti-bacterial wipes
• If you are from overseas or from a boarder closed state (Victoria, please let us know)
• Stay seated
• Wear a mask if singing (masks are available with from covid officer)
• Agree to all above conditions
• All seats and chair are cleaned and sanitized before use
• Bring your own cup, water, bottle
• Bring your own music stand
• Join club once we are permitted back
• Bring your own mic for any lead singing.

All the above are to help us keep you all safe and allows us to continue.

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With so many uncertainties and restrictions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, it is with much regret and sadness that we, the Central Coast Ukulele Club along with The Diggers Club have come to the difficult decision to cancel this year’s 9^th Central Coast Ukulele Festival 2020.

The decision was made with everyone’s health, safety and well-being in mind, along with the current NSW Government covid-19 restrictions

Thank you to everyone who applied to perform and a huge thank you to our amazing headline acts for your understanding.

We were living with optimism and hoped that the world would get better however the decision was sent to us yesterday to postpone our festival until next year.

Yes, the good news is same place and time next year. This will be bigger and better! So, the program will remain the same with more inclusions and more acts just 12 months forward.

Stay safe, healthy and keep strumming.

Love to you all.

Liz and The Central Coast Ukulele Club

Hello and Aloha to all

our apologies for not getting back to you sooner, however, we await information on the ease of COVID-19 restrictions from the NSW government and the Diggers club regarding  our festival 2020.

We will be making an announcement by the end of this month so please be patient and hopefully its good news

kind regards to all

Liz

The Central Coast 9th Ukulele and Folk festival is coming

August 28th – 30th 2020 at The Diggers@The Entrance, Central Coast Hwy  Long Jetty

Application to perform below

Application for Central Coast Ukulele and Folk Festival 2020 pdf

We are also accepting applications for stalls

Love to see you here so please place the date in your diary

Cheers

Liz