Hau`oli Strummers (Happy Strummers) 🌺

This is the online meetup, there is also a simultaneous in-person meetup.
The zoom link will be sent to you in a meetup message shortly before the beginning of the meetup. Be sure to RSVP before 5:00 pm the day of the event.

Come and join us! Everyone is welcome! We support all skill levels and we play a wide variety of musical styles. Make new friends, improve your ukulele skills, and have some fun all at the same time.

This meeting is "Strum Along" format which means everyone plays and sings the same song at the same time. The songs are requests from the club, picked from the songbook and online Song bank.

Warm summer nights in colorful Spanish Village... our favorite summer location is back... join us al fresco in Spanish Village in Balboa Park. This is our Third Tuesday location and will temporarily replace Campland which gets extra busy in the summer. Whether you're a beginner or have been playing for years, everyone is welcome.

We will start by playing the setlist linked below and then take a short break. For the second hour, Members choice... choose songs from our Hau'oli Strummers Song Bank, with the option of leading the song (or not, that's ok too). Our goals are to have fun and to enjoy music in a safe, encouraging environment. We hope you join us!

Please bring a chair if you like to sit. We will be projecting the songs, but feel free to bring a tablet using the music links below. Dress for the evening weather.

Links:
The evening's 1st hour setlist will be linked here before the event.

SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2025, HAU OLI STRUMMERS ON STAGE at the San Diego House of Sweden's Midsummer Celebration outside the HOUSE OF SWEDEN by the INTERNATIONAL COTTAGES in BALBOA PARK. This is our annual Swedish Midsummer Celebration performance.

Enjoy Swedish meatballs with lingon, pickled cucumber and bread, available at the House of Sweden from Noon to 4pm.

Come early to get set up. The Stage Performance starts at 2:00 p.m. with costumes and a Swedish Flag Procession followed immediately by HAU OLI STRUMMERS UKULELE CLUB playing hit songs by Swedish pop groups ABBA, Avicci and Blue Swedes. After that the celebration will include very fun and amazingly popular Swedish Maypole Dances for the young and young at heart to celebrate the first days of summer Swedish-style.

BRING YOUR UKE and a MUSIC STAND. An iPad/tablet would be nice, but we will try to have paper printouts to share and clothes pins so they don't blow away. We are posting a link to a DOWNLOADABLE or PRINTABLE file with the songs and we plan to practice at our Tuesday Meetups between now and June 22. We will stand on the low stage to play and sing.

We recommend you try to arrive at Balboa Park BY 1 PM to allow time to park and walk or shuttle to the House of Sweden and get tuned up and set up with your ukulele and music.

You're encouraged to WEAR SWEDISH COLORS BLUE AND YELLOW.

PARKING behind the Organ Pavilion or the adjacent parking lot, OR even easier is across Park Blvd by the old Navy Hospital and walk or take the Balboa Park Shuttle.

4th Tuesday REGULAR START 6:30 pm
We will have a themed setlist for the first half. The second half will be by request with the option to lead the songs chosen from our songbook and online Song Bank, links below.

Bring your uke and play along. We will project the songs (but bring a songbook, just in case). This winter venue is on the covered patio at Denny's. For cold or rainy weather, we may meet in the community room located up a short flight of stairs near the restrooms. There are tables and chairs to use. We hope to see you there!! ALOHA 🌺 🎶

LINKS:
A link to the Themed Playlist will be posted here a few days before the event.