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Steel City Ukuleles promotes community, entertainment, performance and education among ukulele enthusiasts in the Greater Pittsburgh Area. All players are welcome, from beginners to professionals.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- 3rd Monday at St. Athanasius: Summer Gigs!St Athanasius Education and Community Center, Pittsburgh, PA$3.00
Welcome to SCU North’s Meetup Site.
Meet-up jams are held in Room 104 at the St. Athanasius church Community Center located at 7 Chalfont Avenue, 15229. The center is easy to access from both Route 19 and Route I- 279. The room is also comfortably spacious with plentiful free parking.Plan to arrive at 6:30pm to set up. We'll start playing at 6:45 and end by 8:30pm. This room is already set up with tables and chairs.
Plan to bring your music, a ukulele and the expectation to have a good time and we always seem to have a good time 😊. $3.00 per person.
**Leaders: Kathy and Amber
This is a chance to rehearse the songs for both Make Music Day AND
The Sherwood Oaks gigs! All SCU members are encouraged to attend! See the Meet Up Sites for those dates for more details.Sherwood Oaks (June 26) (THURSDAY)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17xeUAr2aPaFmFPGK08-81DnSI6u7Fpqb/view?usp=drivesdk
1. “Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue (warm up)”
2. “Hey Good Lookin’” by Hank Williams
3. “Jamaica Farewell”
4. “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da”
5. “Side By Side”
6. “Sentimental Journey”
7. “Eight Days A Week #2”
8. “Save the Last Dance For Me”
9. “Walkin on Sunshine”
10. “Tennessee Waltz”
11. “Bye Bye Love [G]”
12. “Why-Do-Fools-Fall-In-Love”
13. “You Are My Sunshine”
14. “Singing-The-Blues--alt”
15. “Take-Me-Home-Country-Roads” by John Denver
16. “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow. (In C)” by Carole King
17. “Blue Suede Shoes (A)”MMD all SCU June 21, 2025 (SATURDAY)
(ONLY HIGHLIGHTED SONGS FOR REHEARSAL!)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/145CCas_GXNhzsxarZBj7EVKkwpJtgSVW/view?usp=drivesdk1. “Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue (warm up)”
2. “Eight Days A Week #2”
3. “House of Gold rev”
4. “Side By Side”
5. “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da”
6. “Hey Good Lookin’” by Hank Williams
7. “Walkin on Sunshine”
8. “Tennessee Waltz”
9. “Eye Of The Tiger”
10. “Save the Last Dance For Me”
11. “Hit The Road Jack 2”
12. “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow. (In C)” by Carole King
13. “Take-Me-Home-Country-Roads” by John Denver
14. “Friday I’m In Love” by The Cure
15. “Cecilia” by Simon and Garfinkle
16. “You Aint Going Nowhere” by Bob Dylan (KS)
17. “Rock This Town D”
18. “Blue Suede Shoes (A)” - 3rd Wednesday Jam—Make Music Day rehearsal and jam at Lolev Beer!Lolev Beer, Pittsburgh, PA
LEADER: SUNNY
Join us at Lolev Beer in Lawrencville! A cozy venue with easy parking. Grab a beverage in the taproom and eats at the food stand just outside!This will be a rehearsal for SCU’s jam for Make Music Day on June 21 at Ross Community Center. ALL LEVELS, ALL AGES, in SCU are asked to participate in this fun performance! Try to come to one of the rehearsals if you are newer to the group, but if you have been with us for a while, at least look over the songs before the performance.
PLAYLIST:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vFcmVqJV89qjneVPSatEUCm6ruTsZrTb/view?usp=drivesdkLeaders: Sunny
MMD all SCU June 21, 2025
1. “Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue (warm up)”
2. “Eight Days A Week #2”
3. “House of Gold rev”
4. “Side By Side”
5. “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da”
6. “Hey Good Lookin’” by Hank Williams
7. “Walkin on Sunshine”
8. “Tennessee Waltz”
9. “Eye Of The Tiger”
10. “Save the Last Dance For Me”
11. “Hit The Road Jack 2”
12. “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow. (In C)” by Carole King
13. “Take-Me-Home-Country-Roads” by John Denver
14. “Friday I’m In Love” by The Cure
15. “Cecilia” by Simon and Garfinkle
16. “You Aint Going Nowhere” by Bob Dylan (KS)
17. “Rock This Town D”
18. “Blue Suede Shoes (A)”Tentative Schedule for Make Music Day June 21:
* 4:00 - 4:30 Arrival
* 4:30-5:00 Beginning ukulele lesson for anyone interested…we will provide ukuleles…
* 5:15- 6:15 SCU concert by YOU (all ages, all skills, all wanting to have fun making music!)
* 6:30-7:00 SCU LB concerthttps://lolev.beer/events
Come at 6:45 pm to tune-up and talk and grab food and drink!
We play from 7 to 8:30 pm, with the playlist below. No experience required! All levels are welcome, from beginners to professionals. If you don't know the chords... just sing louder. If you don’t have the music, someone will share their music with you. Non-musicians welcome to sing along!WHAT YOU NEED:
Uke, a tuner, a music stand, music. $3 voluntary donation.
Please contact us if you would like to recommend a future "theme" or if you want to lead a future session. - Make Music Day June 21, 2025 All SCU players welcome.Ross Community Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Two rehearsals:
St.A’s June 16 (Amber and Kathy)
LoLev June 18 (Sunny)
Once again, Steel City Ukuleles will be participating in Make Music Day.Brighton Music Center, Ross Community Center and the Farina Foundation are sponsoring the event, The Farina Foundation will be advertising their instrument donation drive that day.
You can donate any and all instruments on MMD. BRIGHTON music center will Refurbish and donate all to kids in need through the Farinafoundation.org
Launched in 1982 in France, Make Music is celebrated on the same day in more than 2,000 cities in dozens of countries around the world. Please consider joining us in creating music together,
~We will be playing outside at Ross Community Center ~Pavilion Center.
~Handicap accessible
~Chairs will be provided
Bathrooms right there.
Kids play area.
~Picnic tables on lawn for people to watch and sing along and to have a picnic.ALSO Bring your friends and family to sing along!!!
~We will be inside in the Gym if the weather is terrible and we cannot be outsidePLAYLIST:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MnFRN1pJFx_d1NT_rYLI1KxqgrhiE4JA/view?usp=drivesdkLeaders: Kathy and Sunny
MMD all SCU June 21, 2025
1. “Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue (warm up)”
2. “Eight Days A Week #2”
3. “House of Gold rev”
4. “Side By Side”
5. “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da”
6. “Hey Good Lookin’” by Hank Williams
7. “Walkin on Sunshine”
8. “Tennessee Waltz”
9. “Eye Of The Tiger”
10. “Save the Last Dance For Me”
11. “Hit The Road Jack 2”
12. “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow. (In C)” by Carole King
13. “Take-Me-Home-Country-Roads” by John Denver
14. “Friday I’m In Love” by The Cure
15. “Cecilia” by Simon and Garfinkle
16. “You Aint Going Nowhere” by Bob Dylan (KS)
17. “Rock This Town D”
18. “Blue Suede Shoes (A)”Schedule:
* 4:00 -Arrival if you want to help
* 4:30 - 5:00 Beginning ukulele lesson for anyone interested…we will provide ukuleles…
5:00 latest to arrive to set up and play the concert
* 5:15- 6:15 SCU concert by YOU (all ages, all skills, all wanting to have fun making music!)
* 6:15 - 6:45 SCU LB concert (SCU players please stay and sing along with the Little Band!)What to plan on:
rehearsals on June 16 at St. A’s and June 18 at Lolev BeerWhat to bring:
* your instrument
A KAZOO
* your music ( a playlist will be provided)
* a stand (you may share)
* a hat
* water
A picnic or snacks for yourself.
Hope we have chairs.There will be teen open-mic from 7- 8 pm.
