Our group's aim is to play for people at nursing homes, hospitals, community centers - any place where we can brighten the day of people who otherwise would not be able to listen to live music. Everything we do is completely volunteer. We are simply a group of individuals who come together and share our music with a deserving audience.

  Here is how a "typical" gig has worked in the past: We get a group of people together, usually around 5 or 6. We play songs from our group's songbook, or from any our volunteers bring. We all play and sing as a group. This means that sometimes you play songs you don't know but it turns out that that is a great way to learn some new tunes. It also gives you the opportunity to teach others some of your favorite songs.

Our objective is entertain our audience. We know that many of our volunteers have beginner or intermediate skills. The songs we play are not too complicated. If you know your basic chords, you can join a gig. Those who 'only' sing are more than welcome!

That's how a typical gig works. We've had musicians of all kinds: guitarists, pianists, violinists, percussionists, accordian players, etc. We also play all styles of music: folk, rock, jazz, blues, latin, pop, country, etc...

GIG DESCRIPTION & RULES:

1.)    The gigs are very fun, rewarding, an opportunity to meet new friends and, most importantly, a way for us to create some joy for our audience.

2.)    We like to have a minimum of 3 players at each gig, and a max of 6.

3.)    The goal is to have everyone sing together. From time to time only one player may know the song, in which case he or she will sing ‘lead’ on it. However, we want to stress that that isn’t the norm. We want to make sure that each gig is a group effort

4.)    We want to make sure that there is consistency for the sake of our audience, so gig attendance is counted. Multiple no-shows may result in our needing to suspend your membership from the Meetup.

5.)    Appropriate behavior is of utmost importance at all time at our gigs, both toward our audience and each other. Drinking or other substance usage before a gig is not tolerated. The comfort of all of our members and our audience is important, so please be mindful of appropriate interactions with other players and audience members.