……Not a bad idea at all.  It just takes the edge off, it seems. So we just relaxed and played a bunch of Spring and garden songs. A great way to end our skills sessions, I think. 
Never fear. There are  plenty of playing opportunities coming up:
June 1 - Uke Can Free Your Voice - Ukulele and Voice workshop with Daphne Roubini followed by a concert by Ruby and Smith. Location: Nancy's Farm, 2030 E. Smith Rd 
Workshop at 2:00, Concert at 3:30. $20.00 for workshop, $10.00 for concert or $25.00 for both. For more info call 733-6867.
June 7, BUG Open Mic - Here is your chance to share a song. Play by yourself of with some other folks. Or you can lead everyone in a song.   This will be our last Saturday Jam until September. 
June 13, BUG Community Players play at Stafholdt Good Samaritan Assisted Living, 456 C Street, Blaine, Friday, June 13, 1:45 - Everyone is welcome. See BUG website. 
June 21, 2014 - Celebrate Global Make Music Day -. BUG will have a booth at the Farmer's Market (Volunteers are needed). There is a rumor that there will also be a ukulele FLASH MOB.  
Tuesdays - Uke at the Village Green - beginning on June 17 come out and play… just for fun. Very informal. 
JULY 25-27 - 4th Annual BUG Campout (It just gets better every year) Please register by July 1,  We are looking for people to be on the the Campout planning committee. 
September 7, "I Love My 'Ukulele" project at the Live Aloha Festival at Seattle Center. Come and play with hundreds of other ukulele players.  
September -Book 3 class to begin mid-Sept (probably on Tuesday the 16th). Details TBA
Oct 18-19 Langley Ukulele Workshop - sorry but is SOLD OUT but they do keep a waiting list if you want to try to get in
ALSO important stuff:
June 28 - I Love A Ukulele Concert by the Bellingham Ukulele Orchestra. Get tickets at any BUG event or Brown Paper Tickets:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/683348
Help BUG be a Sponsor for the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain http://www.bellinghamukulelegroup.com/bugb.html

HAVE A GREAT SUMMER. I HOPE WE GET TO STRUM TOGETHER THIS SUMMER.

Great work on the UBC practice sheet (4/20 blog). Continue to use the sheet for smooth changing and remembering chords. The point of this practice is to be able to play these chords without having the diagram in front of you. You can print off as many copies of this as you want for practice. If you always rely on the chord diagrams, your eyes and fingers are learning the chords but you are not internalizing them (learning by heart). And will not remember them when you don't have the diagram.  I know that it is painful at first, but it really doesn't take very long to learn new chords by heart if you just play them over and over and over for a while. 
Puff the Magic Dragon: Use this to practice finger picking patterns. Specifically combo #1 but, really, you could use any of the patterns we learned. 
Dominant 7th chords - closed.  Pull out the 12 bar blues (2/5 blog)  use it to practice two new closed shapes in the key of C. Use the 1st shape on the page below for C7, use the 3rd shape for F7 and G7.  Make ALL of your chords 7th chords. This is commonly done with the blues.