I know the past year has been hard for most everyone. While I’m actually grateful for the extra time I’ve had with my little family, whom I love to hang out with, I am at times prone to rumination and depression. Isolation really drove that side of me home. There were a lot of things this year that intensified that darker side of my personality, but I felt the greatest loss in not being able to get together and make music with people …

When I entered high school I intended to become a visual artist. Somehow, long story, I ended up taking choir and marching band instead of art. Just like that I got hooked on music, but not just any music … group music. I grew up in a musical household (my dad was a band director), but I’d never really experienced the high and the comradery that is born out of making music live with other human beings … it enhances and deepens the power of music in so many ways. When I got interested in ukulele a decade ago, I recognized it as a way to get others together making music and experiencing that joy. People who might not have had a chance to do so in the past. That is the reason for Happy Valley Ukes.

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