Last Saturday I attended a "cigar-box ukulele making symposium" - I didn't even know what a symposium was, but the cigar-box bit sounded like fun :-) A "symposium' turns out to be "an occasion at which people who have great knowledge of a particular subject meet in order to discuss a matter of interest" And so I sat for a couple of very enjoyable hours with 8 or 9 other enthusiasts to talk about all things cigar, uke, and wood-working tools.
The event was hosted by Ray of the Severnside Ukulele Strummers Association (SUSA), and the session was run by the fabulous John Colter (a well respected home-luthier with a number of figure of eight ukuleles and several cigarbox ukes under his belt).
We didnt get our hands very dirty, but we did each get a box of bits, a set of instructions and a good-luck pat on the back.
No comments:
Post a Comment