The Utterly Butterly Ukulele Project - Sly Community Arts
Sly Community Arts delivers primarily music-focussed participatory workshops nationwide.
Make your own Ukulele!
Make your own ukulele from recyclable materials, learn how to play it and take part in a live performance with The Utterly Butterly Ukulele project (TUBUP).
No previous experience required!
The ukuleles are made from an Utterly Butterly spread tub, fishing line strings, a piece of wood with screw eyes for tuning pegs. The instrument sounds very authentic and is very playable.
The workshops can be 'stand-alone for a day or half day in, for example, a school or community event or can be part of a series of workshops in a geographical area over a period of several days where everybody comes together for a massed ukulele jam session and performance. In a school environment, we can work with around 60 participants in a day and make 60 ukuleles.
The self-contained workshops can take place just about anywhere. We have worked in libraries, businesses, schools, at community events, OAP drop-in centres, carnivals, parks, shopping centres, family organisations, festivals and parties etc.
The workshops have proved to be universally appealing to all age groups and can work as either 'drop in' or timetabled sessions.
The project can work alongside:
- Sing Up
- Arts and Health initiatives
- KS2 national curriculum
- Community cohesion initiatives
- Family Learning (Learning Skills Council)
- Music in libraries
- Arts Award
- Extended schools
- Every child matters
- NI 11 participation in the arts
- Music Industry Association (MIA) 'Weekend Warriors'
Contact information
A: 10, Grange Drive, Glen Parva, Leicester LE2 9PF, UK
C: Steve Nutter, Director: steve@slyarts.co.uk
All enquiries: +44 (0)7785 575468
24hr answer machine: +44 (0)20 8133 7940
W: www.tubup.org