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Glendale Folk & Heritage Festival 2026
This past Sunday, my Ukulele Group, the Phoenix Ukulele Group, got together to play for the Glendale Folk & Heritage Festival. We had a great line-up and we got to the stage quickly and had time to play all our … Continue reading
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The Renaissance Festival 2026
This Saturday past, we did a big Renaissance Festival trip with family and friends and also friends of family! My son and his girlfriend were driving separately and so we drove ourselves and gave our friend Allysen a ride too. … Continue reading
War of the Phoenix, The Kingdom of Atenveldt
Since about a year ago, we were told about War by our friends and we already kind of knew about the SCA, better known as the Society of Creative Anachronism. From their about page: War of the Phoenix is hosted … Continue reading
New Years 2025-2026
We had some plans that got cancelled and luckily we had a back-up plan and saw some friends who are really great! They had friends who were really nice! We played games until midnight. Happy New Year!
Michigan Christmas 2025
As per usual, we spent a few days in early December with our family up in Michigan. We got the cool seats again for the ride out there, where you can lay flat and the seats had lumbar support too. … Continue reading
Phoenix Winter Fantasy Ball
Out of the blue, our friend, Mariah, had tickets and invited us to the Phoenix Winter Fantasy Ball! It was out at the Ashley Castle, where Jaime and I got married back in 2011. We got dressed nice and fancy … Continue reading
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Thanksgiving 2025
As per tradition, we went to Brandee and Brent’s place for Thanksgiving. Food was delicious and afterwards we got to play with the chickens.
Carmelo’s 52nd Birthday
I had a quiet day. I had the day off. I went to the gym. For dinner, the kids came over and brought my grandcat with them. We ordered food and ate. Played with the cat and then at the … Continue reading
Arizona Veterans Home: Halloween!
We got a gig with the AZ Veterans home to do some Halloween songs and to also thank them for their service. We didn’t have many opportunities for practice but we pulled off a great show for them. Some songs, … Continue reading
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MIM Ukulele
We went to the MIM (Musical Instrument Museum) to support our friends, Wes and Jon, and their photographer and fellow ukulelist, Anne, as they taught some basic Ukulele to the masses! They have a great approach to teaching and by … Continue reading
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