About five days ago Terry Hardy signed up on Twitter as
50StateUke, and I thought that is seemed like an interesting moniker. So, I followed his tweets and told him I thought the idea of playing ukulele in all 50 states was an ambitious one; because I was having trouble just playing my ukulele at home. He contacted me to clarify and share the broader scope of, what already seemed to be a monumental task.
Terry Hardy:
My plan is actually a little more complicated than I can state in 140 characters. I am planning on learning every state song (or at least one - some states have more than one) and play them on ukulele at each state capitol. I researched the songs, and have transcribed them for uke. I have played so far in Phoenix and Honolulu...only 48 more to go :) I am going to do it in pieces, with multiple road trips. Some trips will be this year here in the west (I live in Denver). I have pictures to document it, and have some video from Hawaii (I plan to video each one). A web site will be forthcoming with me playing these songs once I learn them, and documentation as it comes along. I hope to play on my Pono concert uke (for work I take my Risa travel uke).
Anyway, that is the crazy plan.
Whoa! The word ambitious just doesn't seem to apply well to Terry's monumental plan. If you're on Twitter, I would suggest signing up to follow
50StatesUke, and become part of the Corps of Discovery in state songs on the uke.
Good luck and Godspeed Terry!
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