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Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain - bbc `pick of the year`

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...Senior Announcer Harriet Cass leaves Radio 4 but before her departure she chooses her favourite moments from BBC Radio in 2012...

...In Tune: The Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain - Radio 3


uke orchestra rounds off the programme - final couple of minutes - dick barton theme.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pfxhz

link for younger readers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Barton
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Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain - sydney opera house

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Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain Live at Sydney Opera House...

http://skyarts.sky.com/ukulele-orchestr ... at-britain
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Re: The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain

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hepatitis C charity uke auction.

...Art on a Ukulele have been working alongside the artist Mick Rooney RA, the UK’s foremost independent ukulele maker Pete Howlett and The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain.

Long & Ryle are delighted to be providing the venue for this extraordinary event. 30 ukuleles were painted by luminary artists such as Bill Jacklin RA, Allen Jones RA, Cathie Pilkington RA,PJ Crook, Norman Ackroyd CBE RA and many more. We will also be showing ukuleles decorated by our artists Anne Desmet RA, Ramiro Fernandez Saus.

The ukuleles will be played by the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain at a performance at The Jazz Café on September 12 and ultimately auctioned to raise money for The Hepatitis C Trust.


https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/own- ... -x0wql0pl0

http://www.longandryle.com/exhibitions/art-on-a-ukulele

https://www.ewbankauctions.co.uk/Art-On ... 2017-09-21
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Re: The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain

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repeat of ukulele orchestra profile - bbc radio 4 extra.

heard last friday at 20.30 hours.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00c67jq
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Re: The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain

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bbc radio 3

...Sean Rafferty presents a lively mix of music and arts news with the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain ahead of their gig at Phoenix Concert Hall in Croydon on Friday 8th november, 2019...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0009zxr
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mother ukers

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2023 : if you go down to the dorset woods in april - you can watch and listen to the mother ukers playing at the teddy rocks festival :

https://www.teddyrocks.co.uk/lineup/mother-ukers

https://www.motherukers.com
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