Spent the day in Cairns at the Ukelele festival and markets. Girls got hair wraps and Mark bought a pottery latte cup. Everyone loved the vibe & the fact that we were there for the World Record attempt. James met a Melbourne ukelele icon - Michael Jackson! We officially registered & borrowed ukes from the Council so all of us could be involved. James was so excited just to play one note (red dot - one string - down, down, up, up down). But in usual James style, by the time the attempt and filming took place at 5:30 he was yawning and wiping his eyes, barely awake. He did manage to stay awake, play & make it onto ABC news. Oh & there had to be a mad dash to the toilet with just a few minutes until filming.... and we were in the front row of our green section! Then there was the old bloke next to James, on his deaths bed, who reduced James to tears in the final minutes by telling him not to fiddle with the tuning pegs. Mark’s GoPro filming had to be interrupted for a frantic tuning - not easy with 1400 ukeleles playing around you. Oh & the old guy, didn’t even have his uke the right way round for filming! The GoPro proved worthwhile to get footage above the crowd but Mark was outdone by another GoPro on a much longer handle! We didn’t make the GBR - fell short by 300 ukes but what an unexpected, fun day.
Thursday, 12 July 2012
Day 12 - Saturday - Cairns Ukelele festival
Spent the day in Cairns at the Ukelele festival and markets. Girls got hair wraps and Mark bought a pottery latte cup. Everyone loved the vibe & the fact that we were there for the World Record attempt. James met a Melbourne ukelele icon - Michael Jackson! We officially registered & borrowed ukes from the Council so all of us could be involved. James was so excited just to play one note (red dot - one string - down, down, up, up down). But in usual James style, by the time the attempt and filming took place at 5:30 he was yawning and wiping his eyes, barely awake. He did manage to stay awake, play & make it onto ABC news. Oh & there had to be a mad dash to the toilet with just a few minutes until filming.... and we were in the front row of our green section! Then there was the old bloke next to James, on his deaths bed, who reduced James to tears in the final minutes by telling him not to fiddle with the tuning pegs. Mark’s GoPro filming had to be interrupted for a frantic tuning - not easy with 1400 ukeleles playing around you. Oh & the old guy, didn’t even have his uke the right way round for filming! The GoPro proved worthwhile to get footage above the crowd but Mark was outdone by another GoPro on a much longer handle! We didn’t make the GBR - fell short by 300 ukes but what an unexpected, fun day.
Spent the day in Cairns at the Ukelele festival and markets. Girls got hair wraps and Mark bought a pottery latte cup. Everyone loved the vibe & the fact that we were there for the World Record attempt. James met a Melbourne ukelele icon - Michael Jackson! We officially registered & borrowed ukes from the Council so all of us could be involved. James was so excited just to play one note (red dot - one string - down, down, up, up down). But in usual James style, by the time the attempt and filming took place at 5:30 he was yawning and wiping his eyes, barely awake. He did manage to stay awake, play & make it onto ABC news. Oh & there had to be a mad dash to the toilet with just a few minutes until filming.... and we were in the front row of our green section! Then there was the old bloke next to James, on his deaths bed, who reduced James to tears in the final minutes by telling him not to fiddle with the tuning pegs. Mark’s GoPro filming had to be interrupted for a frantic tuning - not easy with 1400 ukeleles playing around you. Oh & the old guy, didn’t even have his uke the right way round for filming! The GoPro proved worthwhile to get footage above the crowd but Mark was outdone by another GoPro on a much longer handle! We didn’t make the GBR - fell short by 300 ukes but what an unexpected, fun day.
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