Mentone Ukes

Canyon Christmas
2024-12-07 10:30 - 2024-12-09 14:00 (America/Chicago) | Canyon Center, 4322 Little River Trail NE, Fort Payne, AL, 35967, United States
“Canyon Christmas” Saturday, December 7th at Little River Canyon Center (4322 Little River Trail NE, Fort Payne, AL — off Hwy. 35). Players, please arrive by 10:30AM. Chairs will be provided. We will set up and play in the lobby starting at 10:45 and we will play through our Christmas 2024 Song Set. Mickey Luck will be our leader.

Holiday Social at the Moon Lake Library
2024-12-08 14:00 - 16:00 | Moon Lake Community Library, 4607 AL Hwy. 117, Mentone, AL, 35984, United States
Sunday, December 8th at the library from 2:00 PM-4:00 PM. Arrive when you can, leave if you must. We will play from our Christmas 2024 Song Set. Romey Atchley will be our leader. As we’ve done in the past, this will be an informal and fun time for us to entertain the library patrons since we are the House Band of the Moon Lake Library!

Fort Payne Culture Club
2025-01-02 13:15 - 14:30 | Dekalb Council on Aging, 600 Tyler Avenue SE, Fort Payne, AL, United States
First Mentone Ukes performance of the New Year will be next Thursday, January 2nd.We’re providing the entertainment for the January meeting of the Fort Payne Culture Club on January 2nd. The meeting will be at the Fort Payne Senior Center (DeKalb Council on Aging, 600 Tyler Avenue SE, Fort Payne). We will play a 20-minute set after they bring the meeting to order at 1:30. Refreshments will follow our performance. We will play from our Fall 2024 Song Set.Players, please arrive by 1:15 and ask for Carol Argo who will show you where to set up. Players who have signed up to play thus far include Mickey, Don, Ray, Hank A, Halee, Tricia, Romey, Janet and Lila. If anyone else would like to attend that would be great. Just let me know. (Here’s a photo of the Culture Club members from this year’s Christmas party).

Raindrops Keep Fallin' on my Head
2025-02-15 13:00 - 14:30 | Moon Lake Community Library, 4607 AL Hwy. 117, Mentone, AL, 35984, United States
Our session on Saturday will feature a mix of familiar songs along with some we haven’t played for a while, and our own Hank A will introduce a new song to the group: Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head!
“…But there’s one thing I know, the blues they send to meet me won’t defeat me, it won’t be long til happiness steps up to greet me!” This fun and uplifting song was written by Burt Baccarat and Hal David for the 1969 film “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.” In the film the song starts out with one instrument—the ukulele—while Paul Newman is riding a bicycle with Katherine Ross sitting on the handlebars. The song won an Oscar for Best Original Score and the single reached #1 on the Billboard charts. Although simple and catchy lyrics, this is a challenging song with fairly rapid chord changes, some truly beautiful chord progressions and a total of ten chords (only one new chord) in the song. But no worries. As we always do, we will go over the song, review the chords, and play it through a couple of times. Learning a challenging song is a good thing.
Other songs on the playlist for this session include:
Warm up: City of New Orleans
Keep on the Sunny Side
Introduce New Song: Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head
Dead Skunk
Have You Ever Seen the Rain
Wayfaring Stranger
Fly Me to the Moon
King of the Road
Walls – Tom Petty
Closing Song: Wagon Wheel
This is going to be a great session! Our sessions are always free, and beginners and newcomers of all ages are welcomed to attend and loaner ukuleles are available. So plan to join us and bring a friend!

Our first Spring 2025 Practice Session
2025-03-29 08:00 - 17:00 | Moon Lake Community Library, 4607 AL Hwy. 117, Mentone, AL, 35984, United States
This will be our first practice session in Spring 2025! We will be playing through several of the songs in our Spring Song Set that includes some new songs! I hope you are able to join us!

Mentone Ukes @ Big Art Pop Up Show
2025-05-17 10:30 - 13:00 | Mentone Inn Linger Longer Pavilion
We will perform at the Big Pop Up Art Show which will be held at the Mentone Inn. We will be on the stage. Please plan to arrive by 10:30am to get ready to start playing around 10:45am. We will play until around 1pm (taking breaks as needed). Please come for any or all of our time on stage.
Parking is always a challenge so keep that in mind as you plan your arrival time.
This is always a fun event so I hope you can come

Saturday Play Along
2025-06-07 13:00 - 14:30 | Moon Lake Community Library, 4607 AL Hwy. 117, Mentone, AL, 35984, United States
Come join us to play and sing some songs! 1pm CDT at Moon Lake Library in Mentone.
Beginners (even complete beginners), novices, and experienced players are always welcome. We have loaner ukes available if you want to try it out.
We always have a lot of fun so join us if you can!

Americana--Patriotic and Folk Songs
2025-06-21 13:00 - 14:30 | Moon Lake Community Library, 4607 AL Hwy. 117, Mentone, AL, 35984, United States
At our session this week we will celebrate America by playing and singing some American patriotic and folksongs. This is our last session before July 4.

Oh Susanna, Stephen F. Foster (1848)

America the Beautiful, Katharine Lee Bates & Samuel A. Ward (1910)

You’re a Grand Old Flag/I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy, George M. Cohan (1906/1904)

God Bless America, Irving Berlin (1918)

This Land is Your Land, Woody Guthrie
(1940—Guthrie was tired of hearing God Bless America on the radio)

Paradise, John Prine (1971)

Angel From Montgomery, John Prine (1971)

On the Road Again, Willie Nelson (1979)

Crawdad Song

(“very old”–sung by levee builders on Mississippi River, sung by Woody Guthrie, Andy Griffith, Foggy Bottom Boys, etc.)

City of New Orleans, Steve Goodman (1971)

Will the Circle Be Unbroken, original 1907,

reworked in 1937 as a funeral hymn by A.P. Carter (Carter Family)

Showtime in the Valley Talent Show
2025-07-11 18:30 - 20:30 | SonRise Retreat, 8272 AL-117, Valley Head, AL, 35989, United States
Our own Halee Odell will be performing at the Showtime in the Valley Talent Show. It will be held at the SonShine Retreat (formerly Nena’s) on July 11. Time is 6:30-8:30pm. Halee is going to do Mentone Ukes proud! Come on out and support Halee. We know how talented she is and now she’s going to show it off to the world!

Practice at the Library
2025-07-19 13:00 - 14:30 | Moon Lake Community Library, 4607 AL Hwy. 117, Mentone, AL, 35984, United States
We’ll be playing and singing through songs for our upcoming performances! Practice time is 1pm Central time and location is the Moon Lake Library. We hope to see you there.
Players of all levels are welcome! We have loaner ukuleles and if you are a beginner we can help you get started with this wonderful, fun instrument. We would love to see you!

Let's Get Ready For WLYS
2025-08-02 13:00 - 14:30 | Moon Lake Community Library, 4607 AL Hwy. 117, Mentone, AL, 35984, United States
Hope you can join us on August 2 as we practice for our performance at Moon Lake Library for the World’s Longest Yard Sale.
We will practice at 1pm CDT at Moon Lake Library.
Newcomers who want to learn to play with us, visitors, and our members are welcome. We are excited to have beginners (even absolute beginners), novices, and experienced players join us.
Loaner ukuleles are available, thanks to a generous donation of great ukuleles to the library by our own Debra and Jerry.
Hope to see you on August 2!

Celebrating the World's Longest Yard Sale
2025-08-09 10:30 - 14:30 | Moon Lake Community Library, 4607 AL Hwy. 117, Mentone, AL, 35984, United States
The World’s Longest Yard Sale is August 7-10, 2025. The library will have a book sale and since Mentone Ukes is the house band of Moon Lake Library, we will provide entertainment on Saturday August 9 at the library.
We will gather around 10:30 and begin playing around 10:45. During breaks, individuals and/or small groups are invited to perform songs you’d like to share.
The librarian has generously offered to provide something for lunch for us!
We will play through the afternoon, until we get tired, run out of songs, or it gets to be around 2 or 2:30, whichever comes first.
This is a fun event and I hope you can join us for as much of the day as you can!

Practice For Upcoming Performances
2025-08-16 13:00 - 14:30 | Moon Lake Community Library, 4607 AL Hwy. 117, Mentone, AL, 35984, United States
We had a great day today celebrating WLYS!
Next Saturday (August 16) we will have our regular practice at 1pm CDT at the Moon Lake Library. We will be practicing from the summer and fall songbook https://mentoneukes.com/shared-files/1826/….
We will practice some of the songs that need some polishing, focusing on starting together and staying together! We sounded great today and one way we can make our performances more crisp is to start together and listen to each other so we stay together.
Hope you can join us!

International Play Music on the Porch Day
2025-08-30 10:45 - 12:00 | Little River Hardware, 5190 Al Hwy 117, Mentone, AL, 35984, United States
August 30 is “International Play Music on the Porch Day” for 2025. We will be meeting at Little River Hardware. Get there at 10:45am and we will play from 11 to 12. Bring your chair and music from the 2025 Summer & Fall Songbook.

Mentone Ukes 6th Anniversary and Christmas in August
2025-08-30 13:00 - 14:30 | Moon Lake Community Library, 4607 AL Hwy. 117, Mentone, AL, 35984, United States
Get ready to celebrate the Mentone Ukes 6th Anniversary and we will be have our Christmas in August set as well. Wear your Christmas decorations and Santa or Elf hats. Also bring your kazoos and bells to make the music more festive. We are hoping that Debra Fey and Jerry Megli, founders of the Ukes, will be able to make it. With a couple of exceptions, we will be playing Christmas songs and three that we have never played before. Just pretend we are in the southern hemisphere where August is part of winter.

Practice Session
2025-09-13 13:00 - 14:30 | Moon Lake Community Library, 4607 AL Hwy. 117, Mentone, AL, 35984, United States
On Saturday, September 13 at 1pm CDT we will meet at Moon Lake Library for our regular practice session. We will be preparing for our upcoming performance at Mentone Americana Nights. The list of songs we will work on is forthcoming. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Mentone Ukes at Mentone Americana Nights
2025-09-27 15:00 - 15:45 | Shigley Amphitheater, 5866 E River Rd, Mentone, AL, 35984, United States
Mentone Ukes will play in the Mentone Ukes Americana Nights series at 3pm at the Shigley Amphitheater on the Moon Lake Campus. Bring chairs and music! It is a 45 minute performance.
We will practice for our performance at our regular practice at 1pm and then transition over to the stage for set up.

Harvest Ukes in Rainsville
2025-10-11 13:45 - 15:00 | Rainsville City Park, Broadway St SE, Rainsville, AL, 35986, United States
We will play for the Rainsville Harvest for a Cause on Saturday, October 11. We need to be set up no later than 12:45pm. Our plans are to play 2 45-minute sets consisting of songs from our current song list. Hank will be sending out the songbook.
Location: Rainsville ParkBroadway St SE, Rainsville, AL 35986https://maps.app.goo.gl/EJNUYnwvGKUenqoY9
Our set up will be near the monuments, close to the parking area.
Bring your uke, music, and a chair for this great event. At this time the weather forecast calls for a beautiful fall day. Come on out and play with us.

Mentone Fall Festival at Moon Lake Library
2025-10-18 10:45 - 14:00 | Moon Lake Community Library, 4607 AL Hwy. 117, Mentone, AL, 35984, United States
This year we will be playing at the Moon Lake Library during the Mentone Fall Festival on October 18 from 11am-2pm. We will play from the current song set. Be sure to bring your music because we will not have projection available.

Mentone Ukes at MERF Luncheon
2025-11-05 10:45 - 13:00 | Moon Lake Baptist Church, 4571 AL-117, Mentone, AL, 35986, United States
We will perform at Moon Lake Baptist Church for the MERF Senior Luncheon on November 5. Please gather at 10:45 to be ready to start playing at 11:00am. We will play a few songs before giving thanks for our meal. After we eat, we will play a few more songs as folks finish up and start leaving.

I will need a headcount by October 29.

This is always a fun event and we sing for our lunch!

Getting Ready for the Holidays!
2025-11-08 13:00 - 14:30 | Moon Lake Community Library, 4607 AL Hwy. 117, Mentone, AL, 35984, United States
We have several holiday performances coming up in December so we will be playing through some old and new holiday music. We will meet at 1pm at Moon Lake Library. Our music list will be distributed ahead of our practice.

Getting Ready for Holiday Performances
2025-11-22 13:00 - 14:30 | Moon Lake Community Library, 4607 AL Hwy. 117, Mentone, AL, 35984, United States
Let’s meet for practice on holiday songs! 1pm Moon Lake Library. Song list will be distributed in advance.

Mentone Ukes' Holly Jolly Jam
2025-12-11 17:00 - 18:30 | St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, 2813 Godfrey Ave NE, Fort Payne,, AL, 35967
We will provide Christmas music for the December meeting of the DeKalb County (AL) Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution. We will gather at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church to get set up at 5:00pm. We will play either in the meeting hall or the church sanctuary, depending on how many ukulele carolers we have. That decision may not be made until the day of our performance.
Please arrive at 5:00 pm so we can get set up to start our program promptly at 5:30 pm. We will plan for a 25 minute program.
The DAR will have their business meeting immediately after our program and their holiday pot luck supper will be after the business meeting. We are invited to stay for the dinner, but would need to stay for the business meeting. I will get numbers for eating dinner as the date gets closer.
Mark the date on your calendar now. This is a Thursday evening so I hope we will be able to have a nice-sized group.

Canyon Christmas
2025-12-13 13:00 - 14:00 | Little River Canyon Center, 607 5th St NE, Fort Payne, AL, 35967, United States
Be there no later than 12:45 and we will play from 1:00 until 2:00.
From Little River Canyon Center:“ Snap a picture with Santa and take home a free 4×6 print as a keepsake! Families of all kinds are welcome—including your furry friends (on a leash). Stroll the Storybook Trail, make holiday crafts, enjoy tasty treats, and discover more surprises throughout the day”

Mentone Christmas Tree Lighting
2025-12-13 16:30 - 18:30 | Mentone Inn Linger Longer Pavilion
The Mentone Ukes will be playing with along with the Moon Lake Ensemble and the Mentone Springs Youth Choir. And inside the Mentone Inn, Santa will welcome families with hot chocolate and cookies. Please be there no later than 4:45 pm central

It's Jammin Time
2025-12-20 13:00 - 15:00 | Moon Lake Community Library, 4607 AL Hwy. 117, Mentone, AL, 35984, United States
The groundhogs are tired from a busy holiday performance schedule. It’s time to relax with some holiday goodies and relaxing time for play along. We always welcome beginners, novices, and experienced players at all levels. Please bring some holiday treats. So far we have meat & cheese tray (and bread, condiments), cookies, Chex party mix, plates & napkins. Please let Lila or Hank A know what you can bring to share.
We know this is a busy time and many of us have other obligations. If you know you won’t be able to make it, please let Lila or Hank A know so we’ll have an idea of how many people to prepare for.
No special line up of songs–we’ll be choosing songs to sing and play together.
Moon Lake Library at 1pm CST Dec. 20, 2025

Grateful for Folk Music
2026-01-03 13:00 - 14:30 | Moon Lake Community Library, 4607 AL Hwy. 117, Mentone, AL, 35984, United States
Romey has put together a set of covers and one original of mostly folk music by the Grateful Dead or a group member. Some of these songs go back over a 100 years. Below are links to the song set and videos of lesser known songs.
Song Set – https://mentoneukes.com/shared-files/1946/?Ukes_2026-01-03.pdf
Dark Hollow – https://youtu.be/6tqRxcbd-Yc?si=Yg6YRpHE7Y1o2Gxc
I’m Troubled – https://youtu.be/MrCcnlO6nrQ?si=MTC1a_Pj3QNN2ldk
Drifting Too Far from The Shore – https://youtu.be/lo0b5LRYsxI?si=A9YSUoI5RZi_40d9
I’ve Been All Around This World – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egf1-2vt6oo
The Race is On – https://youtu.be/a1swkqvISJg?si=T8t401UmpDc5mKai
Man of Constant Sorrow – https://youtu.be/wJivfdmiIik?si=HrCCrVkE0XqyyCLO

From Gospel to Good Times
2026-01-31 13:00 - 14:30 | Moon Lake Community Library, 4607 AL Hwy. 117, Mentone, AL, 35984, United States
We are going to work on songs for our upcoming shows at Fort Payne First Baptist Church on March 3 and the MERF luncheon on Feb 25. Also there is a completely new song “Dixieland Delight” that should be really fun to play. This is our regular Saturday practice session on January 31, 1:00pm central at the Moon Lake Library.

Mentone Ukes at MERF Senior Luncheon
2026-02-25 10:45 - 13:00 | Moon Lake Baptist Church, 4571 AL-117, Mentone, AL, 35986, United States
We will perform at Moon Lake Baptist Church for the MERF Senior Luncheon on February 25, 2026. Please gather at 10:45 to be ready to start playing at 11:00am. We will play a few songs before giving thanks for our meal. After we eat, we will play a few more songs as folks finish up and start leaving.
I will need a headcount by February 18.
This is always a fun event and we sing for our lunch!

Mentone Ukes practice - review recent additions
2026-03-28 13:00 - 14:30 | Moon Lake Community Library, 4607 AL Hwy. 117, Mentone, AL, 35984, United States
For this practice session and probably the next one on 4/11, we will be mostly working on songs added since last December.
