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• • Our 1st audio collaboration project (May 8th) was "Imagine" by John Lennon (chord sheet).  Participants were Arlene, Ben, Bill, Dan T, Daniel G, Irene, James, Jean, Jen, Ken, Louise, and Vanessa.  Also listen to the "Imagine [Remix]" where the mix was redone after 4 months of editing experience.

• • Our 2nd audio collaboration project (May 22nd) was "Blue Bayou" by The Cox Family (chord sheet).  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Ben, Betty, Bill, Dan T, Daniel & Gloria G, Frank, Irene, Jean, Jen, Ken, and Vanessa.

• • Our 3rd & 4th audio collaboration projects (June 5th) were "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" by The Shirelles (chord sheet) and "I'm into Something Good" by Herman's Hermits (chord sheet).  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty & Frank, Bill, Dan T, Daniel G, Irene, Jean, Jen & Ken, Louise & Jesse, and Vanessa.  For an extra treat, have a listen to Irene's Special Mix.

• • Our 5th & 6th audio collaboration projects (June 19th) were "As Tears Go By" by Marianne Faithfull (chord sheet) and "Take Me Home, Country Roads" by John Denver (chord sheet).  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty & Frank, Bill, Dan T, Daniel G, Irene, Jean, Jen & Ken, and Louise.

• • Our 7th & 8th audio collaboration projects (July 3rd) were "I Only Want to Be with You" by Dusty Springfield (chord sheet) and "Daniel" by Elton John (chord sheet).  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty & Frank, Bill, Dan T, Daniel G, Irene, Jean, Jen & Ken, Louise, and Neil Reedy.  An interesting factoid is that Dusty also sang in German.  Dan was the only one talented enough handle "Auf Dich Nur Wart Ich Immer Zu".

• • Our 9th & 10th audio collaboration projects (July 17th) were "The Letter" by The Boxtops (chord sheet) and "Peaceful Easy Feeling" by the Eagles (chord sheet).  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty & Frank, Bill, Dan T, Daniel G, Irene, Jean, Jen & Ken, Louise, and PJ.  A special thanks to Alan Tepper for providing the great bass track on "The Letter".

• • Our 11th & 12th audio collaboration projects (July 31st) were "Chapel of Love" by the Dixie Cups (chord sheet) and "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" by Creedence Clearwater Revival (chord sheet).  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty & Frank, Bill, Dan T, Daniel G, Irene, Jean, Jen & Ken, Louise, and PJ.  A special thanks to Alan Tepper, Bill Hong, and Neil Reedy for providing great additional tracks.

• • Our 13th audio collaboration project (Aug 14th) was "With a Little Help from My Friends" by The Beatles (chord sheet).  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty & Frank, Bill, Dan, Irene, Jean, Jen & Ken, Louise & Jesse & Gabe, and PJ.  A special thanks to Bill Hong, Neil Reedy, and Ultimate Guitar for providing great additional tracks.

• • Our 14th audio collaboration project (Aug 28th) was "Build Me Up Buttercup" by The Foundations (chord sheet).  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty & Frank, Bill Hoffman, Bill Hong, Dan, Irene, Jean, Jen & Ken, & Louise with a special thanky to Ult Guit for the drums backing track.

• • Our 15th audio collaboration project (Sept 11th) was "Nights in White Satin" by The Moody Blues (chord sheet).  Participants were Anne, Betty & Frank, Bill Hoffman, Bill Hong, Dan, Irene, Jean, Jen & Ken, Louise & Ult Guit (drums backing track).  This one is our most ambitious undertaking so far and there are a lot of special tracks like flute, clarinet, synth strings, organ, chimes, a singing bowl, a poem recital, and (wait for it...) a goooonnnnngggggg.

• • Our 16th audio collaboration project (Sept 25th) was "Brown Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison (chord sheet).  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty & Frank, Bill Hong, Dan, Irene, Jean, Jen & Ken, PJ, Louise, and Ult Guit for the drums backing track.  For a different mix, have a listen to what it sounds like with no ukes:  "Brown Eyed Girl [No Ukes]"

• • Our 17th audio collaboration project (Oct 9th) was "Ramblin' Man" by The Allman Brothers Band (chord sheet).  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty & Frank, Bill Hoffman, Dan, Jean, Jen & Ken, PJ, and Ult Guit for the drums backing track.  A special thanks to Bill Hong for providing the great bass track as well as all the uke and guitar solos.

• • Our 18th audio collaboration project (Oct 23rd) was "I Can See Clearly Now" by Johnny Nash (chord sheet).  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty & Frank, Bill Hoffman, Bill Hong, Dan, Irene, Jean, Jen & Ken, Louise, PJ, and Ult Guit (drums backing track).  This one has a lot of really great rhythm tracks.  Just have a listen to this alternate mix with the main group vocals removed.

• • Our 19th audio collaboration project (Nov 6th) was "Bad Moon Rising" by Creedence Clearwater Revival (chord sheet).  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty & Frank, Bill Hoffman, Bill Hong, Dan, Irene, Jean, Jen & Ken, Louise, PJ, and Ult Guit (drums backing track).  There was a spooky early mix created specially for Halloween.

• • Our 20th audio collaboration project (Nov 20th) was "I'll Never Find Another You" by The Seekers (chord sheet).  Participants were Arlene, Betty & Frank, Bill Hoffman, Bill Hong, Dan, Irene, Jean, Jen & Ken, Louise, and PJ.

• • Our 21st audio collaboration project (Dec 4th) was "Can't You Hear My Heartbeat" by Herman's Hermits (chord sheet).  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty & Frank, Bill Hoffman, Bill Hong, Dan, Irene, Jean, Jen & Ken, and Louise.

• • Our 22st audio collaboration project (Dec 18th) was "Light the Menorah" (chord sheet) which is a holiday parody of CCR's "Down on the Corner". The awesome lyrics in this song came from the creative minds of Jean, Anne, Betty, Jen, & Bill.  The musicians were Anne, Arlene, Betty & Frank, Bill Hoffman, Bill Hong, Dan, Jean, Jen & Ken, and Louise.

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• • Our 23rd audio collaboration project (Jan 8th) was "Memories" by Maroon 5 (chord sheet).  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty, Bill Hoffman, Bill Hong, Dan, Irene, Jean, Jen & Ken, and Louise.  For an different take, have a listen to Bill's Women's Choir Mix.

• • Our 24th audio collaboration project (Jan 22nd) was "Fly Me to the Moon" by Frank Sinatra (chord sheet).  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty & Frank, Bill Hoffman, Bill Hong, Dan, Irene, Jean, Jen & Ken, Louise, and PJ.  A very special thanks to Neil (Jen's brother) for the outstanding trumpet section and melodica tracks.

• • Our 25th audio collaboration project (Feb 5th) was "Be My Baby" by The Ronettes (chord sheet).  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty & Frank, Bill Hoffman, Bill Hong, Dan, Irene, Jean, Jen & Ken, Louise, PJ, and Ult Guit (drums backing track).  There were over 50 tracks submitted in our attempt to create the "wall of sound".

• • Our 26th audio collaboration project (Feb 19th) was "Tequila Sunrise" by the Eagles (chord sheet).  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty & Frank, Bill Hoffman, Bill Hong, Dan, Irene, Jean, Jen & Ken, Louise, and PJ.  For an extra treat, have a listen to PJ's Special Mix.

• • Our 27th audio collaboration project (Mar 5th) was "Blame It on the Bossa Nova" by Eydie Gormé (chord sheet).  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty & Frank, Bill Hoffman, Bill Hong, Dan, Irene, Jean, Jen & Ken, Louise, and PJ.  A very special congratulations goes to Bill Hoffman for all the work he put in to produce this mix.  For a different take, have a listen to Ken & Jen's Mix (featuring Ken & Jen and brother Bill).

• • Our 28th audio collaboration project (Mar 19th) was "Crocodile Rock" by Elton John (chord sheet).  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty & Frank, Bill Hoffman, Bill Hong, Dan, Irene, Jean, Jen & Ken, Louise, and PJ.  Ken created the drum track using a drum machine program called Hydrogen.

• • Our 29th audio collaboration project (Apr 2nd) was "Maria" by Blondie (chord sheet).  This was our first attempt at the New Wave genre.  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty & Frank, Bill Hoffman, Bill Hong, Dan, Irene, Jean, Jen & Ken, Louise, and PJ.

• • Our 30th audio collaboration project (Apr 16th) was Louise's selection of "Hooked on a Feeling" by Blue Swede (chord sheet).  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty & Frank, Bill Hoffman, Bill Hong, Dan, Irene, Jean, Jen & Ken, Louise, and PJ.  A special thanks goes to Neil (Jen's brother) for the trumpet tracks.

• • Our 31st audio collaboration project (Apr 30th) was Dan's selection of "Wild World" by Cat Stevens (chord sheet).  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty & Frank, Bill Hoffman, Bill Hong, Dan, Irene, Jean, Jen & Ken, Louise, and PJ.

• • Our 32nd audio collaboration project (May 14th) was Jean's selection of "I'm a Believer" by The Monkees (chord sheet).  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty & Frank, Bill Hoffman, Bill Hong, Dan, Irene, Jean, Jen & Ken, Louise, and PJ.

• • Our 33rd audio collaboration project (May 28th) was Arlene's selection of "Teach Your Children" by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (chord sheet).  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty & Frank, Bill Hoffman, Bill Hong, Dan, Irene, Jean, Jen & Ken, and Louise.

• • Our 34th audio collaboration project (June 11th) was Irene's selection of "Losing My Religion" by R.E.M. (chord sheet).  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty & Frank, Bill Hoffman, Bill Hong, Dan, Irene, Jean, Jen & Ken, Louise, and PJ.

• • Our 35th audio collaboration project (June 25th) was Bill Hoffman's selection of "Sloop John B." by The Beach Boys (chord sheet).  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty & Frank, Bill Hoffman, Bill Hong, Dan, Irene, Jean, Jen & Ken, Louise, and PJ.  Bill Hoffman also created an alternate ending mix.

• • Our 36th audio collaboration project (July 9th) was "How Deep Is Your Love" by the Bee Gees (chord sheet).  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty & Frank, Bill Hoffman, Bill Hong, Dan, Irene, Jean, Jen & Ken, and Louise.  It was a bit of a stretch to sing like the brothers Gibb but I think we did OK.

• • Our 37th audio collaboration project (July 23rd) was the jazz standard "Moonglow" by The Mills Brothers (chord sheet).  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty & Frank, Bill Hoffman, Bill Hong, Dan, Irene, Jean, Jen & Ken, Louise, and PJ.  This one turned out to be one of our club favorites.

• • Our 38th audio collaboration project (Aug 7th) was a cover of "Thank You for the Music" by ABBA as covered by the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (chord sheet).  This song features vocal solos in this order: Dan, Betty, Irene, Bill Hoffman, Louise, Jean, Jen, Anne, Arlene, Ken, and Frank.  Anne is the "girl with the golden hair" and Bill Hong replies that she wants to "sing it out".  PJ is also uke'n in the mix.

• • Our 39th audio collaboration project (Aug 20th) was a cover of the ukulele standard "Tonight You Belong to Me" from the movie "The Jerk" (chord sheet).  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty & Frank, Bill Hoffman, Bill Hong, Dan, Irene, Jean, Jen & Ken, Louise, and PJ.

• • Our 40th audio collaboration project (Sept 3rd) was Jean's selection of "Annie's Song"" by John Denver (chord sheet [D] or chord sheet [C]).  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty & Frank, Bill Hoffman, Bill Hong, Dan, Irene, Jean, Jen & Ken, Louise, and PJ.

• • Our 41st audio collaboration project (Sept 17th) was Betty's choice of "A World Without Love" by Peter and Gordon (chord sheet).  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty & Frank, Bill Hoffman, Bill Hong, Dan, Irene, Jean, Jen & Ken, Louise, and PJ.

• • Our 42nd audio collaboration project (Oct 8th) was Anne's choice of "Harvest Moon" by Neil Young (chord sheet [D] or chord sheet [C]).  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty & Frank, Bill Hoffman, Bill Hong, Dan, Irene, Jean, Jen & Ken, Louise, and PJ.

• • Our 43rd audio collaboration project (Oct 22nd) was Frank's choice of "Johnny B. Goode" by Chuck Berry (chord sheet).  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty & Frank, Bill Hoffman, Bill Hong, Dan, Irene, Jean, Ken, Louise, and PJ.

• • Our 44th audio collaboration project (Nov 5th) was Jen's jazzy cravings for "Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy" by Dinah Shore (chord sheet).  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty & Frank, Bill Hoffman, Bill Hong, Dan, Irene, Jean, Jen & Ken, Louise, and PJ.

• • Our 45th audio collaboration project (Nov 19th) was "The Way I Am" by Ingrid Michaelson (chord sheet).  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty, Bill Hoffman, Bill Hong, Dan, Irene, Jean, Jen & Ken, Louise, and PJ.

• • Our 46th audio collaboration project (Dec 3rd) was "Moondance" by Van Morrison (chord sheet).  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty & Frank, Bill Hoffman, Bill Hong, Dan, Irene, Jean, Ken, Louise, and PJ.

• • Our 47th audio collaboration project (Dec 17th) was "White Sandy Beach of Hawai'i" by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole (chord sheet).  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty & Frank, Bill Hong, Dan, Irene, Jean, Ken, Louise, and PJ.

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• • Our 48th audio collaboration project (Jan 7th) was "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" by Martina McBride (chord sheet / alt chord sheet).  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty & Frank, Bill Hoffman, Bill Hong, Dan, Irene, Jean, Ken, Louise, and Victor.

• • Our 49th audio collaboration project (Jan 21st) was Arlene's selection of "For You Blue" by The Beatles (chord sheet).  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty & Frank, Bill Hoffman, Bill Hong, Dan, Irene, Jean, Ken, Louise, PJ, and Victor.

• • Our 50th audio collaboration project (Feb 4th) was Louise's selection of "Every Breath You Take" by The Police (chord sheet).  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty & Frank, Bill Hoffman, Bill Hong, Dan, Irene, Jean, Ken, Louise, and PJ.

• • Our 51st audio collaboration project (Feb 18th) was Ken's selection of "The Way" by Fastball (chord sheet).  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Bill Hoffman, Bill Hong, Dan, Irene, Jean, Ken, Louise, and PJ.

• • Our 52nd audio collaboration project (Mar 4th) was "Better Things" by The Kinks (chord sheet).  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty, Bill Hoffman, Bill Hong, Dan, Irene, Jean, Jen & Ken, and Louise.

• • Our 53rd audio collaboration project (Mar 18th) was another Kinks song "Tired of Waiting for You" (chord sheet).  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty & Frank, Bill Hong, Carol, Dan, Irene, Jean, Jen & Ken, Louise, and PJ.

• • Our 54th audio collaboration project (Apr 14th) was the start of our lofty attempt to cover the entire "A Hard Day's Night" album by The Beatles.  Track #1 is the title song "A Hard Day's Night" (chord sheet).  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty & Frank, Bill Hong, Dan, Irene, Jean, Jen & Ken, Louise, and Victor.

• • Our 55th audio collaboration project (May 13th) was "I Should Have Known Better" (chord sheet)  which is track #2 of "A Hard Day's Night" album by The Beatles.  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty & Frank, Bill Hoffman, Bill Hong, Dan, Irene, Jean, Jen & Ken, Louise, and PJ.

• • Our 56th audio collaboration project (June 10th) was "If I Fell" (chord sheet)  which is track #3 of "A Hard Day's Night" album by The Beatles.  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Bill Hoffman, Bill Hong, Dan, Irene, Jean, Ken, Louise, and PJ.

• • Our 57th audio collaboration project (July 8th) was "And I Love Her" (chord sheet)  which is track #5 of "A Hard Day's Night" album by The Beatles.  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty & Frank, Bill Hoffman, Bill Hong, Dan, Irene, Jean, Ken, Louise, and PJ.  It's fair to say that everyone was impressed with Irene's bongos.

• • Our 58th audio collaboration project (Aug 5th) was "This Boy" (chord sheet) .  This song actually isn't on the "A Hard Day's Night" album by The Beatles but it is in the movie soundtrack.  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty & Frank, Bill Hoffman, Bill Hong, Dan, Irene, Jean, Ken, and Louise.

• • Our 59th audio collaboration project (Sept 2nd) was the mega-hit "Can't Buy Me Love" (chord sheet)  which is track #7 of "A Hard Day's Night" album by The Beatles.  Participants were Anne, Arlene, Betty, Bill Hong, Dan, Irene, Jean, Jen & Ken, Louise, and PJ.