The Vaudeville Uke Flip & Shake with Lil' Rev ONLINE!

The vaudeville era gave rise to a theatrical body of ukulele maneuvers, many of which are both practical and entertaining. The Ukulele Flip is a fun trick to try on the ukulele as well as the shake. Using 6 unique songs from the tradition of blues, jug band, tin pan alley, and novelty numbers, Lil Rev will show you how to integrate these tricks into your playing and how to listen for other song that might work for this kind of schtick. Skill Level required: Open to all levels but basic chord knowledge is helpful. Handouts provided.

Join us each Thursday and Monday throughout May for live-streamed ukulele classes brought to you by Lil' Rev and Mead Library. Classes will meet from 6:15-7:15pm and can be found on the Mead Facebook page by clicking HERE. Check out the entire list of classes below! Note: No class on Memorial Day.

May 4th: The Vaudeville Uke Flip & Shake
May 7th: Intros, Endings, Turnarounds & Vamps
May 11th: Lil Rev's 2 Chord Jamboree
May 14th: Tremolo Made Easy
May 18th: Learn to Play Freight Train
May 21st: The Simplified Fan Stroke
May 28th: The Doo-Wop Strum & Chord Sequence

Lil' Rev was born and bred in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with dual passions for music and education.   After college he taught music to grade schoolers at the Milwaukee Jewish Day School and served as an adjunct music historian and lecturer at The University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.  After many years of performing in the Midwest, Lil' Rev left his teaching jobs behind to pursue his musical dreams full-time.  Since then, he has traveled hundreds of thousands of miles, visited every state in the Union (except Alaska and Hawaii), wrote almost a dozen instructional books, recorded over a dozen albums and taught thousands of students ukulele and harmonica.