Here is part one of a special series I’m doing on the Allegheny Ukulele Soiree. I was invited to attend and had a wonderful time at this festival in Altoona, PA, USA. It was located in a giant lodge on the side of a mountain in the middle of a forest. With raised walkways through the trees and plenty of ukes to go around, it was a rejuvenating experience. The Soiree website can be found here: http://ukulelesoiree.com In this first of the series I had a chance to sit down and chat with Jim D’Ville. He’s a wonderful teacher/performer that put on a bunch of great classes and a wildly entertaining set at the concert on Saturday night. You can find out more about Jim and everything he does at his website here: http://www.playukulelebyear.com The chord charts mentioned can be found here. Deering banjo company makes a banjolele: https://www.deeringbanjos.com/products/goodtime-banjo-ukulele Allegheny Ukulele Kollective (yes that’s how it’s spelled) is a great uke club doing amazing things, like putting on this awesome uke fest. Thank you to everyone for reaching out and letting me know what you think of the podcast so far! To enter to win a set of soprano Koaloha crystal colored strings, leave me a review on iTunes. *I forgot to mention in the recording that you also have to email me at podcast (at) ukuleleabe.com so that I can contact you if you are the winner. You have until June to enter to win. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/abes-ukulele-podcast/id1268431796?mt=2 Stay tuned for the next episode in this series, coming out as soon as possible. Subscribe to the podcast to get updated when it’s released.