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My oldest son got his wish on the last day of kindergarten this year. He's been asking me to come in to play/sing with him in front of his class.

I have TERRIBLE stage fright, so I figured a room full of kindergarteners is a great place to start. Alex (my son) did a short intro on what an ukulele is, how to say it properly, where it comes from, etc.

The kid is a natural performer. He's never been to a show before, but he somehow instinctively knew to get the audience involved. So by the last chorus, he had his whole class singing along!

We played 2 songs: Old Crow Medicine Show's "Wagon Wheel" and Tom Petty's "Free Fallin". We had a blast. As you can tell from the silly "proud parent" grin on my face in both pictures.

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Cool stuff Peter...thanks for sharing. :tu

Good choice in songs for crowd participation. :D

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That's cool!

Where's the video?

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Cool!

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Awesome! :tu According to the Hawaiian language, that's pronounced "oo-ke-le-le", not "yook-eh-le-le." :2

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Yessir. That's what he taught his class. :tu

Greg- The teacher's phone battery died after she snapped those 2 photos. I was hoping for video too. I'm going to make one at home soon.

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:cl

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That's very cool!

Now I have the "Wagon Wheel" earworm...

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Very cool. Glad you enjoyed yourself. Looks like all the kids did as well!

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Very nice!

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Thanks, gents. Mark, the kids had a GREAT time. I had also brought in a small hand drum, which another student played while we performed. He did a great job matching the dynamics of the songs too.