1000 Ukuleles

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I have been trying to figure out a way to raise funds so my students could have art and music classes next year, especially ukulele which many of them already play. For me the sound of a ukulele is the soundtrack of teaching and learning in Hawaii. While researching various ideas for fund raising I stumbled across the fact that the world ukulele ensemble record according to the Guinness Book of World Records is held by the "London Ukulele Festival" with 851 ukuleles playing one song together. The record is a few years old, and while people have attempted to break that record, no has done it.

Does anyone other than me find this just wrong? The one place ukulele never went out of fashion is Hawaii, and the English hold the world record?

My question is this, do people think we could pull off 1000 ukulele player ensemble here on the Big Island? Would people of all ages come play together, maybe as part of a bigger Big Island Arts event? If you play, would you join in?

Carol