Article: Just stringing along Ukulele festival tunes in popular regional players

By KATHY FLANIGAN

Joe Moser plinks at the four strings on the ukulele he is demonstrating.

"It's hard not to smile," Moser said, strumming the instrument at chest height. "It's just a happy thing."

Expect many happy people Saturday at the Milwaukee Ukulele Festival, starting at 11 a.m. at The Coffee House inside Redeemer Lutheran Church, 631 N. 19th St.

The festival will host some of the most beloved ukulele talents and regional four-string masters, including The Fabulous Heftones from Michigan and Milwaukee's Lil Rev, Gerald Ross who specializes in swing and Hawaiian songs, and Jim Beloff, author of "The Ukulele - - A Visual History" and his wife, Liz. Songwriter Victoria Vox, who uses the ...

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