July 2024 Community Check-In & Calendar (Patreon)

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Aloha Patrons!

Welcome to July, and a warm welcome to all the new Patrons! If you're a new Patron, please introduce yourself in the comments, and check out the New Patrons section below. Take some time to look around, check out the WelcomeGuide/FAQ, and post any additional questions below.

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SF Summer Uke-Splosion fun!! 🎉

I've just returned home from this year's San Francisco Uke-Splosion, and I want to thank my SF community for welcoming me back with the most joyous vibes. ❤️ I was able to see so many Patrons, as well as the Aloha Uke Squad, my hula family, and old friends like Ukulenny, Steven Espaniola, and the SF Uke Jam band. I will do a better job of encouraging folks to come into town for this event, because Lenny's goal is to keep growing it, and it's truly amazing that it is FREE!! Grateful to the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival for inviting us and funding this event for the past 7 years! San Francisco's support for the public arts fills me with awe and appreciation.

Here are a few pics that I grabbed from folks who attended. Feel free to share your pics in our Community Chat or our private Patron-only Facebook group. It's hard to see everyone's faces, but the last pic includes a lot of Patrons and 100-Dayers who came up to the front to play on the final jam for Stand By Me. So fun!

Thank you to Owen for organizing Patrons for a "Losing My Religion" jam, which we recorded after Uke-Splosion. I haven't seen the footage yet, but it was exciting to do, and I'd love to make it a tradition!

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July 2024 Community Reminders

🌈 Monthly Live Lesson: The June 2024 Patreon Live Lesson for "Wonderful Tonight" is now available to all Patrons ($1+). Play-along video is coming soon!!

🖥️ Zoom Social changes: Going forward we'll have just one Zoom Social monthly, before the Live Lesson. Please join us before our Live Lesson on 7/18 for a casual hang to meet some fellow Patrons in Zoom Breakout rooms.

✈️ CL Tour Notes: Last month I announced an October concert date in Berlin. Read more here and let me know if you'll be there! Next up: August 8 at Blue Note Hawaii, September 14 in Brighton, Colorado

💯 100 Days of Ukulele 2024 Showcase Premiere: Jenny and Owen are working on this year's Showcase, to be premiered later this summer. Stay tuned for the premiere date announcement, and hope you'll join us for a live chat and celebration/reunion. In the mean time, be sure to get the official 100 Days t-shirt and other merch in Jenny's Redbubble custom print shop. See this post for links.

🔟 Patreon 10-year Anniversary Party 2025: Continue to save the date for our Patreon Community's 10th Anniversary Patrons Weekend in Hawaii, March 15-16, 2025! Have you filled out the Hawaii 2025 Interest Form? I haven't sent out any details yet, but interested folks have been sharing ideas over in our dedicated 10th Anniversary Hawaii Celebration Community Chat and in or our private Patron-only Facebook group. If you have a question or want to reach out and find travel and rooming buddies, you can use these chats. I will create a longer doc or post to address the FAQs. Patron events will center in the Waikiki area, but some of the free ukulele activities like factory tours will require travel, so carpooling and Uber-pooling is encouraged!

📌📣 Community Bulletin Board via comments: Feel free to use the comments section in this monthly check-in as a Bulletin Board for all things uke or Patreon.  Events, announcements, invitations, questions, requests, suggestions -- all are fair game.  We can also use the Chats in the Patreon App, and I'm open to using them for discussion in any way that benefits Patrons.

Thanks for reading, for being here, for supporting my journey and for sharing yours.

xo cynthia 🌺

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JULY 2024 PATRON EVENTS CALENDAR

See all Patron events on our Patron Google calendar (set on Pacific Time, click the bottom right corner to add to your Google calendar). Please double-check all times. Hawaii Time does not participate in Daylight Saving clock changes. Lesson dates will continue to shift to accommodate my travel/gigs.

• Tues 7/9. 7/16, 7/23, 7/30 @ 10AM Hawaii Time - Weekly Voice Workshop ($30+ Patrons)

• Thurs 7/11 @ 2:30PM Hawaii Time / 5:30PM Pacific Time - Mindful Beginner Live Jam ($10+ Patrons).  

• Thurs 7/18 @ 2:30PM Hawaii Time / 5:30PM Pacific Time - Patron Monthly All-Levels Live Lesson ($5+ Patrons). Pre-lesson Zoom Social at 2PM HT / 5PM PT

• Thurs 7/25 @ 2:30PM Hawaii Time / 5:30PM Pacific Time - Intermediate Level-Up Jam  ($20+ Patrons)

• plus tune in many Wednesdays at 5pm Pacific Time for my weekly 5@5 LIVE show, streaming on my LIVE YouTube channel.  I often share new arrangements for upcoming lessons. (on YT, on IG).

Details for all Patron events will be posted separately.  To edit your pledge level, visit https://www.patreon.com/join/cynthialin and select your desired reward tier.  (Patreon will only charge you for the difference in the upgrade).

Access the Patron Google calendar and get notifications for events on the Cynthia Lin Patron App, created by our Patron Community Manager, Rich!  Download: Android app | iOS app

Our Patron Community Manager and NYC Squad leader Jenny hosts 4 free monthly play-alongs at both USA- and UK/Europe-friendly times. Find this month's dates and more information here.

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June 2024 Recap - News, Patron Events and New Videos

• Ukulenny and I were reunited in San Francisco June 29th for this year's SF Uke Jam Summer Uke-Splosion at the annual Yerba Buena Gardens Festival.

• In our Mindful Beginner Songbook Jam  ($10+ Patrons), we jammed together with the help of a metronome.

• For the Live Lesson ($5+ Patrons, now available to all levels), we worked on my arrangement of "Wonderful Tonight."

• For the Intermediate Level-Up Jam ($20+ Patrons), we revisited "Sweet Child of Mine."

• Voice students ($30+ Patrons) met on four Tuesdays in June.

• I hosted a "Day 100" Zoom Social for Patrons and 100 Days of Ukulele 2024 participants.

• Our official design for 100 Days t-shirts and merch went on sale. It and other years' designs are still available, if you're interested. See this post for links.

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Special note for new Patrons

If you're new, I invite you to take some time to get to know the platform - there's a lot here, and it may take a while to navigate the many lessons and posts.  The community WelcomeGuide/FAQ post is a good place to start.

To find a specific song or lesson, learn to use the updated Cynthia Lin Song Index.  Thank you to the Community Managers for creating and maintaining this helpful resource.

Please introduce yourself in the comments: I'd love to hear how long you've been playing, what kind of uke you play, if you have a group to play with, what songs you've been working on, or anything else you'd like to share.

If you have questions about Patreon, I encourage you to post your questions in the comments below or to one of our Community groups. Our community has tons of friendly folks who love sharing their uke experience. Join our Patron-only Facebook group (be sure to answer BOTH membership questions).

Seasoned Patrons, I always appreciate it when you help me answer any newbie questions in the comments of this or any post.  Thank you! Feel free to post your questions in the comments as well.

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COMMUNITY NOTES:

1. Join our private Facebook group: In the Facebook group, Patrons can share videos, advice, support, and encouragement! Be sure to answer both membership questions so that Community Managers can verify your Patron status. If you wish to connect and are not on Facebook, you can share a post on the Community chats in the Patreon app. If you have questions about Patreon or ukulele or otherwise, posting the question to our very helpful and active Community will generate the fastest answer.

2. Facebook public groups - we're using Facebook as our community gathering place because it has the best community features. Find all the CL groups using the link below, including the CL Uke Newbies group, an all-levels group, and several active regional groups (NYC / LA / the Pacific Northwest / Hawaii and more).  https://www.facebook.com/cynthialinmusic/groups

3. Learn to use the Cynthia Lin Song Index, created and maintained (and updated recently!) by the amazing CL Community Managers! The super helpful CL Song Index organizes all CL songs, Patreon posts, YouTube videos, and tutorials.

4. Download the Cynthia Lin Patron App, created by our Patron Community Manager, Rich! Android app | iOS app

5. Find all Patron events on our Patron Google Calendar

6. Find answers to many Frequently Asked Questions in our New Patron Guide/FAQ post.

7. To edit your pledge, visit https://www.patreon.com/join/cynthialin