Bill Tapia Concert produced by St. Clair Productions

Apr 25, 2009 from 8:00pm to 10:00pm UTC-07
Location: Unitarian Center
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101-Year-old Ukulele Master "When you’ve been around for 101 years, you’ve seen a few things. When you’ve been a performer for 91 of those years, you have more than a few stories to tell. And when you can still tell those stories, including stopping to offer dates and proper spellings of the players involved without skipping a beat, you’re sure to leave people drop-jawed.And so I was. Bill Tapia is quite simply astonishing. A lifelong professional musician, on ukulele, guitar, and banjo, Bill Tapia, who has played with countless famous people, he’s still hard at work in his career—so hard that, if we didn’t know any better, we’d say he was still trying to build it. Once upon a time, he was one of the many layers of sound in big bands; now, he’s the lead guy. He released his first two CDs four years ago, and a new one is coming out in a few months. In April, he’ll go on tour. In the meantime, he gives private lessons to 20 students."SILVER PLANETBill Tapia also will give a ukulele workshop from 2-3 p.m. on Saturday, April 25 at the Unitarian Center. Cost is $25.

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Bill Tapia Concert produced by St. Clair Productions

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