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【Volunteers Wanted!】"Music never gets old" - Joint-U Elderly Service

"Music never gets old" - Joint-U Elderly Service

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Music never gets old

Music is always powerful in connecting people. By sharing this common interest, it could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship of the youth and elderly!

Welcome to join us and learn how to play Ukulele together with the golden-aged people, in order to spread the idead of Gross-generational Inclusion and Happy Lifestyle in the sharing sessions! Welcome beginners without previous knowledge of ukulele playing to join, while experienced ukulele players are also welcome.

Limited quotas, first-come-first-served!

 

Details:

Date Time Content Venue
7th October 2023
(Sat)

1pm – 4pm  ​
(~3 hours) 

 

  1. Ice breaking and Teaming Up 
  2. Ukulele Training 
  3. Ukulele Exercise 
YMCA Po Shek Wu Elderly Centre 
14th October 2023
(Sat)

1pm – 4pm  
(~3 hours)
 

  1. In-group Interaction 
  2. Ukulele Training 
  3. Ukulele Exercise 
YMCA Po Shek Wu Elderly Centre 
28th October 2023 (Sat)

1pm – 4pm  
(~3 hours)
 

  1. In-group Interaction 
  2. Ukulele Training 
  3. Ukulele Exercise 
YMCA Po Shek Wu Elderly Centre 
11th November 2023
(Sat)

1pm – 5pm  
(~4 hours)
 

  1. In-group Interaction 
  2. Ukulele Training 
  3. Ukulele Exercise 
  4. Preparation of the performance and elderly service
YMCA Po Shek Wu Elderly Centre  
25th November 2023
(Sat) 

1:30pm - 3:30pm
(~2 hours)

Ukulele Performance and Elderly Service 

Sheung Shui  
(Exact venue tbc)
 

27th December 2023
(Wed) 

3pm - 5pm
(~2 hours)

 

Ukulele Performance and Elderly Service 

Sheung Shui  
(Exact venue tbc)
 

 

Fee:  $200 deposits# (Participants with with satisfactory performance, punctual and full attendance will receive full deposit refund*.)

#Inclusing the rental fee of Ukulele for training and performance

Language: Cantonese 

Eligibility: University & College YMCAs members aged 17-29 (Welcome to register now! )  

Application Deadline:25th September 2023 (Mon) 

Enquiry: 2705-2397 (Ms. Lai) / [email protected] 

 

Remarks: This is one of the programmes of Opportunities for the Elderly Project  

 

* Deposits will be forfeited if participants are absent without valid academic reasons and certificate of leave of absence issued by registered doctor. University & College YMCA Departments also reserves the right to claim compensation from the involved participants (including but not limited to the adminstration fee, material fee and tutor fee, etc.) and terminate their participations of remaining sessions. 

^Particpants who can attend both performance sessions will be given priority to join this programme. While for those who can only attend one of the performance sessions will be put on the waiting list, we will notify the participants once quotas are available in late September.