...will be the event Hosts and performers  Jim and Cheryl Ravoira have been performing since 2007 in a skiffle jazz style while playing blues, ragtime, standards and folk music.  

They have been hosting Festivals since 2010 including the Little David Music festival (3), Blackwater Ukulele Festival (10), Uketoberfest, Ukeoween (3) , and Cukeout. 

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It's our favorite Lil Uke Band performing at the festival!!The “Lil Ukulele Band” consists of Monica Hernandez-Kenemuth and Pierre Leblanc.  They will be covering a wide range of songs and are a real treat to have at the Festival.  

Nathan will perform for our lunch concert.  He is a wonderfully talented, multifaceted musician.  He is an embodiment of what the latest wave of ukulele popularity is all about.

From strumming, picking, tapping to harmonics, Nathan makes his ukulele speak in ways you dreamed you could.  Selected by the Charleston City Paper as one of five nominees for the Best Musician in Charleston!  This is one performance you don't want to miss.

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Noodle McDoodle has performed with his ukulele for over 25 years. He has taught workshops at the North Carolina Ukulele Academy, the Augusta Heritage Swing Week music camp, at the Flea Fest is Shelby, NC, at the Hungry Monk School of Music, and at previous Blackwater Ukulele Festivals. Noodle has a broad knowledge of music but specializes in 1920s and 30s Swing. His band, the V-Tones of Charleston, plays Swing dances regularly.   See Noodle for some tips.  

The Blue Poodle are back this year with a fine selection of your favorites!  Mary and Olli Wendelin 

Newly formed group of local Dulcimer players get together once a week to play the unique instrument. 

Ulyana Machneva, Ukraine-born, started playing classical guitar at the age of six. Graduated from Kharkov State University of Arts as a classical guitar performer, teacher, and composer (theory of music). Her minor was in piano and academic vocal. 

The "Generations" group is on of her current projects.

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