World Ukulele Day raffle draw

On World Ukulele Day (2 February 2025) we launched a raffle with a handmade ukulele as the prize.  We had meant to draw the raffle winner in March, but Cyclone Alfred intervened.  It was drawn at the Coorparoo jam on 2 April, and the winner was ALISON ROLLO.  She couldn't wait for a formal presentation and hurried from Eatons Hill to Toowong to collect it.  President, Sylvia Hunt, presented the ukulele (for the cameras) at the Ferny Grove on 16 April.  Thank you to all the people who bought tickets in the raffle.

The ukulele was made by Ken Carter, a BUMS member since 2013 and was an active player in NUMB BUMS.  He now plays in CHUMS, a band based in a retirement village in Aspley He made ukuleles for pleasure and when he downsized his home, he donated some of ukuleles to BUMS.  Thanks Ken.