Flea Fest June 23-24

Don "Noodle" Whitley has been playing and teaching ukulele for over 20 years. He has studied with many of the leading nationally known players such as Joel Eckhaus, Gerald Ross, Del Ray, and Lyle Ritz. With his band, The V-Tones of Charleston, he has played hundreds of Swing dances, and has opened for Jake Shimabakuro and the Squirrel Nut Zippers. He has taught ukulele at the Augusta Heritage Swing Week, the Ukulele Academy in Wilmington, NC, the Hungry Monk Music School, and at many ukulele camps and festivals. He currently works as the music teacher at the Cooper School in Charleston, South Carolina. Noodle is known for his sense of humor and a teaching style that aims to include a variety of learning styles. He also happens to know a whole lot of songs!

Bob Frisbee is a resident of Marion NC. He was taught guitar at a very young age by his mother, Dixie. He took his guitar to school in second grade and played Hound Dog like an Elvis impersonator for his teacher and classmates. As a young teenager he played bluegrass bands, church, and lots of playing on his front porch picking for friends. He started a country rock band ( The Strawberry Watermelon ) in the late sixties playing local venues. Bob was inspired to play ukulele by Del Rey in early two thousand. The piedmont blues really influenced Bob and his public performance; the Blues is just not the music but storytelling about love, disappointment, and all the mishaps in life and making friends along the way.

He's a Dancing Flea and so much more!

George is a full time musician who has played with a who's who of the rock world. He's also the leader of MAUI, the Mount Airy Ukulele Invasion - a large ukulele group that's releasing an album in 2023! George is an excellent teacher and performer, and you're sure to learn a lot from him. Read more at https://themusicofgeorgesmith.com/.