Paul Moore--One Man Band/Ukulele from Israel (Special Event)

Paul Moore started life in England in 1950 but has since become Israel's premier jug band player.At the age of 16, Paul took up Washboard, Jug, Kazoo and sang in various Jug Bands. In 1969, playing jug band music helped Paul drop out of the London Stock Exchange, after 3 years of being "torn apart by the system".In 1977, finding it hard to play solo washboard, jug, kazoo, and a tea chest bass, he learned some chords on guitar and took up the ukulele. He has never looked back since!.Paul has busked on and off in the USA, Canada, Europe, and the Middle East. Always having music to supplement his other jobs, Paul settled in Israel in 1981. Living on the Kibbutz Shamir, he played music and grew apples till 1991, when he left the Kibbutz moving to the centre of the country. Since 1992, Paul has been making a living with his uke and lots of junk (he recycles everything). "The Gods of Garbage watch over me. Whenever I need anything special it always turns up on the street, normally within days," he says.Besides his solo work as the One Man Band, and with his group the Washboard Wizards, Paul decided that the ukulele can be an instrument for peace, and has set up the Ukuleles for Peace Project, to bring Arab and Jewish children together, using jug band music as a vehicle for interaction.THE UKULELES FOR PEACE PROJECT"Ukuleles for Peace" is a grass roots project founded by Israeli citizen Paul Moore to familiarize and unite Israeli and Arab children through fun and music.After years of living through the miserable situation between Israel and the Palestine Arabs, Paul asked himself what he could do to create more opportunities for Jews and Arabs to meet in a positive way.Paul, an internationally acclaimed musician, decided to combine his love for the Ukulele and his experience in teaching music to children to create "Ukuleles For Peace".Paul is now teaching the Ukulele in Jewish and Arab schools and forming orchestras of children who meet once a week in the Jewish schools and once a week in the Arab schools to practice and then perform together.The ultimate goal is to have Israeli and Arab school children performing together with the full support and involvement of both parents and school officials.Paul will play ukulele (helped out, or perhaps hindered, by a few local jug band enthusaists), and also talk a little about the Ukuleles for Peace project.