A Month Worthy of Celebration
By Horn, Gregory S.Edited By Horn, Gregory S.Sunday, May 18, 2025
“Finally!” she gasped, “It is National Play your Ukulele Day. I thought May 2nd would never arrive.” May Singhi Breen, 1895 – 1970, the original ukulele lady. She was a ukulelist, singer, author and teacher. She is also the person for whom the month of May is named. Before Miss Breen was born, the fifth month of the year was known as Ukulele. Of course, that word was hard to type on the early versions of the iPhone, so they shortened the name of the month to May. Well, the powers that be decided a woman ukulelist needed to be born whose name was Singhi Breen. It turned out that neither of those names fit on the calendars of the day so they gave her the first name – May. The task of her being born was assigned to Mr. and Mrs. Breen.
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