RTU co-director Sean Anderson, not present due to a job conflict in Los Angeles, stands outside the AS220 arts facility in Providence before the event. "I feel like I'm back in Baltimore," offered Sean. "It's all so unreal."

AS220's house manager Jon Wisehart and sound woman extraordinaire Ani Oungoulian at the stage. Ani's boyfriend, Paul McCarthy, is the reporter with WRNI public radio who did a long piece on UHOFM and RTU the following week.

Mind-bogglingly dapper RTU co-director William Preston Robertson strikes an effete pose worthy of a Gainsborough during his opening remarks.

Mark "Jazzukes" Occhionero earns his moniker with a Flea uke from Flea Market Music. Marko also performed on a Risa Uke-Stick.

Gary Moebus, also playing a Flea, demonstrates his masterful Tin Pan Alley strum and his sweet, infinitely listenable vocals.

Greg Hawkes, former keyboard player for the famed 70s-80s New Wave band The Cars, plays an original uke song entitled, "Mighty Ditto." Greg also performed several Cars favs on the ukulele. Greg has seen RTU three times.

RTU featured artist Oliver Brown thills the audience with his song "Alphaman Parts 1 & 2" (aka, the "You Suck My Brain" song). Oliver de la Santa Cruz was out east visiting his surprisingly normal seeming parents, both of whom attended the show.

RTU featured artist Carmaig de Forest, fresh from road gigs with the Tom Tom Club, gives one of the best solo concerts we've seen him deliver, which included a special ukulele version of his achingly sad post-modern lament "Bad Things Happen."

The Bag End Boys, UHOFM's Dave Wasser (L) and Joe Zornado (R), perform haunting, plaintive songs of innocence with bold harmonies and driving, rhythmic strums and picking played in unison.

Rick "The Ukulele Crooner" Russo ends the evening with his heart- throbbing, falsetto serenades vocally painted on black velvet. Slim Whitman and Elvis meet tiki torches at twilight.