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Gigi Monaco hosts Ukelele Group of Chicago’s South Suburbs meetings at her Wonderwall Music Shoppe in Chicago Heights Tuesday, February 5, 2013. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times Media
Gigi Monaco (left) and others perform the Beatles' song "Something" during a Ukelele Group of Chicago’s South Suburbs at her Wonderwall Music Shoppe in Chicago Heights Tuesday, February 5, 2013. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times Media
Bill Johnson, of Griffith, Ind., plays his homemade ukulele during a Ukelele Group of Chicago’s South Suburbs meeting at Wonderwall Music Shoppe in Chicago Heights Tuesday, February 5, 2013. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times Media
Gigi Monaco (left) hosts a Ukelele Group of Chicago’s South Suburbs meeting at her Wonderwall Music Shoppe in Chicago Heights Tuesday, February 5, 2013. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times Media
Dave Vincent, of Mokena, plays during a Ukelele Group of Chicago’s South Suburbs meeting at Wonderwall Music Shoppe in Chicago Heights Tuesday, February 5, 2013. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times Media
A Makala ukulele features a dolphin bridge at Wonderwall Music Shoppe in Chicago Heights Tuesday, February 5, 2013. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times Media
Bill Johnson, of Griffith, Ind., plays his homemade ukulele during a Ukelele Group of Chicago’s South Suburbs meeting at Wonderwall Music Shoppe in Chicago Heights Tuesday, February 5, 2013. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times Media
Ukadelic models of Kala ukuleles at Wonderwall Music Shoppe in Chicago Heights Tuesday, February 5, 2013. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times Media
A Ukelele Group of Chicago’s South Suburbs meeting at Wonderwall Music Shoppe in Chicago Heights Tuesday, February 5, 2013. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times Media
Andy Barlo, of Schererville, Ind., wears a Hawaii shirt while playing during a Ukelele Group of Chicago’s South Suburbs meeting at Wonderwall Music Shoppe in Chicago Heights Tuesday, February 5, 2013. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times Media
In cold, snowy February, Chicago seems about as far away from Hawaii as the sun is from Earth. Nevertheless, on a tip from a WXRT-FM deejay, we headed out on a gloomy evening last week in search of what promised to be a bit of …