User:Aggie80

Aggie80
Background information
Also known as	The Ukulele Dude
Born	United States
Occupation	Attorney-at-law
Instrument	Ukulele
Website	The Ukulele Dude

The Ukulele Dude

Biography

An avid ukulele player, I have contributed to a dozen or more articles related to the instrument, gotten a number created, and plan on providing many more! I have had the honor of meeting, listening, and learning from some of the top ukulele players in the world and have studied the history carefully. I have created a book called Unlock Your Ukulele that shares seven years worth of workshops and reading into a handy reference for the ukulele player. You can see more of it at The Ukulele Dude.

• Aggie as in a graduate of Texas A&M type Aggie. Yeah, boots and everything!
• Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America - Brotherhood - Order of the Arrow
• Six years on active duty with the US Navy as an Unrestricted Line Officer Served on the USS Tacoma (PG-92) as Chief Engineer, the USS John Rodgers (DD-983) as Communications and Personnel Officer and with 1st Battalion 10th Marines as a Naval Gunfire Liaison Officer.
• Attorney at Law
• Black Belt - Shōrin-ryū Shidōkan
• Philatelist who has exhibited on a national level. APS and ATA
• Author - Several mysteries, including The E-mail Murder and Mystery on Woodward

I consider myself a jack-of-all trades and master of some.

I have a very large collection of memorabilia regarding Gladys Swarthout, a distant relative, and my online biography of her is the primary reference for the material in her article here on Wikipedia. I also maintain a website on the Swarthout family with history and genealogical information.

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Projects

To Create

 0.0047% This user has created 328 of the 6,906,557 articles on the English language Wikipedia.

• Aggie80's Ukecast draft - (in draft)
• 137th New York Volunteer Infantry - Civil War - (In draft)
• Aldrine Guerrero (in draft) - Current ukulele player - Create Page
• Seikichi Iha
• Frank Chapman, Jr. - Notoriety? (in draft)
• The Fabulous Heftones (draft created) - Current Performers - Create Page
• Kalei Gamiao - (in draft)
• Shoei Miyazato - Met and trained with him - Having trouble getting his article accepted, dispite having several thousand students in a half dozen South American countries. Need more references!
• Kala Ukuleles
• Ukulele (magazine)
• David Talsma
• July Paka - Early Ukulele player
• Keoki E Awai
• Bill Paaluhi - Early ukulele player
• Richard W. Konter - Explorer and ukulele advocate
• Alpaca Smith - Early ukulele player
• Craig Chee - Current ukulele player
• Sarah Maisel - Current ukulele player
• Bobby Henshaw - WW1 time frame, may have introduced George Formby Sr to the uke
• Danny Gregory - Artist, author and lecturer.
• Bosko and Honey
• Craig Robertson - Ukulele Noir
• Taimane Gardner
• Kimo Hussey
• Paul Hemmings

To Improve:

• Arthur Godfrey Add section to indicate the importance to the instrument ref History/Golden Age. Arthur Godfrey and his Ukulele TV show 4 April 1950 to 6/30/1950 15 minutes of instruction.
• Langley Ukulele Ensemble Improve and provide references
• Billy "Uke" Scott - Add references

Completed Projects to monitor

• Created George Formby Society - Accepted June 12, 2014
• Created 148th New York Volunteer Infantry
• Created Mighty Uke
• Created Annual Ukulele Festival
• Created David Fairchild (California politician) - He is my 4G-Grandfather
• Created Anne Janelle - Submitted for Review - 22 June, 2013 - Accepted 2 July 2013
• Created Run Boy Run (Band)
• Created Roy Sakuma - For Review - 10 June 2013‎ - Accepted 16 June 2013
• Created Jim Beloff - For Review - 5 June 2013‎ - Accepted 15 June 2013
• Created May Singhi Breen - For 30 May 2013‎ - Accepted 14 June 2013
• Created Lyle Ritz - For Review - 29 May 2013 - Accepted 13 June 2013
• Created James Hill - Accepted 30 May 2013 - Attended workshop and concert with him
• Created J. Chalmers Doane - For Review - 5 June 2013‎ - Accepted 8 June 2013
• Created Champagne Waltz - A Gladys Swarthout Film
• Created Give Us This Night - Created 1 November 2010‎ - A Gladys Swarthout Film
• Created Naval Gunfire Liaison Officers - Created 8 January 2007‎ - I was one
• Created Gladys Swarthout - Created 10 September 2006‎ - She is a distant relative
• Created Johnny Marvin - Submitted for review 9/9/13 - Accepted 9 October 2013.

Existing Uke Pages I have tweaked, watch and/or monitor:

• Albert "Sonny" Cunha Added Publications
• Banjo Ukulele
• Bill Tapia Added discography
• Danielle Ate the Sandwich
• Ernest Kaʻai
• Gerald Ross My first ever workshop was with Gerald! - Cleaned up References
• Ian Whitcomb His book is a must have for anyone interested in ukulele history
• Julia Nunes Attended three of her concerts
• List of ukulele players
• Lil' Rev Marc is an amazing storyteller!
• Molly Lewis Added newest album
• Tiny Tim Added references
• Ukulele
• Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain - I've seen 3 concerts and met all of the members!
• Herb Ohta - Added references
• Tessie O'Shea - Added references
• Frank Crumit Improved and provided references
• Category: American Ukulele players
• John Kameaaloha Almeida
• Jesse Kalima
• Peter Moon
• Roy Smeck - There is a new resource on the subject, a biography on Roy.
• Wendell Hall - Country music star and ukulele player

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