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. You can see much of it at The Ukulele Dude.

• Aggie as in a graduate of Texas A&M type Aggie. Yeah, boots and everything!
• Eagle Scout
• 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. 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 6,906,533 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
• 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

To Improve:

• Roy Smeck - Needs major overhaul. Currently duplicates the Ukulele Hall of Fame page very closely (reverse copy?) and there is a new resource on the subject, a biography on Roy.
• 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
• Wendell Hall - Country music star and ukulele player
• 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

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