Halifax's 'Pied Piper' J. Chalmers Doane becomes first Canadian in Ukulele Hall of Fame
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J. Chalmers Doane, an 87-year-old music educator from Halifax, became the first Canadian and first international inductee into the Hawaii-based Ukulele Hall of Fame. Over decades beginning in 1967, Doane introduced the ukulele into public school classrooms across Canada, influencing generations of students and creating a program widely adopted by educators.
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