Down Under String Wonder: Australia's A.J. Leonard Rides the Crest of the Third Uke Wave – Ukulele
In 1959, the luxury liner SS Mariposa steamed from the harbor in Sydney, Australia, bound for San Francisco. Onboard with his family was six-year-old Anthony J. Leonard. After visiting ports in New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, and Hawaii, the ship arrived in California. Next came a transcontinental plane trip to the East Coast. A.J.’s father was about to begin his new job at the Australian Embassy in Washington, D.C. After four years of working at the embassy, the Leonard family returned to their home in Melbourne. A.J. did not wholly lose his Aussie accent during his years in the States but did a...
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