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Donald L. Alder, or Don Alder, (born in Vancouver, BC, Canada) is a Canadian fingerstyle guitarist. == Biography == He spent his early childhood years in Montreal, before his family moved to Williams Lake/BC. He has played guitar since age 11.〔(Akustik-Gitarre(02/2009) )〕 In March 1985, Alder put his music career on hold to accompany his friend Rick Hansen on his Man in Motion world tour.〔(Man in Motion Tour )〕 In January 1988, Mayor Woods of Williams Lake presented a certificate of merit to Don Alder for "Disabled Awareness - Man in Motion".〔(Williams Lake CivicWeb )〕 Don Alder's character appears in the feature film "Heart of a Dragon" (2008), a movie about the Man-In-Motion-Tour (,〔(IMDB )〕 with Andrew Lee Potts playing the character of "Don". Don Alder also worked on this movie as a technical advisor.〔(IMDB )〕 There's also a theatre play called "Rick: The Rick Hansen Story", which is also about the Man in Motion Tour and in which Don Alder is featured as well.〔(Rick: The Rick Hansen Story )〕 Don Alder was a member of the Canadian National Paralympic team in Atlanta for the 1996 Games and again in 2000 for the Games in Sydney, Australia. Alder did not participate as an athlete but as the equipment manager and wheelchair technician.〔(Rambles.net )〕 In 2007 Don Alder became International Fingerstyle Champion.〔(Int'l Fingerstyle Champion )〕 In 2010 he was the Guitar Superstar contest winner.〔(Guitarplayer Superstar 2010 )〕 In 2011 he won the World Wide Guitar Idol contest.〔(GuitarIdol )〕 In 2013 he won Brand Laureate Award (Malaysia) for his contributions using his guitar and music to help and inspire others around the world.〔(Brand Laureate Award )〕 In 2015 he was awarded the "Domenic Troiano Award" in the category "multi-genre".〔()〕 Today, Alder continues to play to Canadian, American, European (〔(Iguitar magazine )〕), and Asian audiences. So far, he has been performing at Muriel Anderson's All Star Guitar Night five times.〔(All Star Guitar Night )〕 He writes and performs all of his own music, and has released seven albums.〔(sixstringbliss.com )〕 His CD, Not a Planet earned him a nomination for Instrumental Solo Artist of the Year at the Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2009.〔(Guitarplayer.com )〕 Greenfield Guitars designed a guitar for Don Alder, a G4 married with the Novax Fanned Fret™ fingerboard.〔(Greenfield Guitars )〕 Don Alder is writing for Iguitar magazine.〔(Iguitar magazine )〕 Don Alder also performs together with Keith Knight as "Extreme Guitar Duo".〔(Extreme Guitar Duo ))〕 He was a featured guest on CBC's "North by Northwest" (nxnw) in 2011.〔(CBC )〕 UBC (University of British Columbia) is listing Don Alder as featured presenter.〔(UBC )〕 Don Alder did volunteer work with the Vancouver Adapted Music Society.〔(VAMS )〕 Don Alder is also volunteering as "Artist as teachers" for DAREarts,〔(DAREarts )〕 a Canadian charitable organization that uses educational experiences in the arts to empower children and youth facing life challenges, with confidence, courage and leadership skills to unlock their potential and ignite change in their lives and communities. He is also a featured performer for Synergy Collective〔(Synergy Collective )〕 Don Alder has several endorsements, f. e. Seymour Duncan,〔(Seymour Duncan Mag Mic )〕 Yamaha Guitars, Riversong Guitars 〔(ms retailer.com )〕 , Santo Angelo Cables, Guitar Hands, Ernie Ball, Holloway Harp Guitars.〔(Gregg's Blog )〕 The guitarist Don Alder is not to be mistaken with the US actor Don Alder.〔wiki〕 In fall 2014 Riversong Guitars, Kamloops, BC, Canada built a "Don Alder Signature Baritone", featuring many design innovations, including a new bracing system, bridge design and a new electronics package (Slap). This new guitar was presented to the public at NAMM 2015 in Anaheim, California.〔(ms retailer.com )〕 In April 2014 Don Alder performed the song "Space Oddity" together with Canadian astronaut and ISS Space Station Commander Chris Hadfield. The third Canadian on stage at this event, which took place in Kona, Hawaii, was actor William Shatner.〔()〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Don Alder」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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