Aaron Bertram

{{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=March 2024}} {{No footnotes|date=March 2024}} }} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Aaron Bertram | image = AaronBertramImage01.jpg | landscape = yes | caption = | birth_name = Aaron Bertram | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|04|3}} | origin = [[Orange County, California]], USA | instrument = Trumpet | genre = [[Ska-punk]] | occupation = Musician | years_active = 1998–present | label = | associated_acts = [[Suburban Legends]]<br>[[Kids Imagine Nation]] | website = http://www.kidsimaginenation.com }}

'''Aaron Bertram''' (born April 3, 1981, in [[Lubbock, Texas]]) is a trumpet player for third wave ska band [[Suburban Legends]], and member of the children's music group Kids Imagine Nation. In the past he has taught music and movement to preschool students in Orange County, CA. His music program was called Little Rockstars. He launched an online Streaming Service for Children's Entertainment and Arts Education called KINTV in March of 2020, where he currently performs and teaches music.

He was a trumpet player for the [[third-wave ska]] band Suburban Legends from the band's origin in 1998 to May 2005, when he left to start his company, Kids Imagine with wife, [[Rachel Charest]]. He was known for doing a lot of backing vocals in the band and originated the idea of the band's signature choreography. Aaron returned for a final performance with the band on November 29, 2005, at [[Huntington Beach High School]] for a benefit show for the Ryan Dallas Cook Memorial Fund. Since the summer of 2009, Aaron has been performing with Suburban Legends at local shows. As of November 2010, he is listed as an official member of the band.

In addition to playing trumpet for Suburban Legends, he also performed vocals for the band's cover of the [[Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears|Gummi Bears]] theme song, the band's cover of [[The Rocky Horror Picture Show|Rose Tint My World]] and the song ''Powerful Game'' on the album ''[[Rump Shaker (album)|Rump Shaker]]''.

Aaron is currently writing Children's Music under the name Kids Imagine Nation with Rachel Charest and [[Vince Walker]].

==Appearances== *''[[Eve (U.S. TV series)|Eve]]'' as Rita's Assistant, 2005 *[[Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon]] with Suburban Legends, 2003, 2004, 2009 * Performed several shows with Suburban Legends throughout much of 2009 upon the departure of the band's trumpet player [[Luis Beza]]

===Extra Work=== *[[American Wedding]] (2003) *[[Raising Helen]] (2004) *[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]] *[[Sledge: The Untold Story]] (2005) *[[Cuts (TV series)|Cuts]] *[[Grandma's Boy (2006 film)|Grandma's Boy]] (2006) *[[Just for Kicks (TV series)|Just for Kicks]] (2006) *[[CSI: Miami]] *[[D-War]] (2007)

==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=2178047|name=Aaron Bertram}}

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