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SACRAMENTO RAGTIME
SOCIETY NEWSLETTER
In This Issue
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Due to another event following the
February session of the SRS, the meeting
will be moved up one hour.
The SRS will meet from
noon to 3 P.M.
on February 27th.
Press Release
M
ark your calendars for the 11th An-
nual Fresno Flats Ragtime and Vin-
tage Music Festival to be held March 11-13
in Oakhurst. Friday and Saturday’s events
will begin at 2:00 P.M. in the School House
at the Fresno Flats Historical Park, 49777
School Road, and Sunday’s Finale concert,
also at 2:00 P.M. will be held at the
Oakhurst Lutheran Church, 39255 Black
Road.
At 5:30 P.M. on both Friday and Saturday
nights, the public is invited to join the per-
formers for an evening at the The Grind,
where a meal can be purchased. There will
be plenty of open piano time and others
are invited and most welcome to listen or
take part in all the musical fun.
With two pianos now housed at
Fresno Flats, there will be twice the fun.
This year’s lineup includes Fresno Flats’ reg-
ulars, pianists Tom Brier and The Brad-
shaws, Chris & Jack, with the Drivons,
Robyn and Steve, adding tuba, vocals and
percussion to the mix. This year’s special
By Fred Hoeptner
A
plethora of musical pleasures
awaited the goodly crowd that filled
Sacramento’s Red Lion Hotel to capacity
(and then some) for the 21st annual West
Coast Ragtime Festival. The festival
opened Friday, November 19, and closed
Sunday, November 21, having presented
138 hours of scintillating syncopated con-
certs, six hours of absorbing seminars, 18
hours of open piano, seven hours of dance
instruction, and uncounted hours of con-
vivial “after hours” festivities in six venues.
The remodeling project completed at the
hotel a little over a year ago has proved a
plus. J.B.’s Lounge is now an intimate ven-
ue for both dancers and listeners while the
elegant and capacious Martinique Ball-
room easily accommodates the major
shows and a smaller but adequate dance
floor. The remaining venues are arranged
SACRAMENTO RAGTIME SOCIETY
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By Chris & Jack Bradshaw and Deborah Gale
S
ometimes you just get lucky and at this session Lady Luck was
shining on us. While many of the regulars were missing, a
newer face, Larisa Migacyhov popped in to play. And, it’s not of-
ten that we you get both Virginia and Marty together in the same
place at the same time. Lucky again! “Show and Tell” included
Bub’s new (refurbished antique) banjo, as pretty to look at with its
pearl inlays, as it was to hear. A good conversation starter was
Jack’s black cast on his left arm. He did manage to play three num-
bers with Ragnolia. Lewis’ recent birthday was celebrated with a
delicious chocolate cake (thank you, Petra!) See what ya’all missed!
Never a dull moment when SRS gets together..
RAGNOLIA RAGTETTE
Chris & Jack Bradshaw, three-hand piano; Robyn Drivon, tuba;
Steve Drivon, drums
Palm Leaf Rag Scott Joplin, 1903
Chiquilin de Bachin Astor Piazzolla, 1982
A Totally Different Rag May Aufderheide, 1910
Petra Sullivan, piano; Bub Sullivan, mandolin
Cuando escuches este vals Ansel Garrido, ca. 1919
Peach Blossoms Maude Gilmore, 1910
Larisa Migachyov, piano
Chocalate-Covered Cauliflower Larisa Migachyov, 2010
Ragtime Nightingale Joseph Lamb, 1915
Petra Sullivan, piano; Bub Sullivan, mandolin; Robyn Drivon,
tuba; Steve Drivon, drums
la Femme Fatale Christoph Schmetterer, 2010
Country Club Scott Joplin, 1909
Elliott Adams, piano
Alabama Jigger Edward Claypoole, 1913
Agitation Rag Robert Hampton, 1915
Orinoco C. Duane Crabb, 1909
Virginia Tichenor, piano
Virginia’s Blues Virginia Tichenor, 2003
Texas Fox Trot David Guion, 1915
Thriller May Aufderheide, 1909
THE PORCUPINE RAGTIME ENSEMBLE AND
THE COMBINED SRS CHORUS
Happy Birthday to Lewis Motisher
THE PORCUPINE RAGTIME ENSEMBLE
Elliott Adams, piano; Petra Sullivan, violin; Bub Sullivan, man-
dolin, banjo, *vocal; Sue Desper, flute, piccolo; Robyn Drivon,
tuba; Steve Drivon, drums
Pass Dat Possum Kerry Mills, 1909
*When Frances Dances with Me Sol Violinsky & Ben Ryan, 1921
Old Boston Post Road Galen Wilkes, 1984
*At the Codfish Ball Lew Pollack & Sidney Mitchell, 1936
Rastus on Parade Kerry Mills, 1895
Marty Eggers, piano
Cum Bac Rag Charles L. Johnson, 1911
Panama William Tyers, 1911
Kater Street Rag Bennie Moten, 1925
Virginia Tichenor, piano; Marty Eggers, piano
Chestnut Street in the 90’s Brun Campbell, before 1947
Peacherine Rag Scott Joplin, 1901
Brun Campbell Express Tom Shea, 1966
Elliott Adams, piano
Affinity Rag Irene Cozad, 1910
Ragtime Eyes W. C. Powell, 1907
A Tennessee Tantalizer Charles Hunter, 1900
Larisa Migachyov, piano
Chicken Fried Steak Larisa Migachyov, 2009
Sugar Cane Scott Joplin, 1908
Petra Sullivan, piano; Bub Sullivan, mandolin; Robyn Drivon,
tuba; Steve Drivon, drums
Razor Club Walter V. Ullner, 1900
Nobody Loves No Baby (Like My Baby Loves Me)
Walter Donaldson, 1931
guests are pianist/composer, Larisa Migachyov, a popular ragtime
festival performer, and the dynamic youth performer, Will Perkins
who has accumulated many medals and honors at California and
National ragtime competitions. You can look forward to a rousing
good time. Everyone is cordially invited.
Donations will be gratefully accepted at the door for the
Fresno Flats Historical Park and for the Musicians. For more in-
formation about the festival call Bea Walden at (559) 641-2272.
SACRAMENTO RAGTIME SOCIETY
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A
fter appearing at many festivals,
youth ragtime performer, Will Per-
kins, will be giving his first Ragtime and
Stride Concert on Friday, February 25th,
at 7:00 P.M. at Trinity United Presbyterian
Church, 1600 Carver Road, in Modesto.
Will has been a first place winner of
several West Coast Ragtime Society Youth
Competitions over the past four years. In
2010, he came in fourth at the World
Championship Old-Time Piano Playing
Contest in Peoria, Illinois. Will has ap-
peared at the Ragtime Corners of the Sacra-
mento Jazz Jubilee, and the Scott Joplin,
West Coast, and Sutter Creek ragtime fest-
ivals. Will will also be performing for the
first time at the Fresno Flats Ragtime and
Vintage Music Festival next month.
This concert, benefitting 4 year-old
Bryce Clayton who suffers from a rare re-
gressive disorder, is Will’s Senior Project
from Riverbank High School. Tickets are
$5 each, either at the door or can be
ordered ahead of time by calling 209-869-
6240. Don’t miss this historic event as Will
plays his very first solo concert.
A
nother ragtime retreat weekend is in
the works with Sonny returning to
Chip Lusby's home, Skunk Hollow, in Sut-
ter Creek on Saturday, March 12th. The
concert will begin at 2:00 P.M. and tickets
are $20. Come for the concert and stay for
the weekend! For more information, you
can reach Chip at: [email protected].
Plan to stay on for
a potluck dinner
and open piano
continuing on
through the week-
end. Chip can
house a few of
you so let him
know early, if you
need accommoda-
tions.
strictly for listening.
This year, by my strictly unofficial
count, 55 different acts—individual per-
formers, seminar speakers, and musical ag-
gregations—graced the stages with a wide
variety of styles and presentations. Eight-
een hours of open piano sessions accom-
modated casual performers who signed up
to play for fifteen-minute sets. The roll of
ensembles, catering to dancers as well as
listeners, included the Crown Syncopators,
the Fresno High School Warrior Band, the
Heliotrope Ragtime Orchestra, the Pacific
Coast Ragtime Orchestra, the Porcupine
Ragtime Ensemble, Ragnolia Ragtette, and
the Raspberry Jam Band.
Special Events
Special features included two silent
movies emceed by David Shepherd,
renowned film preservationist and accom-
panied by Frederick Hodges on the piano;
a cakewalk demonstration; a session with
that master of witty asides Ian Whitcomb
with his wife Regina featuring his ragtime
ukulele; gems from the Whitney-Warner
collection played by Nan Bostick with the
Ragtime Skedaddlers string band; a youth
master class sensitively coached by Richard
Dowling; a demonstration of the Yamaha
Disklavier (“the modern player piano”); a
concert by the Pacific Coast Ragtime Or-
chestra with vocalist soprano Joyce Grant,
Scott Joplin’s great-great grandniece; and
much more. The plenitude of pleasures
made choosing among events a frustrating
chore.
Advertised as a preview of coming at-
tractions, Friday evening’s “Festival
Sampler” hosted by Jack Rummel attracted
a nearly full house. The eleven-piece Helio-
trope Ragtime Orchestra from San Diego
opened, authentically recapturing the spirit
of 1910 with a medley of “Honolulu Rag”
and “Cotton Time.” Thirteen year-old Mor-
gan Siever, sporting an elegant black and
white chapeau, followed with a roaring “Ti-
ger Rag.” Explaining “stride is a jazz style,”
Mike Lipskin demonstrated with Cole Port-
er’s “It’s All Right with Me,” employing at-
tractive alternative chord progressions.
Calling his specialty “things that most
people never heard of,” Dick Zimmerman
offered Ford Dabney’s fine rag “Anoma.”
Scott Joplin specialist Scott Kirby, return-
ing to the festival after an absence of many
years, contributed the classic “Pine Apple
Rag.” The spirit of vaudeville prevailed as
Big Mama Sue on washboard and Fast Ed-
die on banjo sang and kibitzed their way
through “The Curse of an Aching Heart.”
Frenetic pianist Jeff Barnhart joined the
act for “Fidgety Feet,” with a splendid
banjo solo by Eddie. Classically trained pi-
anist Larisa Migachyov restored equanimity
with her composition in the nostalgic
mold dedicated to her mother “Hot
Chocolate Rag.” Youthful Adam Swanson
on piano assisted Ian Whitcomb and his
uke to narrate “The Terrible War in
Snyder’s Grocery Store.” Viennese pianist
Christof Schmetterer restored decorum
with his stately composition in the style of
Joseph F. Lamb, “Constancy.” Bob Pinsker
unearthed an unpublished stride composi-
tion of Willie “The Lion” Smith from
1925 which he had reconstructed from a
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lead sheet, “Spanish Rag.” Vaudeville re-
turned as Frederick Hodges began playing
and vivacious Ann Gibson, sparkling in an
elegant rose dress, stealthily advanced
across the stage to the microphone to sing
Irving Berlin’s “Everybody Step.” Stride
specialist Paul Asaro demonstrated his mas-
tery of the genre with James P. Johnson’s
“After Tonight.” Swiss ragtimer Martin
Jäger offered his entry in the Scott Joplin
Foundation composition contest, the
melodic “Orient Express Rag” composed
in the classic rag style. Jeff Barnhart as-
sumed the piano bench and announced
that he would play all the instrumental
parts for the New Orleans marching band
tune, “High Society Rag.” This he pro-
ceeded to do, including the famed clarinet
obbligato. He then called wife and flutist
Anne and drummer Danny Coots to the
stage to form the Ivory and Gold trio and
to slow the tempo with the sentimental jazz
tune “Blackberry Winter.” To cap the con-
cert, Jeff called pianist Carl Sonny Leland
onstage, and after a stately beginning the
two stomped through a duet arrangement
of the pop tune of the 1920s “Song of the
Wanderer.”
Saturday afternoon a full house at the
Martinique Ballroom joined host Jeff
Barnhart in celebrating the ragtime of a
century ago. Barnhart provided perspect-
ive. In 1910 you could learn how to play
ragtime at one of Axel Christensen’s chain
of music schools. If you had an auto-
mobile, you were one of 8,000, and could
cruise along at a speed limit of 10 mph.
Only 6% of Americans had graduated
from high school. And, the dance of the
hour was the grizzly bear, acknowledged in
the “Grizzly Bear Rag” (Botsford) played by
the guitarist duo Craig Ventresco and
Meredith Axelrod, Meredith vocalizing.
Other salutes to 1910 included Dick Zim-
merman with “Chatterbox Rag” (Botsford);
15-year old Jusenta Yu with “Stop Time
Rag” (Joplin); Ragnolia Ragtette with
“Champagne Rag” (Lamb); Porcupine Rag-
time Ensemble with “Pitter Patter Rag”
(Daly); Nan Bostick and Frederick Hodges
duetting on “Cotton Time” (Daniels); Max
Keenlyside with “Hilarity Rag” (Scott); and
Richard Dowling with “The Entertainer’s
Rag” (Roberts), famed for its counterpoint
of “Yankee Doodle” and “Dixie.” Pianist
Frederick Hodges and thrush Anne Gib-
son, in elegant headdress and black boa, ex-
tolled the Ziegfeld Follies of 1910 with Fanny
Brice’s rendition of “Lovey Joe” (Cook and
Jordan). The subject turned to arachnids as
the Ragtime Skedaddlers string band
offered “Golden Spider Rag” (Johnson)
and Jeff Barnhart “Speckled Spider Rag”
(French). Others performing were the
Crown Syncopators (Frederick Hodges, Vir-
ginia Tichenor, and Marty Eggers) and
Tom Brier with “Ophelia Rag” (Scott) ar-
ranged as a one-step; Tom Brier soloing on
“Rattlins” (Willis); Carl Sonny Leyland
who learned a new piece for the occasion,
“Jack Rabbit” (Garcia); and Adam Swan-
son and Marty Eggers, “King Chanticleer”
(Ayer). Jeff Barnhart concluded a varied
and enjoyable concert with the catchy “Pop-
corn Man” (Schwartz).
Sunday morning’s main attraction was
the always popular youth concert, with
youthful Stephanie Trick hosting. “It’s excit-
ing to see young people interested in old
music,” she said, and continued, “I’m too
old to play in this concert” eliciting a few
chuckles. Six young pianists, each playing
with professional aplomb, played two selec-
tions each: Morgan Siever (13), Carlyle IL,
“Charleston Rag” and “Tiger Rag”; Vin-
cent Johnson (18), Sierra Madre CA, “My
Pet” and “Sweet Pea” (his own composi-
tion); Serge Smirnov (15), Palo Alto CA,
“Cabbage Leaf” (Copeland) and “Good
Gravy” (Belding); Will Perkins (17), Riverb-
ank CA, “White Chapel” (Waller) and
“Sweet Georgia Brown” (Don Ewell ar-
rangement); Adam Swanson (18), Shenan-
doah IA, “Chevy Chase” (Blake) and
“Alabamy Bound” (both his own elaborate
arrangements); and Max Keenlyside (18),
Charlottetown PE Canada, “Northern
Lights Rag” (his own composition) and
“Oh, Canada” (his stride arrangement fol-
lowing a majestic opening). The consensus
was that ragtime’s future is secure.
Seminars
Nan Bostick arranged and hosted a
full program of six lectures to stimulate the
intellect, all of which attracted sizable
crowds.
Bruce Vermazen’s illustrated talk
“Frisco 1910, Entertainers in the Paris of
America,” explored post-quake San Fran-
cisco and the social forces and musicians
that shaped it. Open prostitution and
gambling prevailed in its notorious café dis-
trict where entertainers such as pianist
Mike Bernard, purported ragtime king of
the world, held forth. Prominent denizens
of the district profiled included Jay
Roberts, composer of “Entertainer’s Rag”
and opium addict who committed suicide;
the Hedges Brothers, Elvin and Freddie, en-
tertainers; and Art Hickman, theater man-
ager and later hotel orchestra leader. In the
“struggle between joy and reform,” reform
ultimately prevailed.
This year’s youth scholar was 18-year
old Vincent Johnson, whose visual and aud-
itory presentation “You Tell ‘Em Ivories!
The Novelty Pianists” was professional in
every respect. He profiled 12 pianists who
specialized in the post-ragtime genre
known as “novelty piano.” Vincent ex-
plained that whereas ragtime focused on
syncopation, novelty piano usually in-
cluded syncopation but focused on “ad-
vanced harmonies and frisky rhythmic
figures.” While Charlie Straight seems to
have initially defined the genre, Zez Con-
frey is famed as “the king.” Some of the
others were Roy Bargy, Fred Elizalde, Rube
Bloom, Arthur Schutt, Billy Mayerl, and
Lothar Perl.
Stride pianist, composer, record produ-
cer, and attorney Mike Lipskin’s objective
was “Erasing Myths about Stride Piano.”
He compared stride and non-stride styles
with live and recorded examples. He called
stride “a jazz piano style.” It needn’t be
fast. Lack of immediate communication
fostered distinct and individual stride
styles. Dynamics and tension and release
are important elements. He bemoaned the
confusion of fast ragtime, such as that pur-
veyed by Jelly Roll Morton, with stride, ex-
plained that James P. Johnson brought
stride to its height, and named Count
Basie, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, and
Art Tatum as prominent practitioners.
“Ragtime” generally meant songs
rather than instrumentals to listeners dur-
ing the ragtime era. Frederick Hodges sur-
veyed the scene “From Coon Tunes to
Broadway Hits: The Ragtime Song,” pro-
fusely illustrated with photos of ragtime
SACRAMENTO RAGTIME SOCIETY
singers and sheet music from the era.
Hodges emphasized the need to under-
stand the perspective of the time as Ann
Gibson sang “All Coons Look Alike to
Me,” by black entertainer Ernest Hogan,
which had started the coon song craze.
Hogan did not understand or employ the
term as a disparagement. Ragtime songs
were heard in vaudeville theaters, Broad-
way shows, cabarets, nickelodeon theaters,
and were on piano rolls and phonograph
records. But, as Hodges explained, the mu-
sic business was far from sweetness and joy
as numerous contentious issues, such as
the right to collect royalties, roiled the busi-
ness and resulted in repeated litigation.
Richard Zimmerman, ragtime per-
former, historian, and editor of the former
Rag Times, related how ragtime was nur-
tured in the levee district of south Chica-
go. The district formed after the great fire
of 1871 in the section of older buildings
that remained unburned and was named
after the immigrants from the South who
settled there among proliferating gambling
dens, brothels, and saloons. Not being al-
lowed to perform at the 1893 World’s
Columbian Exposition, African-American
musicians gathered in the district, which
was a short train ride away. Dick specu-
lated that that’s where Scott Joplin and his
band would have played, and when visitors
went home they carried the new music,
whatever it sounded like, with them. Cit-
ing some mentions in a black newspaper of
rags being played in Leavenworth, Kansas,
and Kansas City a few months after the
fair closed, Dick called the fair “the most
important event in the spread of this mu-
sic.”
Consummate entertainer, musician,
and humorist Terry Waldo opened by an-
nouncing, “This hour is a plug for the new
book.” Phil Schaap, Curator at Jazz at Lin-
coln Center, had facilitated a republication
of Terry’s 1976 hardcover book This is Rag-
time, which was for sale in the festival store.
The new edition includes all color photos
and a “Conclusion” section updating rag-
time’s story to January, 2009. Terry’s talk
was a conversational compendium of facts,
observations, and opinions, drawn from
the pages of his book. Some of his percept-
ive quotes: “The meaning of ‘ragtime’ has
changed from its beginning right down to
the present. In different eras it has meant
different things.” “When ragtime is intro-
duced, all at once it appears everywhere in
the country, and no one knows quite
where it came from.” “I’ve come increas-
ingly to believe that our whole history of
popular music turns around the points
when African-American music becomes
part of the mainstream. The ragtime era
was one of those times when somehow
whatever was going on in the black subcul-
ture becomes part of popular music.”
Other Features of Note
Friday a concert hosted by Jack Rum-
mel recognized Terra Verde, a genre of gen-
erally newly composed ragtime-related
music named by David Thomas Roberts
about fifteen years ago and often the sub-
ject of controversy among ragtime fans. Per-
formers Scott Kirby, Frank French, and
Roberts, all of whom were instrumental in
the Terra Verde movement, played ex-
amples of pieces that they considered rep-
resentative, mostly their own compositions.
However, when asked for a definition,
Kirby declined commenting, “I could
spend an hour explaining what it is.” Sever-
al of the pieces presented seemed formless
and wandering to this reviewer and re-
ceived tepid audience reaction. However,
French’s performances of Hal Isbitz’s tango
“At Midnight” and his own “On the Trail
of the Conestoga Wagons,” and Roberts’
performances of his own “Memories of a
Missouri Confederate,” “Discovery,” and
“Franklin Avenue” received enthusiastic ac-
claim.
Scott Kirby, returning to the festival
after many years, continued to engage the
roots and relatives of ragtime in his solo
set. These included “Latin cousins”—a Mex-
ican waltz “Caperusita,” a Brazilian tango
“Odeon,” and a mazurka “Rosa of Cara-
cas”—and pieces from the pre-ragtime
era—John Philip Sousa’s “El Capitan,” and
a medley of American songs Aura Lee,
Shenandoah, “America the Beautiful,” and
“Beautiful Dreamer”—to enthusiastic audi-
ence applause.
Renowned composer David Thomas
Roberts pleased his many fans with several
sets including an unscheduled surprise per-
formance on Sunday afternoon where he
took requests. The sense of nostalgia was
palpable listening to “Waterloo Girls,”
“Roberto Clemente,” “Through the Bot-
tomlands,” and “Kreole.” He concluded
with two of his most recent commissions,
“Discovery” and “Intermezzo #1.”
The Ragtime Skedaddlers—Dennis
Pash, mandolin-banjo; Nick Robinson,
mandolin; and Dave Krinkel, guitar—ably
continued the tradition of string band rag-
time. Starting their Saturday afternoon set
with “Impecunious Davis” and the com-
ment, “We identify with it,” they contin-
ued with “Ragtime Chimes,” a mandolin
arrangement of “Maple Leaf Rag,” “Cuban
Bells,” and others.
At 4:00 P.M. Sunday evening all other
venues closed and one and all congregated
in the Martinique Ballroom for the diverse
hour-long finale spectacular, hosted this
year by Jeff Barnhart and featuring 19 dif-
ferent acts. Some highlights: The six-piece
Raspberry Jam Band with “King
Chanticleer”; Ivory and Gold (Jeff and
Anne Barnhart, piano and flute, and
Danny Coots, drums) with “I Got
Rhythm”; Richard Dowling and Stephanie
Trick with “Doll Dance” arranged for two
pianos; Meredith Axelrod, ukulele and vo-
cal, Danny Coots drums, and Paul Asaro
muted trumpet with “Blue River”; Carl
Sonny Leyland and Jeff Barnhart with
“Weary Blues”; and the Crown Syncopat-
ors and Tom Brier with a rip roaring “Lion
Tamer Rag.” It was time for kudos as Festiv-
al Director Virginia Tichenor thanked the
audience and performers and Jeff Barnhart
retorted, “Viva Virginia and the festival
committee,” resulting in a standing ova-
tion. Six pianists on two pianos followed
with a “musical chairs” version of “Maple
Leaf Rag.” Concert Coordinator Petra Sulli-
van acknowledged the volunteers, the
sound crew, the hotel staff, and the
donors, and presented Virginia with a big
basket. As the strains of “Peacherine Rag”
by the Porcupine Ragtime Ensemble died
away, it occurred to me that this festival
had had it all—piano, orchestral, and string
band ragtime, stride, vaudeville, stomps,
boogie-woogie, erudition—and performers
who were not only technically superlative
but who seemed to be enjoying every
minute of it as well.
SACRAMENTO RAGTIME SOCIETY
normally meets the last Sunday of the month. If
you would like to receive the monthly newsletter,
the subscription rate is $16 per year. The
subscription year runs from August 1st to the
following July 31st. Subscriptions beginning
after August 1st may be pro-rated.
Payments should be made payable to Sacramento
Ragtime Society.
Merv Graham, PO Box 2286, Grass Valley CA
95945
530-273-0487 or [email protected]
Sacramento Ragtime Society events are starred (*) and up to date information can always be obtained from the society's web site at
www.SacramentoRagtime.com.
Please let us know as soon as possible about upcoming ragtime or ragtime related events so we may list them.
Feb 23 The Raspberry Jam Band
Mar 2 Bob Ringwald
Mar 9 Frederick Hodges
Mar 16 The Bob Hirsch Trio
Mar 23 Bill Dendle with guitarist.
Mar 30 Bob Roman's Cell Block Seven
For more information call 916-987-7434 or e-mail [email protected]
Feb 22 Frederick Hodges
Mar 1 Crown Syncopators
Mar 8 Carl Sonny Leyland
Mar 15 Virginia Tichenor
Mar 22 Marty Eggers
Mar 29 Frederick Hodges
For more information call 415-362-5125
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t’s full steam ahead for the 13th Annual
Sutter Creek Ragtime Festival, to be
held August 12-14, 2011. Come join us as
the Main Street of Sutter Creek moves
back a century in time with costumed per-
formers presenting high spirited, live rag-
time music. A pre-festival gathering will be
held Thursday, August 11th, 5:00 P.M. at
the Greenhorn Creek Resort in Angels
Camp.
Expect a loaded-with-ragtime fun-filled
musical weekend featuring a Silent Movie
Night with Frederick Hodges and Keith
Taylor, Two Gala Festival Concerts, with
our headliners, a Future of Ragtime Con-
cert featuring youth performers and 5 prac-
tically nonstop venues to choose from.
The list of invited performers include
Patrick Aranda, The Bradshaws, Tom Bri-
er, Crown Syncopators, Marty Eggers, Fred-
erick Hodges, Carl Sonny Leyland,
Stevens Price, Ragtime Skedaddlers, Rasp-
berry Jam Band, Ragnolia Ragtette, Ray
Skjelbred, Squeek Steele, Sullivans &
Drivons, Keith Taylor, Virginia Tichenor,
and more to be announced later. You
won’t want to miss a note. More details
will follow.
All-Events badges, which include the
two special concerts, and Silent Movie
Night are now on sale for the Early Bird
Price of $60, if ordered by July 15, 2011.
The price increases to $70 after that. Youth
16 and under attend free with a paying
adult. ($20 service charge for refunds re-
quested prior to 7/15; no refunds after
7/15.) Day badges and individual concert
tickets will also be available. Badge order
forms may be found at www.suttercreekrag-
time.com. For more information call: (209)
405-1563 or e-mail: motherloderag-
SACRAMENTO RAGTIME SOCIETY
1st & 3rd Sunday Sacramento Banjo Band, Straw Hat Pizza, 2929 Mather Field Rd, Rancho Cordova, 2:00-4:00 P.M.
1st Sunday Classic Ragtime Society of Indiana, Info: Josi Beeler 317-359-6452, [email protected] or Irene Weinberg 317-578-7883 or
[email protected], [Even-numbered months only]
1st Sunday Portland Ragtime Society, Elevated Coffee, 5261 Northeast M. L. King Blvd, Portland, OR, 3:00-6:00 P.M.
1st Sunday Friends of Scott Joplin-Ragtime Rendezvous, The Pub Above at Dressel's, 419 N Euclid St. St Louis, MO, 5:30-8:30 P.M.
1st Sunday Pacific Coast Ragtime Orchestra, Casa de Flores, 737 Walnut St., San Carlos, 4:00-6:00 P.M., $10 Donation at door, Info: 650-355-
1731 or 650-593-2284, [Even numbered months only] Price includes light refreshments.
2nd Sunday Mont Alto Ragtime & Tango Orchestra-Tea Dance, Temple Events Center Uptown, 16th & Pearl, Denver, CO, Lessons 1:30-2:00
P.M. Dancing 2:00-5:00 P.M., Info: 303-655-9413 or 303-449-5962
Last Sunday Rose Leaf Ragtime Club, Aztec Hotel's Mayan Restaurant, 311 W. Foohill Blvd., Monrovia, 2:00-5:00 P.M., Participating musicians
free, donation, Info: 626-358-3231 or 818-766-2384
Sunday Devine's Jug Band, On the Corner Cafe, Divisadero & Oak, San Francisco, 2:00-4:00 P.M.
Sunday Brad Kay, The Unurban, 3301 West Pico Boulevard, Santa Monica, 2:00-4:00 P.M.
Tuesday Victorian Dances, Lake Merritt Dance Center Lounge-Oakland Veterans Bldg., 200 Grand Ave, Oakland, 7:00 P.M. Beginning & Inter-
mediate classes and da, $8, Info: 530-759-9278 or www.vintagewaltz.com
Tuesday Piano Ragtime Cutting Contest, Frederick's Music Lounge, 4454 Chippewa, St. Louis, MO, 7:00-9:00 P.M., Info: 314-968-2635 or rag-
[email protected], Contestants appear on the Ragtime St. Louis TV show.
Tuesday Ragtime and Vintage Piano Music, Pier 23, San Francisco, 5:00-8:00 P.M., (See separate listing)
2nd Wednesday Marty Eggers & Virginia Tichenor-Hot Ragtime & Classic Jazz Piano, The Belrose Theater, 1415 5th Ave. San Rafael, 5:30-8:00
P.M., Info: 415-454-6422 or 510-655-6728, Wine bar, beer & light food available. No cover charge.
Wednesday Happy Time Banjos, Soprano's Pizza, 373 Main St., Redwood City, 7:00 P.M., Info: 408-253-3676
Wednesday Peninsula Banjo Band, Cabrito's, 685 E El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, 7:00 P.M., Info: 408-993-2263
Wednesday Craig Ventresco & Meredith Axelrod, Cafe Divine, 1600 Stockton St. (across from Washington Square) San Francisco, 7:30-9:30
P.M.IInfo: 415-986-3414
Wednesday East Bay Banjo Band, Round Table Pizza, 1938 Oak Park Blvd. Pleasant Hill, 7:30-8:30 P.M., Info: 925-372-0553
Wednesday Ragtime & Vintage Music, Straw Hat Pizza, Rancho Cordova, 6:30-9:00 P.M., Free, (See separate listing)
17 Mimi Blais in Concert, Larisa Migachyov's House, 745 Stanford Ave, Palo Alto, 7 to 10 P.M., , Info: Please reserve through Larisa at lar-
isA.M.gachyov.com or 650-218-5480,
19 Mimi Blais at Skunk Hollow Retreat, Chip Lusby's house, 50 Gold Dust Trail, Sutter Creek, 2:00-5:00 P.M. Saturday, $25 Advance sale,
$28 at the door, Info: [email protected] or 626-806-3021, Pot luck and afterglow to follow Sat. & Sun.
20 Mimi Blais in Concert, The Trabucco Ranch, Nevada City, 3:00 P.M., $25 Advance, $28 at the door, Info: Call Bill Trabucco 530-273-
4252 or [email protected] for directions and more info., RSVP by 10 Feb
20 The Raspberry Jam Band at annual Music For Humanity, Pioneer Methodist Church, 1338 Lincoln Way, Auburn, 2:00 P.M., This concert
benefits Habitat for Humanity & local food closet.
27* Sacramento Ragtime Society Session, Red Lion Sacramento Inn, 1401 Arden Way, Sacramento, Noon to 3:00 P.M., Info: 916-457-3324 or
www.Sacramento Ragtime.com, NOTE!! Special time for this month only.
6 The Raspberry Jam Band, Reutlinger Mansion, 824 Grove St., San Francisco, 2:00 P.M., $20, Info: Reservations required, contact Kitty
Wilson 408-720-8365 or [email protected], There may be bus transportation available, contact Julia Riley 530-888-6493
11-13 Fresno Flats Ragtime and Vintage Music Festival, Historical Park & Oakhust Lutheran Church, Park-49777 road 427, Church-road 426
Oakhust, Fri/Sat 2:00 P.M.-Park, Sunday 2:00 P.M.-Church, Info: Bea at 559-641-2272 or [email protected], Performers: The Brad-
shaws, Tom Brier, The Drivons,Larisa Migachyov and Will Perkins
18-20 & 25-27 Ragtime-The Musical, Marysville Auditorium, 1919 B st, Marysville, 7:00 P.M. Fri. & Sat., 2:00 P.M. Sun., $10, Info: 530-749-6157
20 Carl Sonny Leyland, The John Ulrich Piano Series House Concerts, El Sobrante, 2:00 P.M., $20, Info: 510-223-9587 or [email protected],
Advance registration required
27* Sacramento Ragtime Society Session, Red Lion Sacramento Inn, 1401 Arden Way, Sacramento, 1:00-4:00 P.M., Info: 916-457-3324 or Sacra-
mentoRagtime.com
15 Sarah Vanegas and Frank French, Latin American Piano Traditions, Piedmont Piano Company, 1728 San Pablo Ave., Oakland, 8 P.M.,
Suggested donation $25 for individuals, Info: To reserve space please visit: www.pamusicfest.org or e-mail: [email protected]
24* Sacramento Ragtime Society Session, Red Lion Sacramento Inn, 1401 Arden Way, Sacramento, 1:00-4:00 P.M., Info: 916-457-3324 or
www.SacramentoRagtime.com
30 The Ragnolia Ragtette in Concert, Chip Lusby's house, Skunk Hollow, Sutter Creek, 2:00 P.M.P$20, Info: [email protected]
SACRAMENTO RAGTIME SOCIETY
SACRAMENTO RAGTIME SOCIETY
c/o Merv GrahamPO Box 2286Grass Valley CA 95945
Mondays The Ragtime Machine, 9:00—10:00 P.M. Host: David Reffkin, www.kusf.org
Sundays Syncopation Station, KDHX 88.1 FM, St. Louis, Missouri, 4:00—5:30 P.M. Host: Vann Ford, www.kdhx.org
Thursdays Ragtime America, KGNU, 88.5 FM, Boulder, Colorado, 8:00—9:00 P.M. Host: Jack Rummel. www.kgnu.org
Continuous Rocky Mountain Ragtime, Ragtime 24 hours a day, www.live365.com/stations/rmragtime
Thursday Oakland Banjo Band, Porky's Pizza Palace, 1221 Manor Blvd. (corner of Farnsworth) San Leandro, 7:30-9:30 P.M., Info: 510-357-
4323
2nd Friday Chico's Ragtime/Tin Pan Alley Sessions, The Terraces, 2750 Sierra Sunrise Terrace, Chico, 6:30-8:30 P.M. Info: Bernie or Bob Lo-
Faso 530-894-6854, [email protected]
4th Friday Vintage Dance & Waltz Lessons, Finnish Hall, 1970 Chestnut, Berkeley, Lesson 8:00 P.M., Dance: 9:00 P.M. to Midnight, $6 for
dance; $8 lesson, Info: 530-759-9278 or www.vintagewaltz.com
Friday Friday Night Waltz, 1st United Methodist Church, 625 Hamilton St. (& Cowper), Palo Alto, Lessons: 7:00-9:00 P.M., Dancing 9:00
P.M.-12 A.M., Info: 650-326-6265, Check web site to confirm time and location, www.fridaynightwaltz.com
Friday Keith Taylor, Mad Matilda's, 1917 Main St, Baker City, OR, Info: 541-519-4072
1st Saturday San Francisco Banjo Band, Molloy's, 1655 Mission Road, Colma, 7:30 P.M., Info: 650-692-7878
2nd Saturday San Francisco Starlight Orchestra, Little Switzerland, 19080 Riverside Drive, Sonoma, 2:00-5:00 P.M., $15, Info: www.sanfranciscost-
arlightorchestra.com
2nd Saturday The Valley Ragtime Stomp, Henri's Restaurant, 21601 Sherman Way, Canoga Park, 1:00-4:00 P.M., Info: 818-766-2384 or www.valley-
ragtimestomp.blogspot.com
2nd Saturday East Bay Waltz, Veterans bldg, 200 Grand ave (at Harrison), Oakland, 7:00 P.M.-Midnight, Info: eastbaywaltz.com
3rd Saturday Cascade Ragtime Society-Ragtime Jam, Noah's Ark, Winston, OR, Info: 541-784-1261, [Even numbered months only]
3rd Saturday Mother Lode Ragtime Society, Sutter Creek Ice Cream Emporium, 51 Main St. (Hwy 49), Sutter Creek, 7:30-9:30 P.M., Info: 209-267-
0543 or [email protected], [Odd numbered months only]