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By Lewis Motisher

The bad new is there’s no regular SRS meeting this month. The great news is

the two-venue ragtime extravaganza known as the Ragtime Corners takes its place, making an annual return to the Sacra-mento Jazz Jubilee this month for three days starting Friday, May 28, through Sunday, May 30. And it’s FREE—no Jazz Ju-bilee badges are required!

You’ll get to hear all your SRS favor-ites like the recently scarce Tom Brier. The in-demand Brier hasn’t been seen at the monthly meetings since February. He’ll not only be a solo artist at the Corners, but a ubiquitous presence, play-ing with the Saloon Sweeties, the Tom Bri-er Trio (Don Schumacher, banjo and Kitty Wilson, washboard), Virginia Tichenor, Elliott Adams, and of course, the Raspberry Jam Band. We need our Tom Brier fix and I think we’ll get it at the Ragtime Corners.

You’ll also get the chance to hear the always astonishing Frederick Hodges play-ing solo, with the Crown Syncopators (Marty Eggers, tuba, Virginia Tichenor, drums) and doing a special duet set with Rosemary “Rosie” Hallum. Frederick usu-ally gets run ragged (so to speak) at these

events and somehow makes it all look ef-fortless. I suspect it isn’t. For her part, Rosie is also featured as a soloist and will once again present a special tribute to Pete Clute and Wally Rose with Cleve Baker.

Sacramento’s own Porcupine Rag-time Ensemble will again be making nightly appearances as will their constitu-ent parts, Elliott Adams and the Sullivans and Drivons, at various times around the

Corners. The Drivons will be playing with the Bradshaws as the Ragnolia Ragtette, and the Bradshaws will play alone and to-gether and… well, it gets very incestuous and hard to keep straight. Not only that, but Chris Bradshaw has a new clarinet and who knows what that might entail down the road. Chris also produces and hosts the special Youth Concert showcas-ing talented students.

Another omnipresent figure is Julia Ri-ley, being a Saloon Sweetie, a Raspberry, and a Rubber Chicken. Rumor has it that she has something to do with the Attitude Adjustment Wind Quintet, a group whose name has a certain Rileyesque ring to it.

The Russians are coming, the Russi-ans are coming! Larisa Migachyov and

No Regular

May Session

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By Chris and Jack Bradshaw

W ith a light load of afternoon players, April’s SRS meeting gave those musicians who were present, maximum air

time and with some joining up together, spawned two new groups--Faux Porcupine and Faux Ragnolia. The afternoon’s offerings in-cluded some Boring music--that would be exciting music from 1891, by way of Boring, Oregon, an anniversary song for SRS’s spe-cial love birds, Ken and Dorothy Ebi who are celebrating their 66th anniversary and lots of ragtime favorites. With some still on a high from the previous day’s Scott Kirby concert, it was an enthu-siastic group.

Jack Bradshaw, piano

Ragtime Nightmare Tom Turpin, 1900One Shoe Blues Steven Stiller, 2004Original Rags Scott Joplin, 1899

Petra Sullivan, piano; Bub Sullivan, mandolin; Kitty Wilson, washboard

Pansy Blossoms Charles L. Johnson, 1909Manzanillo Alfred G. Robyn, 1891

“Sugar” Willie Erickson, piano; Edd Burhans, *vocal

Walkin’ in the Sunshine Roger Miller, 1947*Back Door Man Willie Dixon, 1960*S’Wonderful George & Ira Gershwin, 1927

“Sugar” Willie Erickson, piano; Merv Graham, *vocal, #violin

*#Coquette Johnny Green, Carmen Lombardo & Gus Kahn, 1928*In A Shanty in Old Shanty Town

Ira Schuster, Jack Little & Joe Young, 1932*(Back Home Again in) Indiana

Ballard MacDonald & James F. Hanley, 1917

Chris and Jack Bradshaw, four-hand piano; *Kitty Wilson, wash-board

Gloria Fred Hager & Justin Ring, 1923*Castle House Rag James Reese Europe, 1914*Pickles and Peppers Adaline Shepherd, 1906

Petra Sullivan, piano; Bub Sullivan, mandolin, #cümbüsh, *vo-cal; Kitty Wilson, washboard; Julia Riley, flute; Sue Desper, flute, ^piccolo;

The Anniversary Song Iosif Ivanovici, Al Jolson & Saul Chaplin, 1946#^Barber Pole Rag Charles L. Johnson, 1911Pearl of the Harem Harry P. Guy, 1901*By the Silvery Nile Charles L. Johnson & Jack Yellen, 1921#^Bunch O’ Blackberries Abe Holzman, 1899#Peacherine Rag Scott Joplin, 1901

Chris and Jack Bradshaw, four-hand piano; Petra Sullivan, violin; Bub Sullivan, cümbüsh; Kitty Wilson, washboard; Julia Riley, flute

Margery Charles N. Daniels, 1898Cleopha Scott Joplin, 1902Cleanin’ Up in Georgia Harry P. Guy, 1899

Richard Halliday, piano; “Sugar” Willie Erickson, tuba

improvisation Richard Halliday, 2010Basin Street Blues Spencer Williams, 1928

“Sugar” Willie Erickson, piano

San Antonio Rose Bob Wills, 1938

Jack Bradshaw, piano

Yellow Rose Rag Terry Waldo, 1976Oklahoma Rag Jack Bradshaw, 1974Country Rag Jack Bradshaw, 2004Charcoal S. Gibson Cooke, arr. Jack Bradshaw, 1903

Notice from Lorah Steiner

We would like to invite your members to fan our facebook page and follow the restoration of the historic John Willi-

am 'Blind' Boone Home. The project will include interpretive ex-hibits and a Tribute Garden that will honor people who's lives exemplify Boone's message of "Merit Not Sympathy Wins." We will have docent/actors who will portray Boone and important people in his life and of his time. The facebook page is: Blind Boone Restoration Project

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 mgraham@funkyfiddler.org

By Ken Ebi

Y oung James Shawcross was entered in-to the Auburn Symphony Young

Artist Competition, held in Auburn, Cali-fornia, under the direction of Maestro Mi-chael Goodwin. His first competition, the live audition, was held March 6th and the recital portion on April 24th of this year.

James played well enough to receive second place in his division. The eleven year old first place winner competes nation-ally and simply played marvelously and really gave James something to shoot for. It seems that he really loves to compete with others and really works hard to do his very best when he gets into a competitive situ-ation. James is starting to get a small, but faithful following and he just loves all of the attention. Young Shawcross continues to love to perform and it still shows with his ever bright smiles."

James hopes to enter more competi-tions next year and is very excited about his second place finish.

The recording of his second place fin-ish can be found on his YouTube Channel (ThePianoforever).

Press Release

The word is out and they’re coming from near and far to hear the Ophelia

Orchestra. Their Belmont and Woodland concerts represent a major event in the cal-endar of lovers of America’s original popu-lar music.

Why would someone come from Ore-gon, Missouri or Hawaii just to hear an or-chestra? If you’ve heard them, you know. If you haven’t heard them, you’d be wise to find out!

Considered among the very best rag-time and early jazz orchestras in the world, this top-notch ensemble of musicians deliv-ers exquisitely crafted renditions of early jazz and ragtime with skill, zest and fre-quent humor. The internationally ac-claimed pianist Morten Gunnar Larsen formed the orchestra with the concept of playing orchestral arrangements of ragtime, early jazz, show tunes and dance music of the early 1900’s as they were originally played. Larsen chose professional musi-cians from a wide variety of backgrounds - jazz, classical and theatre. Their sparkling, fresh and often amusing presentations of works by Eubie Blake, Jelly Roll Morton, Fats Waller, George Gershwin, and others will be “a delight to your eyes and candy to your ears” creating a joyful and unforget-table evening of music.

Tickets for Ophelia’s concerts may be obtained in advance for $25 for General Admission and $12 for Students 18 and un-der. For the Belmont concert, please send a self-addressed, stamped envelope and a check payable to P&J Concerts, 572 Quindell Way, Brentwood, CA 94513 be-fore June 2. For the Woodland concert, contact the Woodland Opera House box office at (530) 666-9617 or visit www.wood-landoperahouse.org to purchase tickets. Seats are reserved at the Opera House, so buy early for best selection.

For more information on either con-cert, call Pat Clemens at (925) 240-9728 or

email pnjpromo@aol.com. Any unsold tick-ets will be available for purchase at the door.

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We welcome new SRS member

Larry Karp

Seattle, Washington

Sergei Smirnov. Larisa is a lawyer who plays ragtime and with a name like Smirnov, there must be a joke in there somewhere. I’ve got nothing. They’ve both played at SRS before but haven’t been back in a while. You’ll get to hear them at the Ragtime Corners.

The fabulous Pacific Coast Ragtime Orchestra will play their “pretty darned good” ragtime and their off-shoot group, the Smalltimers, will entertain you big time!

Others you’ll be hearing include Joplin-specialist Steve Johnson, Sutter Creek’s Stevens Price, and youthful honky-tonker Tim Rotolo. There’s always room for surprise combinations and drop-ins from other Jazz Jubilee bands.

All this happens in two venues in Sac-ramento: On the mezzanine of the Hyatt Hotel, 1209 L Street (across from the Capit-ol at 12th Street) and at the Courtyard D’Oro (formerly the Art of Pasta) on Fire House Alley in Old Sacramento. There is a complete schedule on page five of this is-sue.

I know where I’ll be spending my Me-morial Day Weekend.

Waldo has performed and composed for many TV programs and films, includ-ing "The Tonight Show," the PBS Docu-mentary Storyville: The Naked Dance, and Ken Burns' PBS documentary Unforgiv-

able Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson. Waldo has produced and ar-ranged over 40 albums, including a rag-time orchestra album for BMG. He is currently working on albums for Chiaroscuro, GHB, and Delmark Records.

His This Is Ragtime, presently being re-published by Jazz at Lincoln Center, is the definitive book on the subject of ragtime, and it, along with his 26-part series of the same title produced for National Public Ra-dio, fueled the 1970s ragtime revival. Waldo's wide-ranging talents were show-cased in his one-man shows Eubie and Me and The Naked Dance: The Music of Storyville as well as Shake That Thing! and Waldo's 1927 Revue.

For more information on Waldo, visit his web site at: www.terrywaldo.com.

Press Release

Sat. and Sun., June 19 & 20. New York’s Terry Waldo, one of America’s

premiere presenters of ragtime and early jazz, performs in the parlor of the exquisite Brune-Reutlinger Victorian Palace in San Francisco. The performances will be Saturday the 19th and Sunday the 20th of June at 2:00 P.M. each day. Prepaid reservations are re-quired as seating is limited. The $25 per person admit-tance includes champagne and refreshments. Doors open at 1:30. Early arrival is recommended as parking is an issue.

To receive an invitation and reservation form with dir-ections to the parlor, contact Richard Reutlinger 415-346-8669 or Nan Bostick at rt-nan@earthlink.net.

Known for his virtuoso ragtime and stride piano play-ing, charming vocals, and dis-arming wit, Waldo is the protégé of the legendary Eubie Blake, who called Waldo an extension of my own mu-sical self" Waldo has played countless New York jazz clubs, including the legendary Cookery, Hanratty's, and Michaels's Pub, where he produced and starred in nine crit-ically acclaimed musical revues. He has ap-peared in concerts worldwide, including the Grand Parade du Jazz in Venice, George Wein's JVC Jazz Festival at Carne-gie Hall, and Jazz at Lincoln Center. Waldo recently appeared with the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall where he per-formed the world premier of The Eubie Blake Concerto.

AND the pianos started up--tentatively at first as not to awaken the few who yet to venture down the stairs. About 20 minutes later we all heard a familiar fuller sound coming from the piano rooms. Yep, Tom had made it on to the scene, proving that he can still play fabulously on very little sleep.

The entire weekend had a magical quality about it and Chip is eager to provide more Ragtime Retreat Weekends. Rumor has it that Tom Brier will be the next featured artist and that another week-end could be in the works, possibly as soon as this summer. Stay tuned for more in-formation as we get it. And thanks, Chip, for hosting such a wonderful event!

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by Chris Bradshaw

What do you call a week-end filled with music

that has it all--a marvelous con-cert, a jam that includes four pianos and assorted instru-ments, food to fit a king and tons of friends enjoying each other’s company? It’s the First Annual Skunk Hollow Rag-time Retreat that is a concert, mini-festival, and a sleepover all rolled into one. This new concept had an inspiring be-ginning at the beautiful Vic-torian home of Arlo “Chip” Lusby II, in Sutter Creek.

The weekend began with the “Larisa Migachyov and Friends” concert where Larisa hopped from one piano to another (there were 4 to choose from) performing classic rags such as Scott Joplin’s Paragon Rag, and Joseph Lamb’s Ragtime Nightingale to which Julia Riley added tasty flute embellish-ments. Interspersed between the classic rags were such goodies as Tom Brier’s lus-cious Perryville and Larisa’s own delightful food-named rags—Hot Chocolate which is dedicated to Larisa’s mother happens to be a personal favorite.

Other performers included on her con-cert were Tom Brier, Will Perkins, the Brad-shaw-Drivon Ragnolia Ragtette combo and Monty Suffern who came all the way from Texas to join in the fun. The last pieces from the first-half (Joseph Lamb’s Bohemia) and the end of the concert (The Entertainer by Scott Joplin) were pieces where everyone who wanted, could join in, and they did—in force—setting the stage for the rest of the weekend.

A delicious potluck supper followed the concert with Head Chef Steve Drivon organizing the kitchen and Robyn Drivon, setting down her tuba to take over duties, commanding the sink. Many others helped out as well. I don’t think anyone is going to forget the wonderful lasagna that Carl and Carol Matts provided for the occasion.

The meal was festive and varied and the eat-ing, along with the music, continued on throughout the night.

Taking up spots at the various pianos for a lively evening session were the afore-mentioned players plus a few other brave souls, and soon, other instruments came out of cases and the house was ready to roll. Pepper Rae on oboe, her granddaugh-ter Soleil Rae (the youngest player in the group at 15) on violin, and even a stray cla-rinet made its way into the hands of a re-cognizable piano player—who shall remain anonymous to protect the guilty.

Prior to the evening session, our con-genial host, Chip Lusby, had made arrange-ments for a SKYPE set-up for Danny Matson, whose recent health problems kept him from attending the Skunk Hol-low Retreat. For those who may not know, SKYPE is a site that allows for video to video connection between two computers with anyone in the world and it’s free. It’s like a phone call with video. So Danny was at his house in Wisconsin, in front of his computer where he could see and hear what was going on, and with several people on the Sutter Creek end taking turns with the computer video capture camera, Danny could see who was playing and quite liter-ally join the party. It made the whole even-

ing very special to have Danny there.

As the evening wore on, several people escaped upstairs to bed. (You have to ima-gine Chip’s upstairs as rooms full of beds where weary musicians could tuck in for the night.) Others stayed at a nearby hotel and by 2:00 A.M., when the last of the notes were played, three or four hardy, and dare I say “younger” souls, raided the kit-chen and stayed up to talk until at least 5:00 A.M. And isn’t that just what you’d ex-pect at a full-fledged slumber party?

By 9:00 A.M., morning came rushing in and the house came alive as we all gathered for breakfast. I have to say that Larisa sounded the get-up call much earlier when she stepped into an unexpected, icy cold shower. (Note to our wonderful host, Chip: Maybe turn on the hot water the next time around.)

Breakfast, that would have Monty man-ning the toaster, Steve, chopping, dicing ve-ggies, and whipping up eggs, along with supervising his crew of sou chefs, was hast-ily and “tastefully” underway. Robyn, neatly stationed at the sink to grab any-thing that needed washing, was a necessary and important member of the well-oiled team.

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by Doug Paker

Y ou may not think of the Pacific North-west as a “hotbed” of ragtime, but it

has its place in the history of our music. As some of you know, this writer relocated to Tacoma, Washington, about 35 miles south of Seattle, late last year. This city's claim to ragtime fame is that it is where pi-anist/bandleader/composer Joe Jordan spent his last years, during which time he primarily confined his activities to teach-ing. His “star pupil” was the late pianist Lois Delano, who in 1968 recorded an LP of Jordan compositions. (Don't know whether or not they have been reissued on CD.) The liner notes for this recording

by Cleve Baker

On Sunday afternoon, April 24, Scott Kirby from Sand Point, Idaho, gave a

moving and sparkling performance of rag-time and related pieces. About 45 people attended the First United Methodist Church for this wonderful concert in the chapel. Performing on a Steinway Grand, he held his audience in awe with the clarity and precision of his playing and his sensitiv-ity to the story expressed by the music. Scott Kirby is an artist through and through; he is a master concert pianist, a

composer, and a painter of beautiful land-scape scenery, examples of which he brought to the concert. Scott plays with feeling and with ease. His bass touch is light so that the melody line flows like a stream. No wonder the audience was enrap-tured by the beauty of the music.

Mr. Kirby introduced himself as a stu-dent of Americana, which encompasses the syncopation of American Ragtime but also borrows themes and rhythms from Latin American countries, e.g., Brazil, and the Caribbean, e.g., Cuba. In his program he played pieces that reflected syncopation in Latin and American pieces as well as Rag-time themes incorporated in folk music of Appalachia. He showed how syncopation was used in several waltzes, including one he wrote for his daughter, Carousel for Leah Marie. The common denominator in syn-copated music from all of the “American” regions was the influence of the African, whose music came with him in slavery.

Mr. Kirby opened his concert with Roberto Clemente, a modern piece by David Thomas Roberts. We then heard his own aforementioned composition, Carousel for Leah Marie, a light, cheerful waltz. He fol-lowed with El Capitan by John Phillip Souza with its striking change in marching rhythm between the first and second halves. We then heard James Scott’s Grace and Beauty, followed by Scott Joplin’s Beth-

ena, a syncopated waltz. His sparkling per-formance of Chevy Chase was an example of Ragtime originating on the East Coast. He then played a couple of Blues which sprang from the indigenous rural Black population of America. His first half of the program ended with Swipsey Cakewalk by Joplin, Heliotrope Bouquet by Louis Chau-vin and Joplin, and the Gladiolus Rag by Joplin.

The second half featured two numbers by Ernesto Nazareth, Odion and Brazilian Tango . He played pieces with Appalachian Blue Grass harmonics and a number of tunes with blends of Pan-American and syn-copated themes. The “railroad” beat was carried by Tom Shay’s Brun Campbell Ex-press . Inspired by driving across the desol-ate plains of central U.S.A. during a remarkable sunset, he composed a colorful piece with a Latin beat, Crepusculo, which brought a hearty applause from the audi-ence. At the end of his performance he re-turned to two American Composers, Eubie Blake, playing his rag in Cuban rhythm, Dream Rag , and finally a “folk Rag” by Jelly Roll Morton, Creole.

This concert ended with a standing ovation for Scott Kirby whose remarkable skill and sensitivity created an unforget-table concert of American and other music of the new world.

were written by Seattle pianist Dan Grinstead, who recorded a CD a few years ago with the “Evergreen Ragtime En-semble”.

Those of you who are “into” tradition-al jazz are aware that the Great Jazz Revival of the 1940s produced a number of fine ragtime pianists. One of these was the late Johnny Wittwer, who made some 78 rpm sides for the “Crescent” record label.

"Fast forward" to the weekend of April 22 to 25 of this year, when the excellent “Jazz In the Olympics” traditional jazz festiv-al took place in Port Angeles, Washington, located on the Strait of San Juan de Fuca. There were some examples of well-played

ragtime, which we will list as follows:

At A Georgia Camp Meeting (Kerry Mills), played by the Climax Jazz Band of Toronto, Canada. Ironically, this band does not use a piano, as their style and in-strumentation is of that jazz form called British trad. The Entertainer, as played by the Olympic Dixielanders, a group of local high school students, who also have atten-ded the annual jazz camp held in the Port Angeles area. This arrangement alternated solo and ensemble passages, with the piano solo parts played very well by the young lady pianist, whose name this writer did

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May 26 Virginia Tichenor and Marty EggersJun 2 John CocuzziJun 9 Ray SkjelbredJun 16 Jay PaulusJun 23 Frederick HodgesJun 30 Dr. Bach with Tom Brier

For more information call 916-987-7434 or e-mail Bs25ss28@aol.com

May 25 Virginia TichenorJun 1 Marty EggersJun 8 Ray SkjelbredJun 15 Crown SyncopatorsJun 22 Marty EggersJun 29 Frederick Hodges

For more information call 415-362-5125

Press Release

A reminder that the annual J.W. 'Blind' Boone Ragtime and Early Jazz

Festival is coming soon on the 9th and 10th of June in Columbia, Missouri. The complete festival schedule is available at motheatre.org.

The 2010 festival lineup includes Morten Gunnar Larsen and the Ophelia Orchestra, Svein Aarbostad, Paul Asro, Mimi Blais, Tom Brier, John Davis, Richard Dowling, John Gill, Johnny Harp-er, Frederick Hodges, Scott Kirby, Dave Ma-jchrzak, Reginald Robinson, Adam Swanson, Butch Thompson, Craig Ventresco, Terry Waldo, Kjell Waltman, and more. All events passes are only $90 and include an exclusive rooftop patio re-ception with the festival artists.

Lodging packages are available at the Regency Hotel Downtown, 1111 East Broadway in Colombia, MO, Call the hotel directly to secure the special group rate of $60 per night (single or double)-573-443-2090. Notify the clerk that reserva-tions are being made for guests of the “Blind Boone Ragtime Festival”.

More information can be had from the Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts, 203 S Ninth Street, Columbia MO 65201, 573-875-0600 or motheatre.org

not catch. Rose Marie Barr, the excellent pianist with the Uptown Lowdown Jazz Band, was featured, as she frequently is, in a solo performance of Harry Belding's Good Gravy Rag.

The most UNUSUAL performance of a ragtime tune, however, was by pianist Ray Skjelbred, with the New Orleans Ale(that is

NOT a typographical error) Stars (he also appeared with Bob Schulz' Frisco Band), on Charles Daniels' Hiawatha, which he played on a “dolceola”, which looks like a miniature piano keyboard attached to a zither, with the strings of the zither provid-ing the “action” for the keyboard. (Ray told this writer that these instruments haven't been made since 1904.) With Ray's strong left hand, the sound was like that of a guitar accompanying a toy piano. Wish Nan Bostick could have been there to hear this unusual treatment of “Uncle Charlie's” compositions.

A couple of jazz festivals are coming up which will feature some ragtime: first, in June in the town of Lacey, just north of Olympia, the Washington State capital, one of the groups featured will be the al-ways enjoyable “Ivory and Gold”, other-wise known as Jeff and Anne Barnhart. Then, in October, over the Columbus Day weekend, in the town of Kalispell, Montana, comes the “Glacier Stampede”, incorporating some ragtime in with a lot of good trad jazz. Point of interest: Karla West, who is a fine ragtime pianist, is the musical director of this festival; she also is the director of the “youth camp” men-tioned earlier in this report.

Ragtime is alive and well in the Pacific Northwest!

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Sunday Brad Kay, The Unurban, 3301 West Pico Boulevard, Santa Monica, 2:00–4:00 P.M.Sunday Devine's Jug Band, On the Corner Cafe, Divisadero & Oak, San Francisco, 2:00–4:00 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 Portland Ragtime Society, Elevated Coffee, 5261 Northeast M. L. King Blvd, Portland, OR, 3:00-6:00 P.M.1st Sunday Classic Ragtime Society of Indiana, Even-numbered months (e.g. February, April, etc.) only. For more info contact

Josi Beeler 317-359-6452, josibee@sbcglobal.net or Irene Weinberg 317-578-7883, turtleindy@aol.com.1st & 3rd Sunday—Sacramento Banjo Band, Straw Hat Pizza, 2929 Mather Field Rd, Rancho Cordova, 2:00–4:00 P.M.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. Call 303-655-9413 or 303-449-5962 for more information.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, $2 donation for others, 626-358-3231 or 818-766-2384Tuesday Ragtime and Vintage Piano Music, Pier 23, San Francisco (See separate listing)Tuesday Victorian Dances, Lake Merritt Dance Center Lounge – Oakland Veterans Bldg. 200 Grand Ave, Oakland, 7:00 P.M.

Beginning & Intermediate classes and dance. $8, For more info: 530-759-9278 or www.vintagewaltz.comTuesday Piano Ragtime Cutting Contest, Frederick's Music Lounge, 4454 Chippewa, St. Louis, MO, 7:00–9:00 P.M.

Contestants appear on the Ragtime St. Louis TV show. For more information 314-968-2635 or ragtimefest@aol.comWednesday Ragtime & Vintage Music, Straw Hat Pizza, Rancho Cordova, (See separate listing)Wednesday Craig Ventresco & Meredith Axelrod, Cafe Divine, 1600 Stockton St. (across from Washington Square) San Francisco,

7:30–9:30 P.M. 415-986-3414Wednesday East Bay Banjo Band, Round Table Pizza, 1938 Oak Park Blvd. Pleasant Hill, CA 7:30–8:30 P.M. 925-372-0553Wednesday Peninsula Banjo Band, La Paloma Negra, 685 E El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, 7:00 P.M., Info: 408-993-2263Wednesday Happy Time Banjos, Soprano's Pizza, 373 Main St., Redwood City, 7:00 P.M., Info: 408-253-36762nd Wednesday—Marty Eggers & Virginia Tichenor, Hot Ragtime & Classic Jazz Piano, The Belrose Theater, 1415 5th Ave. San Rafael

5:30–8:00 P.M. 415-454-6422 or 510-655-6728, Wine bar, beer & light food available. No cover charge.Thursday Oakland Banjo Band, Porky's Pizza Palace, 1221 Manor Blvd. (corner of Farnsworth) San Leandro, 7:30–9:30 P.M. 510-357-4323Friday Jerry Rothschild, Curley's Restaurant, corner Willow & Cherry, Signal Hill (So. Cal), 7:00–10:00 P.M. 562-424-0018

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.

23 Virginia Tichenor and The Bradshaws in concert, Old Town Music Hall, 140 Richmond Street, El Segundo, CA, 7:00 P.M.info: 310-322-2592

28-30* Ragtime Corners presented by the SRS, part of the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee, see story, page 1.

11 Ophelia Ragtime Orchestra from Norway, Woodland Opera House, Woodland, CA. 7:30 P.M.For information and tickets call the box office, 530-666-9617 or visit www.woodlandoperahouse.org.

12 Ophelia Ragtime Orchestra from Norway, Notre Dame de Namur University Theatre, Belmont, CA. 7:30 P.M.For information and tickets call Pat Clemens, 925-240-9728.

13 Crown Syncopators (Frederick Hodges, Virginia Tichenor & Marty Eggers) House Concert, John & Nadine Motto-Ros residence, 110 Allen Ranch Road, Sutter Creek, 1:00 PM, $20, info and reservations: 209-267-9252 or mottoros@sbcglobal.net

19 Jack & Chris Bradshaw, at the Villages, San Jose. 2:30 P.M. Tickets $10. Reservations required. Contact: 408-842-499019 & 20 Terry Waldo rags & jazzes up Reutlinger's Victorian Parlor in San Francisco. $25 prepaid reservations required. 2:00 P.M.

For invites/reservations: Richard Reutlinger 415-346-8669 or Nan Bostick <rtnan@earthlink.net>.27* Sacramento Ragtime Society, Red Lion Sacramento Inn, 1401 Arden Way, Sacramento, 1:00–4:00 P.M. 916-457-3324

4 All-American Ragtime Blast to benefit the U.S.O. First Baptist Church of Menlo Park, 1100 Middle (at Arbor) in Menlo Park.Featured performers: Nick Robinson and Dennis Pash of the Ragtime Skedaddlers, percusisonist Pete Devine,pianist Nan Bostick, and other special guests. Donations gratefully accepted. 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. BBQ follows at 5:00 ($5).Info: Carol at 650-323-8544 or cjmaslin@juno.com. Map at: www.firstbaptist.com

SACRAMENTO RAGTIME SOCIETY

SACRAMENTO RAGTIME SOCIETY

c/o Merv GrahamPO Box 2286Grass Valley CA 95945

Mondays The Ragtime Machine, KUSF, 90.3 FM, San Francisco. 9:00—10:00 P.M. Host: David Reffkin, www.kusf.orgSundays Syncopation Station, KDHX 88.1 FM, St. Louis, Missouri, 4:00—5:30 P.M. Host: Vann Ford, www.kdhx.orgThursdays Ragtime America, KGNU, 88.5 FM, Boulder, Colorado, 8:00—9:00 P.M. Host: Jack Rummel. www.kgnu.orgContinuous Rocky Mountain Ragtime, Ragtime 24 hours a day, www.live365.com/stations/rmragtime

Friday Keith Taylor, Mad Matilda's, 1917 Main St, Baker City, Oregon. For information call 541-519-4072Friday 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. to Midnight. 650-326-6265, Check web site to confirm time and location, www.fridaynightwaltz.com2nd Friday Chico's Ragtime/Tin Pan Alley Sessions, The Terraces, 2750 Sierra Sunrise Terrace, Chico, 6:30–8:30 P.M.

Contact: Bernie or Bob LoFaso 530-894-6854, b_lofaso@hotmail.com4th Friday Vintage Dance & Waltz Lessons, Finnish Hall, 1970 Chestnut, Berkeley, $6 for dance; $8 lesson & dance

8:00 P.M. Lesson; 9:00 P.M. to midnight, Dance. For more info: 530-759-9278 or www.vintagewaltz.com1st Saturday Bitterroot Valley Ragtime Society, Hamilton Public House, Victor, Montana, 4:00–6:00 P.M.

For more info call 406-961-3245 or visit www.bitterroot-ragtime.com1st Saturday San Francisco Starlight Orchestra, [Feb, May, Aug & Nov only] Strawberry Recreation Center, 118 East Strawberry Drive,

Mill Valley, $20. 7:00–8:00 P.M. Complimentary Dance Lessons with Cynthia Glinka, 8:00–11:00 P.M.General dancing; Soft drinks and desserts available or BYO spread.Contacts: 707-973-6107, 415-485-5500 (Cynthia Glinka) or 415-285-8409 (Lucia & Duke Edwards).

1st Saturday San Francisco Banjo Band, Molloy's, 1655 Mission Road, Colma, 7:30 P.M. Info: 650-692-78782nd Saturday The Valley Ragtime Stomp, Henri's Restaurant, 21601 Sherman Way, Canoga Park, CA , 1:00–4:00 P.M.

Info: Ron Ross at ragtimeron@earthlink.net2nd Saturday East Bay Waltz, Veterans bldg, 200 Grand ave (at Harrison), Oakland, 7:00 p.m.–midnight. Info: eastbaywaltz.com3rd Saturday Mother Lode Ragtime Society, Sutter Creek Ice Cream Emporium, 51 Main St. (Hwy 49), Sutter Creek CA,

7:30–9:30 P.M. [Odd numbered months only] For more information call 209-267-0543 or sodajerk@volcano.net3rd Saturday Cascade Ragtime Society–Ragtime Jam, Noah's Ark, Winston, Oregon [Even numbered months only] 541-784-1261