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ST. LOUIS
RAGTIME FESTIVAL
(Taken from the May, 2000 Euphony
Review.)
The 2000 St. Louis Ragtime Festival will be held,
as last year, on the second weekend of September, the dates of which are
September 9 and 10. The venue again will be the accoustically-divine Ethical
Society.
To ensure diversity, a radically different line-up
will be showcased this year, featuring three pianists and three ensembles.
Last year we were treated to the pianistic Fireworks of Tony Caramia;
this year's featured virtuoso is not one iota less of a pianist extraordinaire,
none other than Novelty Ragtime connoisseur Alex Hassan, of the Library
of Congress Music Library. In addition, nimble-fingered pianist-composer
Reginald Robinson of Chicago, who at the tender age of 25 has composed
over 100 rags and recorded 3 CD's for Delmark Records, and our own Jan
Hamilton Douglas, renowned house musician at the Scott Joplin House State
Historic Site, will perform.
The ensembles to be featured this year include:
the Turpin Tyme Ragsters, a wonderful six-piece concert band from Kansas
City; the Et Cetera String Band, a three piece group from the border country
of Western Missouri and Eastern Kansas, which has dazzled our ears for
years with a folksy barn dance style of ragtime interjected with music
of the Caribbean which, astonishingly, blends well into the ragtime repertoire;
and the Elite Syncopators of Indianapolis, a four piece group led by the
phenomenal pianist Terry Parrish, who have been featured for years on
the Goldenrod Showboat.
But that is not all! The St. Louis Vintage Dance
Association will accompany the Turpin Tyme Ragsters, demonstrating dances
of the Ragtime Era, providing dance instruction to all who wish to take
advantage of this unique opportunity.
AND....the young winners of the St. Louis Ragtime
Piano Competition will be given the opportunity to showcase their budding
talent. ALL brought to you, at no charge (makes up for Treemonisha, huh?),
by your friendly friends, the Friends of Scott Joplin! The Ragtime for
Tulsa Foundation presents the millennium talents of Mimi Blais and Jeff
Barnhart in our RAGTIME 2000 CONCERT, June 6th, in the John H. Williams
Theater of the Performing Arts Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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