www.SacramentoRagtime.com GaleD@arc.losrios.edu

530-758-6697

NEXT MEETING

The October SRS meeting will be held on it’s regular

last Sunday of the month, October 30, 2011

in J.B.’s Lounge at the Red Lion Sacramento Inn

1401 Arden Way, Sacramento from 1:00 to 4:00 pm

Written With Prejudice…………… 1 September 25

th SRS Session …. 2

Tom Brier 1987 ……..…………….. 3 Brier Compositons ……...……….. 4 Youth Competition .…….………… 6

By Julia Riley All my life I have never been described as a fan. I was not a fan of movie stars or other public figures. That being said, I must state right at the beginning that I am definitely and forever a Tom Brier Fan. It is said that “familiarity breeds contempt.”, but where Tom is con- concerned, the opposite is true. I have only the greatest admiration for Tom and his incredible talent. He is definitely one of the good guys. (I was warned, by the subject of this article, that I should refrain from gushing but this may be an impossible instruct- ion to follow). My early memories of Tom are few other than remembering how he blew everyone away at SRS with his tremendous talent. One of my earliest memories was seeing him play at the Pianorama of the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee when he was fourteen. He had no problem holding his own with the other older, more experienced, well-known musicians. His performances were fiery and spectacular. It was like a “Mozart of Ragtime” had been dropped among us and we were all in awe. Another memory was of hearing a college-age Tom play at a music festival (the place and time are somewhat hazy here) where he played one of his compositions. I only remember that it had three parts and one of the parts was not the rapid-fire music which usually emanated from his

mind and fingers, but was slower and very musical. I was very impressed. During a lull in the festival I remember telling him how much I enjoyed his music. As I remember it, Tom ducked his head and mumbled something in his usual modest fashion The first time I performed with Tom x was probably eight or x nine years ago. It was a a 30 minute set at the t old Ragtime Corner in thet the lobby of the Hyatt.

I can only say that if you are not a musician and have never played with Tom, you cannot imagine what that ex- perience is like. I don’t know what to compare it to. Somehow Tom pushes you to do things that you didn’t know you could do. He seems to bring out

the best performance in each col- laborator. His creativity at the keyboard sparks each fellow performer and creates a whole greater than the sum of the parts. Since then, it has been my pleasure to play with Tom many, many times and I don’t find it any less pleasurable than the first time. I just know that I have been incredibly blessed by the experience. When the Raspberry Jam Band came together, it was simply a result of getting together with friends over the New Year’s holiday and having a little spontaneous jam session. Usually solo musicians do not make the transition from soloist to ensemble player so successfully. The inclination to be the soloist usually does prevail and does See PREJUDICE continued on Page 6

IN THIS ISSUE

Deborah Gale, Editor October 2011

Tom Brier

Written with Prejudice

Coquette Gus Kahn – Carmen Lombardo

& John W. Green, 1928

Is It True What They Say About Irving Caesar, Sammy Lerner & Trilby Rag Carey Morgan, 1915

Dixie? Gerald Marks, 1936 Sweet Man Roy Turk – Maceo Pinkard, 1925

The Barber Pole Rag Charles L. Johnson, 1909

The Hedgehogs Minus One

piano Gladiolus Rag Scott Joplin, 1907

The Faun George L. Cobb, 1921 Little Wabash Special Tom Shea, 1964

Cat’s Eye In The Night Louis Alter, 1955 Russian Rag George L. Cobb, 1918

That Sentimental Rag Mabel Tilton, 1913

Some Little Bug Is Going To Benjamin Hapgood Burt & Roy A Hot Old Time In Ragtown Charles B. Brow n, 1899

Find You Atw ell – Silvio Hein, 1915 *It Took A Wild Wild Woman To Charles F. Harrison – Anton

Make A Tame Man Out of Me Lada & Spencer Williams, 1921

Tom Brier, piano Zacatecas Genaro Codina, 1891

Fiddlesticks Rag Al B. Coney, 1912

Carpet Rags R. W. Conner, 1903

Cepheus (The Constellations Neil Blaze & Tom Brier, 2009

Part One) *How About You Ralph Freed, Burton Lane, 1941

Triangulum (The Constellations Neil Blaze & Tom Brier, 2009 Angry Dudley Mecum, Jules Cassard,

Part Tw o) Henry & Merrit Brunies, 1925

Would You Like To Take A Mort Dixon & Joe Young – Harry

Walk Warren, 1930

Chestnut Valley Rag Trebor Tichenor, 1966 Blue Egypt George L. Cobb, 1928

Stompin’ the Grapes Trebor Tichenor, 1993

Deep In The Ozarks Trebor Tichenor, 1993

The Wayward Blues Tom Brier, 2009

Cripes! Tom Brier, 2005

piano

By The Beautiful Sea Harold R. Atteridge – Harry

Carroll, 1914

Ragamuffin Romeo Harry De Costa – Mabel

Wayne 1930

Tom Brier, piano

Sue Desper, f lute; Julia Riley, f lute & piccolo; Bub Sullivan,

cümbüsh; Petra Sullivan, violin; Kitty Wilson, w ashboard;

Tom Brier, piano

Virginia Tichenor , piano

Robyn Drivon, tuba; Bub Sullivan, mandolin & *vocal; Petra

Sullivan, piano

Julia Riley, f lute & piccolo; Kitty Wilson, w ashboard; Tom Brier,

piano; *Helen Burns , vocal

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

Julia Riley, f lute & piccolo; Kitty Wilson, w ashboard; Tom Brier,

Bub Sullivan, vocal; Petra Sullivan, violin

Virginia Tichenor , piano

Julia Riley, f lute & piccolo; Kitty Wilson, w ashboard; Tom Brier

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The theme of the September Sacramento Ragtime Society Meeting, providing it had a theme at all, could have been “Adventures with Bub and Petra (Sullivan), Jack and Chris (Bradshaw), and Robin and Steven (Drivon), and Jeff (Barnhart)”. Pictures of this group’s recent trip to Europe were featured prominently and perpetually on a screen at the front of the room during the meeting after some technical obstacles were overcome by presenter, Robin Drivon. In the middle of the afternoon this picture show was accompanied by a running dialogue by Bub Sullivan while he was accompanied by his ever-so-lovely spouse, Petra, on the piano. He related the details of their enjoyable and productive trip to Europe, especially at the home of Martin Jaeger, where all were apparently treated like royalty. (I know who I am going to visit when I go there next!) As a result of this trip, the winner of the student music competition in Switzerland will be coming to the West Coast Ragtime Festival in November. The other outstanding event of the afternoon was an exhortation by Bill Schoening for members to support music events that come to our area. Our area has many opportunities for hearing quality music in the form of house concerts and other venues too numerous to mention. Bill is the supporter and organizer of the concerts every Wednesday night in Rancho Cordova at the Straw Hat Pizza on Mather Field Road. Many well-known local and not-so-local musicians entertain at this venue including such favorites as Tom Brier, Virginia Tichenor, Marty Eggers, and Frederick Hodges – to mention only a few. These events are listed in our monthly newsletters. Bill indicated that we may be taking the musical gifts, which are so predominant in our area, for granted and encouraged members to support these events. Hear, hear!!

September 25, 2011 SRS Session

By Tom Brier & Julia Riley

♫ ♫ ♫

TOM BRIER

“Ragtime Tommy” A Kid Born To Play Ragtime

By Warren Brier

From the Sacramento Ragtime Society Newsletter, November, 1987 Tommy’s Grandma and Great-Grandpa were both musicians. Great Grandpa Kumle, who passed away many years before Tommy was born, taught himself to play the violin, guitar, and piano and helped his mother run a boarding house catering to miners in the Brown’s Valley area in the 1880’s and the “gay 90’s.” Great Grandpa would play in a small band for weekend dances at the boarding house and was very proud of the fact that he was a member of a rough neck club who called themselves “Wild Hog Glory.” Great Grandpa’s favorite tunes were “Red Wing” and “The Band Played On.”

Tommy’s Grandma was born in a mining camp called “Mississippi Bar” which is now under the waters of the American or Sacramento River in Eastern Sacramento and grew up in the exciting era of the last California gold mining phases prior to World War II.

Great Grandpa was Superintendent of Gold Mining Operations for the LaGrange Gold Dredging Corporation during the “Roaring Twenties” and knew many colorful characters. Grandma took piano lessons at an early age and enjoyed playing popular music until her untimely death in 1981 when Tommy was 9 years old. When Tommy would stay at his Grandma’s house, they would sit together at her little spinet and Grandma would play. I am sure that these treasured experiences inspired Tommy and made him determined to learn to play the piano. Without doubt, the die was cast when we purchased and installed in our home a beautiful Schubert player piano, a genuine antique and professionally restored. Carol and I immediately scoured the flea markets and antique stores for playable piano rolls and ultimately purchased many good quality piano rolls from Q.R.S. Company. Tommy was about four and a half years old when this event took place and was always as close as he could get and usually was in the way when the family was pumping the Schubert and enjoying “Magnetic Rag,” “Maple Leaf Rag,” “The Cascades” and so on and would beg to be allowed to play. Finally he would be propped up on the piano bench with the roll of his choice installed with his legs just barely able to reach the pedals and would do his best to pump the mechanism. Gradually he got the hang of it and before long he could pump as well as the grownups and his endurance was always amazing. In short order Tommy proved his ability to be responsible with the player piano and was allowed the use of it at any time he felt like playing. Tommy would make his piano roll selection, usually Ragtime, and play by the hour, which is quite a feat as anyone with a player piano will know. He was so impressed with the punched paper rolls making all that music, and he even invented games using his mother’s rolls of waxed paper. This was a novelty! Feature pulling out some waxed paper to wrap

a sandwich only to discover that it was punched from one end to the other like a piano roll!

Well, needless to say, Carol would pick up a few rolls of waxed paper at the store just for Tommy’s “creations” and the family supply would remain safe from violation. Since Tommy was so insistent that he be allowed to play the old player, naturally he got the job. The grownups had discovered how much work was involved in making music. Gradually, Carol and I became aware that after playing one of his favorite tunes, Tommy would somehow rewind enough of the roll to quickly replay the last few bars of the tune. Since the piano player was generally not visible because of the way the piano faced, we assumed that Tommy would rewind a bit and quickly play the last few bars of a rune which can be tough on the re-wind mechanism of a player piano. After speaking to Tommy several times about this practice, Carol decided to catch him “red handed” in the act and put a stop to it once and for all. Finally the opportunity came, but instead of a lecture Carol called, “Warren, come in here and look at this!” We were both astounded! Tommy was playing through the roll and at the same time watching the See TOMMY continued on Page 6

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Year Title 2007 A Fable (four piece suite)

(In Print)

1994 A Southern Frolic

1988 Almond Blossom Waltz

1994 Alpine Rag

2011 Amber Ridge

1997 Anaconda (Amazon Rag) (with Eric Marchese) (In Print)

1982 Apple Leaf Rag

2009 Arcadia

1999 Aurora (In Print) 2003 Autumn Leaf Rag (with

Neil Blaze) 2005 Back In Business (with

Riccardo La Spina)

2001 Balderdash!

2000 Bitter Roots

2004 Blackberry Fox Trot (In Print)

2003 Blue Lampshade

1988 Blue Ribbon Rag

2007 Blue Sahara (In Print)

2006 Blue Willow

1991 Brass Rail Rag

2001 Breadline Blues (In Print)

1991 Brier Patch Rag (In Print)

1987 Busy Bee Rag

1997 Calaveras Rag (with Eric Marchese) (In Print)

1997 Calimyrna Rag

1999 Camellia Fox Trot (In Print)

1996 Candlelight

2000 Capitol Mall Stomp (with Eric Marchese) (In Print)

2005 Capstone (A Classic Rag) (with Neil Blaze)

2010 Carmine

2007 Cedar Crest (In Print)

2004 Cedar Valley Strut

1993 Chicken 'n Dumplins

2008 Clearwater Rag

2000 Clover Land Rag

1995 Consistency Rag (with Eric Marchese) (In Print)

2008 Cookie-Cutter Rag (In Print)

1999 Coriander Rag

2009 Corn Chowder

Year 2004

Title Cornflower Rag

1998 Cranberry Blues (with Eric Marchese) (In Print)

2005 Cripes!

1998 Crunchin' the Keys (with Eric Marchese) (In Print)

1988 Cumquat

2003 Cypress Fox Trot

1993 Dew Drop Rag

1989 Diego's Rag (In Print)

1987 Dizzy Dog Rag

1996 D-Lite

2006 Doghouse Blues (In Print)

1992 Don't Ask Me

2003 Driftwood (In Print)

2009 Elbow Grease

2004 Elephant Tracks

2000 Emporium Rag

1988 Energetic Rag

2009 Esmeralda

2006 Evening Mist (In Print)

2006 Felton

1988 Fireworks Rag (In Print)

1997 Frisky Fingers (In Print)

1994 Frivolous Frank

2000 Front Porch Rag

2001 Fumble Fingers

1988 Gardenia Rag

1999 Get Down

2003 Golden Gate Rag (with Gil Lieberknecht and Kathi Backus)

1999 Goldeneye Rag (In Print)

1986 Graduation Rag

2007 Green Clover (with Neil Blaze, Eric Marchese and Galen Wilkes) (In Print)

1988 High Step Rag

2007 Hot Rod Tommy (with Vincent Johnson) (In Print)

1991 Hot-Sauce One Step

1988 Humming Bird Rag (In Print)

2001 Imperial Fox Trot

2003 Jasmine

1989 Jubilee Rag Fox-Trot

1991 Juniper Rag

1992 Just Peachy (In Print)

Year 1994

Title Keyboard Kutups (with Eric Marchese) (In Print)

1983 King Rag

2003 Knucklehead Blues

1991 La Paleta (In Print)

1987 Lazy Days

1994 Light-House Rag (In Print)

1995 Liz's Rag (In Print)

2002 Lone Pine (Waltz)

1997 Lucky Me

1984 Magnolia Ragtime Waltz

1992 Mahogany Rag

1994 Meatballs (with Eric Marchese) (In Print)

2009 Meditation

2001 Melted Pumpkins (A Baroque Novelty) (with Eric Marchese) (In Print)

1994 Millennium Rag (with Eric Marchese) (In Print)

2000 Monkey Blues

2001 Moon Shadows (In Print)

2005 Morning Glory

1998 Morning Star (with Eric Marchese) (In Print)

2006 Myrmidon (with Neil Blaze)

1989 New Wave Rag

1996 Nightshade

2006 No Foolin' (In Print)

2004 November Rain

1997 Oceanside Rag

2006 October Sunset (In Print)

1986 Oh! That Sparkling Rag

2000 Old Hickory

2001 Oleander 1984 Olga Rag

2006 Olivewood Fox Trot (In Print)

2002 On the Midway

1996 One Too Many (In Print)

2008 Orion (with Neil Blaze) 1994 Over the Top

1990 Pacific Waltz

2006 Parallelograms (In Print)

1987 Partytime Rag

2008 Peril In Pantomime (In Print)

2002 Perryville (In Print)

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Compositions of Tom Brier through 2010

Year 1982

Title Pine Cone Rag (In Print)

2005 Pine Creek Rag

1998 Pratfalls

1996 Prim and Proper (In Print)

1987 Proud and Perfect Rag

2003 Pure and Simple

2009 Quilted Quail 2007 Quintessence (with Neil

Blaze)

1989 Quittin' Time

1987 Ragging To Sacramento 1991 Rainy Day Blues (In Print)

1994 Razor Blades (In Print)

1987 Red Roadster Rag 2000 Reminiscence

1991 Reverie Rag

2004 Rhythmodik

2007 Riff Raff (with Neil Blaze)

1990 Rising Star (In Print)

2005 River Mill Waltz

1986 Riverboat Rag (In Print)

1991 Rocky Mountain Rag

1987 Romantic Rag

1990 Rose Blossoms

1991 Rubber Band Rag (It's A Snap!)

1997 September Breeze

1987 Serenity Waltz

1990 Shoe String Rag

1988 Shooting Star Rag

1986 Sierra Rag

2010 Silver Spring (Waltz)

1999 Skeletons In the Closet 1998 Skipping Along

2001 Skunk Hollow Rag (In Print)

1995 Sonora Rag (In Print)

2010 Southern Tradition

2005 Spasmodic

1997 Squish It

1993 Stanislaus Rag

2006 Step It Up (In Print)

2002 Stone Creek Rag

2005 Strollin'

2008 Sublimity (Waltz)

2010 Sugar Daddy

1994 Summer View

1987 Sundown Rag (In Print)

1998 Sunlight and Shadow (In Print)

Year 2000

Title Sutter Blues

2010 Sweet And Savory

1999 Sylvia Waltz

1988 Symphonic Rag

1995 Syncopated Musings (three piece suite)

2003 Szechuan-On-The-Left

2007 Terra Vertigo (In Print)

1996 That Temperamental Rag

2009 The Constellations (four piece suite) (with Neil Blaze): Cepheus, Triangulum, Cassiopeia, Cetus

1995 The Country Rose (with Eric Marchese) (In Print)

2003 The Courtyard Waltzes

2005 The Creeper

2009 The Crescent Moon 2009 The Fairview Waltz

1995 The Garden Walk (In Print)

1993 The Glenbrook Waltz

2000 The Green Meadow

2005 The High-Roller (with Neil Blaze)

1989 The Idaho Rag (In Print)

1991 The Mountain Spring Waltzes

1988 The Oakdale Tickler

2000 The Palisades (with Neil Blaze)

2000 The Panther Pounce (with Eric Marchese)

2000 The Pescadero Prance 1989 The Pierpoint Waltzes

2008 The Prowler

1990 The Roll Toss Rag

1997 The Rye Patch

1994 The Shimmering Waltz

2008 The Stygian Waltzes (with Neil Blaze) (In Print)

1998 The Twister

1994 The Vulture Rag

2009 The Wayward Blues

1984 The West Side Rag

1994 The Willow Wood

1991 The X-I-Ting Rag

1992 Thorns and Thistles (A Sharp Rag)

Year 1989

Title Tiger Lily Rag (In Print)

2009 Tokyo Turkey

1987 Tranquility Rag

1997 Treble Trouble 1992 Twilight

1990 U-Bet

2003 Uncle Ben's Cakewalk (In Print)

1989 Valiant Rag

1997 Vision of Beauty 1991 Wellington Rag

2009 Whiskeytown Rag

1999 White Lightning

2008 Willow Creek

1997 Wind 'Em Up

2003 Woodbridge Rag

2010 Worthless Blues

2005 Y-Knot (In Print)

1988 Yosemite Rag

2006 You Said It (In Print)

1990 Zipper Rag

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Pier 23 Tuesdays 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Embarcadero (at Filbert) San Francisco

November

1 Virginia Tichenor 8 The Crown Syncopators 15 Marty Eggers 29 Frederick Hodges

♫ ♫ ♫

Straw Hat Pizza Wednesdays 6:30 to 9:00 p.m

2929 Mather Field Road Rancho Cordova

November

2 Maihack, Ringwald & Willie 9 Snell, Pepper & Friends 16 Dicke, Coots & Eggers 23 Paulus’ Society Jazz Orch 30 Frederick Hodges

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Compositions of Tom Brier through 2010 - Continued

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Prejudice Continued from page 1 prevail and does not allow other musicians in the group to shine. Tom had no problem making this transition. In fact, he has been so successful in this regard that he now plays jazz with Dr. Bach’s Jazz Practitioners on a fairly steady basis. He has also made the transition from ragtime to jazz look effortless and easy. Not only has he played with that jazz group, but when he sits in with other groups, he effortlessly adapts his style to theirs. I can see the look on the faces of the members of these bands when Tom plays with them and I understand the delight they have experienced in playing with him. Tom is an extraordinary performer but he is an equally extraordinary composer. Some performers compose and some composers perform, but very few do both things equally well. Tom’s composing skills and performing skills are equally impressive. As he matures as a composer, his music becomes ever more complex and intriguing. Many composers can be identified by hearing their work, but Tom’s compositions are so varied, that is not the case with his music. Just when you think you understand where he is going with music, he will compose something totally “out of character” – some simple-and-yet-complex, beautiful, contemplative piece or a novelty piano toe-tapper or a fiery, finger-buster with unexpected twists and turns. At the very least, you would have to say that Tom Brier is an immense talent that we are very privileged to have among us. To this I’m sure he would say, “Ah, shucks. You are biased.” To which, I would reply, “No, I’m right.”

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Tommy Continued from page 3 player mechanism operate the keys. With close attention and practice, he had learned which keys to put his fingers on and strike and was actually playing the music so like the player piano, we could not tell the difference. He was five years old. Shortly after, Tommy’s Kinder-garten teacher contacted Carol and urged us to arrange for piano lessons and recommended a piano teacher whom we contacted. Tommy took lessons for eight years, 1977 through 1985, and interestingly, she never allowed Tommy to play Ragtime at recitals. Occasionally, one of the other students was allowed this privilege and, of course, this was rough on Tom. His teacher made sure all his lessons were of the classical nature. No doubt she was aware of his interest in Ragtime, but I am sure she made certain his lessons were well rounded so he would develop properly. Tom’s Grandpa presented him with Great-Grandpa’s Wellington upright piano in recognition of his obvious talent. We had it overhauled in 1985. After the technician had completed his repairs, he asked Tom to sit down and play a tine to see if he approved of the action and tuning. Tom sat down and, of course, selected a classical Ratgime tune. After Tom performed several more tunes at the technicians request, the technician asked to use our telephone. He placed a call to Alex Rogers and asked him to come over and listen to Tom. Alex told us of the Sacramento Ragtime Society and put us in touch with Larry Applegate and the family joined the SRS.

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It was also reported in the SRS November 1987 Newsletter: “Tom Brier was the first musician to bravely attempt to play the poor quality piano. He played three of his own compositions: “The Westside Rag,” “Magnolia Ragtime Waltz” and “Dizzy Dog Rag.” He also played “Smokey Mokes,” “Graduation Rag,” and “Peacherine Rag.”

7th

Annual WCRS Youth Competition

Saturday, November 5, 2011 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

By Chris Bradshaw

Do you like kids? Do you enjoy ragtime? How about kids playing ragtime? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, this event is for you. Come join us for a day of absolute joy as 65 kids play their hearts out at the 7th Annual West Coast Ragtime Society Youth Competition. This year’s competition will be held on Saturday, November 5 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the Sierra Room of the Red Lion Hotel in Sacramento The day is divided into 4 separate competitions. The children play, there is a little break while the judges deliberate, followed by an awards ceremony. Here is the schedule for the day: 10:00 a.m. - Division 1 - ages 8 to 10 - performing teaching rags 11:00 a.m. - Division 2B (Classic) - ages 11-14 - performing classic rags as written 2:00 p.m. - Division 2A (Junior) - ages 11-14 - performing published arranged or teaching rags. 2:45 p.m. - Division 3 - ages 15-18 - performing class rags Feel free to come and go as you please or to spend the whole day. I might add that this competition is where both Vincent Johnson and Will Perkins got their start. Both winners are launched and out of the competition this year. Come cheer on the next budding ragtime stars.

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25th

West Coast Ragtime Festival

November 18-20, 2011

Red Lion Sacramento Inn 1401 Arden Way, Sacramento, CA

www.westcoastragtime.com

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Ragtime Calendar

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 can list them.

SPECIAL EVENTS

OCTOBER 2011

30* Sacramento Ragtime Society Session, Red Lion Sacramento Inn, 1401 Arden Way, Sacramento,

1:00-4:00 PM, Free, Info: 530.758-6697 or www.SacramentoRagtime.com

NOVEMBER 2011

5 7th

Annual West Coast Ragtime Society Youth Competition, Sierra Room, Red Lion Sacramento Inn, 1401

Arden Way, Sacramento, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, Free. 12 Morton Gunnar Larsen, Parlor Piano Concert, Reutlinger Victorian Home, San Francisco, 2:00 pm, $25,

Info & Reservations: 925-240-9728. Advance reservations required. 13 Morton Gunnar Larsen, Parlor Piano Concert, Reutlinger Victorian Home, San Francisco, 2:00 pm, $25,

Info & Reservations: 925-240-9728. Advance reservations required. 18-20 West Coast Ragtime Festival, Red Lion Sacramento Inn, 1401 Arden Way, Sacramento, Info:

www.westcoastragtime.com

DECEMBER 2011

18* Sacramento Ragtime Society Session, Red Lion Sacramento Inn, 1401 Arden Way, Sacramento,

1:00-4:00 PM, Free, Info: 530-758-6697 or www.SacramentoRagtime.com www.westcoastragtime.com

JANUARY 2012

22 Ragnolia Ragtette & Tom Brier, Old Town Music Hall, 140 Richmond St., El Segundo, CA, $20, Info:

310-322-2590 29* Sacramento Ragtime Society Session, Red Lion Sacramento Inn, 1401 Arden Way, Sacramento,

1:00-4:00 PM, Free, Info: 530-758-6697 or www.SacramentoRagtime.com

REGULAR EVENTS

1

st & 3

rd Sunday Sacramento Banjo Band, Straw Hat Pizza, 2929 Mather Field Rd, Rancho Cordova, 2:00-4:00 pm.

1st Sunday Pacific Coast Ragtime Orchestra, Casa de Flores, 737 Walnut St., San Carlos, 4:00-6:00pm, $10 donation at

door, Info: 650-355-1731 or 650-593-2284, [Even numbered months only]. Price includes light refreshments. 1

st Sunday Portland Ragtime Society, Elevated Coffee, 5261 Northeast M. L. King Blvd., Portland, OR, 3:00-6:00 pm.

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 pm. 1

st Sunday Classic Ratgime Society of Indiana, [Even-numbered months only] Info: Josi Beeler 317-359-6452,

josibee@sbcglobal.net or Irene Weinberg 317-578-7883 or turtleindy@aol.com. Last Sunday Rose Leaf Ragtime Club, Aztex Hotel’s Mayan Restaurant, 311 W. Foothill Blvd., Monrovia, 2:00-5:00 pm,

Donation, participating musicians free. Info: 626-358-3231 or 818-766-2384. Sunday Devine’s Jug Band, On the Corner Café, Divisadero & Oak, San Francisco, 2:00-4:00 pm. Tuesday Ragtime & Vintage Piano Music, Pier 23, San Francisco, 5:00-8:00 pm (See separate listing). Tuesday Victorian Dancers, Lake Merritt Dance Center Lounge-Oakland Veterans Bldg., 200 Grand Ave., Oakland, 7:00

pm. Beginning & Intermediate classes, $8. Info: 530-759-9278 or www.wintagewaltz.com. 2

nd Wednesday Marty Eggers & Virginia Tichenor-Hot Ragtime & Classic Jazz Piano, The Belrose Theater, 1415 15

th Ave.,

San Rafael, 5:30-8:00 pm, Info: 415-454-6422 or 510-655-6728, no cover charge. Wine bar, beer & light food. Wednesday Happy Time Banjos, Soprano’s Pizza, 373 Main St., Redwood City, 7:00 pm, Info: 408-253-3676. Wednesday Peninsula Banjo Band, Harry’s Hofbrau, 390 Saratoga Ave, San Jose, 7:00 pm, Info: 4008-993-2263. Wednesday Craig Ventresco & Meredith Axelrod, Café Devine, 1600 Stockton St. (across from Washington Square), San

Francisco, 7:30-9:30 pm, Info: 415-986-3414. Wednesday East Bay Banjo Band, Round Table Pizza, 1938 Oak Park Blvd, Pleasant Hill, 7:30-8:30 pm, Info 925-372-0553. Wednesday Ragtime & Vintage Music, Straw Hat Pizza, 2929 Mather Field Road, Rancho Cordova, 6:30-9:00 pm,

Info: 916-987-7434 or email Bs25ss28@aol.com.

c/o Deborah Gale 2028 East 8th St Davis, CA 95618

REGULAR EVENTS - Continued Thursday Oakland Banjo Band, Porky’s Pizza Palace, 1221 Manor Blvd. (corner of Farnsworth) San Leandro, 7:30-9:30 pm

Info: 510-357-4323 2

nd Friday Chico’s Ragtime/Tin Pan Alley Sessions, The Terraces, 2750 Sierra Sunrise Terrace, Chico, 6:30-8:30 pm

Info: Bernie or Bob LoFaso 530-894-6854, b_lofaso@hotmail.com 4

th Friday Vintage Dance & Waltz Lessons, Finnish Hall, 1970 Chestnut, Berkeley, Lesson 8:00 p., Dance 9:00 pm to midnight,

$6 for dance; $8 for lesson, Info: 530-759-9278 or www.vintagewaltz.com Friday Friday Night Waltz, 1

st United Methodist Church, 625 Hamilton St. (& Cowper), Palo Alto, Lessons: 7:00-9:00pm,

Dancing 9:00pm-12 am, Info: 650-326-6265, 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 1

st Saturday San Francisco Banjo Band, Malloy’s, 1655 Mission Road, Colma, 7:30 pm, Info: 650-692-7878

2nd

Saturday San Francisco Starlight Orchestra, Little Switzerland, 19080 Riverside Drive, Sonoma, 2:00-5:00 pm,

Info: www.sanfranciscostarlightorchestra.com 2

nd Saturday The Valley Ragtime Stomp, Henri’s Restaurant, 21601 Sherman Way, Canoga Park, 1:00-4:00 pm,

Info: 818-766-2384 or www.valleyragtimestomp.blogspot.com 2

nd Saturday East Bay Waltz, Veterans bldg., 200 Grand Ave (at Harrison), Oakland, 7:00 pm-Midnight, Info: eastbaywaltz.com

3rd

Saturday Cascade Ragtime Society-Ragtime Jam, Noah’s Ark, Winston, OR, Info: 541-784-1261 [Even numbered months only] 3

rd Saturday Mother Lode Ragtime Society, Sutter Creek Ice Cream Emporium, 51 Main St. (Hwy49), Sutter Creek, 7:30-9:30pm,

Info: 209-267-0543 or sodajerk@volcano.net [Odd numbered months only]

RADIO Mondays The Ragtime Machine, 9:00-10:00 pm, www.kusf.org, Host: David Reffkin Sundays Syncopation Station, KDHX 88.1 FM, St. Louis, Missouri, 4:00-5:30pm Host: Vann Ford, www.kdlhx.org Thursdays Ragtime America, KGNU, 88.5 FM, Boulder, Colorado, 8:00-9:00 pm, Host: Jack Rummel, www.kgnu.org Continuous Elite Syncopations Radio, All Ragtime 24 hours a day, www.ragtimerradio.org Continuous Rocky Mountain Ragtime, Ragtime 24 hours a day, www.live365.com/stations/rmragtime

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