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Sacramento Ragtime Society Newsletter

NEXT MEETING

The next SRS meeting will be

held on January 29, 2017

at Straw Hat Pizza

2929 Mather Field Road

Rancho Cordova

From 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.

West Coast Ragtime Festival.....1 October 30 Session………..…...2 Cartoon………………………...3 Youth Competition Winners..….4 Music Schedules….….…......... 6 Ragtime Calendar…….…..........7

IN THIS ISSUE

Marilyn Norton, Editor November 2016

www.SacramentoRagtime.com

[email protected]

530.758.6697

On Your Mark� Get Set� GO!!

The West Coast Ragtime Festival is almost here.

Dates: November 18-20.

Location: Sacramento Marriott Ran-

cho Cordova 11211 Point East Drive, Rancho Cor-

dova, California 95742 The Marriott is about 15 miles east of

Sacramento, just off Hwy 50 at the Sunrise Blvd exit. It's about a 20-minute drive. You do not need to be a guest of the hotel to attend the festival. Everyone is welcome. You only need to register at the Festival

Registration desk or pre-register online for one or more days. west-

coastragtime.com

Sacramento Ragtime Society November 2016

October 30, 2016 Session Compiled by Julia Riley, edited by Dick Baker

Adam Swanson, piano Dust on the Moon, 1934, Ernesto Lecuona Japanese Sandman, 1920, Richard A. Whit-ing, Raymond B. Egan “Balderdash!”, 2001, Tom Brier Oliver Moore, piano, *vocal Poor Jimmy Green, 1910, Eubie Blake *Stay Out of the South (If You Want to Miss Heaven on Earth), 1928, Harold Dixon Bach Up to Me, 1938, Fats Waller Jack Kersh, piano I Get the Blues When It Rains, 1928, Harry Stoddard, Marcy Klauber Medley: Margie, 1920, Con Conrad, J. Russel Robinson Ida, 1903, Eddie Munson, Eddie Leonard Louise, 1929, Leo Robin, Richard Whiting Ramona, 1928, Mable Wayne, L. Wolfe Gilbert Marquita, 1913, Victor Schertzinger John Carney, piano Happy Birthday as arranged by Teddy Wilson I Can’t Get Started, 1936, Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin Ain’t Misbehavin’, 1929, Fats Waller, Andy Razaf, Harry Brooks Porcupine Ragtime Ensemble, Elliott Ad-ams, piano; Bub Sullivan, mandolin, *vocals; Petra Sullivan, violin; Julia Riley, flute, pic-colo A Hen on the Nest, 1915, George L. Spaulding At a George Camp Meeting, 1897, Kerry Mills Bantam Step, 1916, Harry Jentes *Everybody’s Doin’ It Now, 1911, Irving Berlin Cleve Baker, piano Harlem Rag, 1897, Tom Turpin Creole Belles, 1900, J. Bodewalt Lampe Morocco Blues, 1912, Joe Jordan Elliott Adams, piano Ghost Dance, 1911 Cora Salisbury

Brown Derby #2, 195?, Joseph Lamb The Razor Club, 1900, Walt B. Uller Finger Paints, 1936, Harry Engelman Promenade (Walking the Dog), 1937, George Gershwin Damit Sananayake, piano Swipesy, 1900, Scott Joplin, Arthur Marshall Eugenia, 1906, Scott Joplin Second Hand Rose, 1921, James Hanley, Grant Clarke Rags a Trois, Petra Sullivan, piano; Robyn Drivon, tuba; Julia Riley, flute, piccolo Peach Blossoms, 1910, Maude Gilmore Red Rambler Rag, 1912, Julia Lee Niebergall Adam Swanson, piano Chestnut Street in the 90s, 1946, Brun Camp-bell Frankie and Johnny/St. James Infirmary Blues Medley, folk songs attributed to various com-posers and at various dates I Ain’t Got Nobody, 1915, Spencer Williams, Roger Graham Bohemia Rag, 1919, Joseph Lamb Oliver Moore, piano; *Adam Swanson, key-board Stop Time Rag, 1910, Scott Joplin Lion Tamer Rag, 1913, Mark Janza St. Louis Blues, 1914, W. C. Handy *King Chanticleer, 1910, Nat D. Ayer, A. Sey-mour Brown


Division 1 Performers

When a picture is worth a thousand words....

The West Coast Youth Piano Rag-time Competition, held on Satur-day, November 5, at the Woodland Methodist Church social hall fea-tured fifty-three students, ages eight to seventeen, and representing eighteen piano studios. The range of music performed included teaching rags by Martha Mier, Melody Bober and Carol Matz performed mostly by the Division 1 students through to the classic rags of Joplin, Lamb, Charles L. Johnson and others plus contemporary rags as well. (Photos

by Byron Hindman)

Division 1 Winners

Division 2 Winners

Parents get into the act, too. Note the broad smiles

as they take photos of their kids.

DIVISION 1 WINNERS (ages 8-10) 1st - Andrew Ma - The Entertainer - Scott Joplin - BOWMAN 2nd - Eileen Chih - Persnickety Rag - Martha Mier - TCHII HM (tie) - Angelina Arcaina - Good Time Rag - Martha Mier - TCHII HM (tie) - Mariko Fukuda - Dandelion Rag - Martha Mier- TCHII DIVISION 2 WINNERS (ages 11-14) Classic 1st - Arthur Eriksson - The Cascades - Scott Joplin - BOWMAN 2nd - Isaac Goodman - Stop Time Rag - Scott Joplin - FUKASAWA HM (tie) - Jade Anderson - The St. Louis Rag - Tom Turpin - TCHII HM (tie) - Kate Huh - Sunburst Rag - James Scott - McKINLEY HM (tie) - Sabrina Nguyen - Peacherine Rag - Scott Joplin - TCHII HM (tie) - Alexander Wang - Excelsior Rag - Joseph Lamb- McKINLEY DIVISION 3 WINNERS (ages 15-18) 1st (tie) - Diego Bustamante - Eubie’s Classical Rag - Eubie Blake BOWMAN 1st (tie) - Oliver Moore - Bluin’ the Black Keys - Arthur Schutt - BOWMAN 2nd. - Anthony Sarginson - Texas Foxtrot - David Guion- Fresno State HM (tie) - Olivia Lau - Mansion Rag - Justin Levitt - TCHII HM (tie) - Keila Min - Maple Leaf Rag - Scott Joplin


Division 3 - ages 15-17

These kids all play like gangbusters and you can see

by their happy smiles that they have already per-

formed. Photos were taken after the judges left to

choose the winners, which is an amazingly difficult

task. This division represents at total of 154-1/2

years of piano instruction. Some have taken since

they were three years old. Having fun clowning around for the camera. Who says

that piano competitions have to be solidly

serious! This is what lively joyful music does to

Division 2 - ages 11-14.

Division 3 Winners


Pier 23 and Straw Hat Pizza Schedules

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

Embarcadero (at Filbert) San Francisco

Nov. 15 Crown Syncopators Nov. 22 CLOSED Nov. 29 Frederick Hodges Dec. 6 Virginia Tichenor Dec. 13 Marty Eggers Dec. 20 Crown Syncopators Dec. 27 Virginia Tichenor

Call 415.362.5125 for more information

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

2929 Mather Field Road Rancho Cordova

Information for November/December is not available at this time.

Call 916.363.5050 for information

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year. Payments should be made payable to Sacramento Ragtime Society. Contact: Merv Graham, P.O. Box 2286, Grass Valley, CA 95945. For more info call 530.273.0487 or e-mail: [email protected].

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Articles for SRS Newsletter

P lease submit articles for publication, CD reviews, concert reviews, information on

upcoming events, or interesting stories, poems or other ragtime tidbits (as WORD or Wordperfect documents) to [email protected] THANKS!!

Tom Brier [email protected]

Tom was in a very bad automobile

accident on August 6. He is still

recovering. Please go to

www.caringbridge.org

for updates on his condition.


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

NOVEMBER 18-20 30th Annual West Coast Ragtime Festival. Rancho Cordova Marriott. For more information go to www.westcoastragtime.com. DECEMBER

NO Sacramento Ragtime Society Session this month. Next meeting January 29, 2017.

REGULAR EVENTS

1st & 3rd Sunday Sacramento Banjo Band, Straw Hat Pizza, 2929 Mather Field Rd, Rancho Cordova, 2:00-4:00 pm. 1st Sunday Pacific Coast Ragtime Orchestra, Masonic Hall, 461 Florence St. 2nd Floor, Palo Alto 4:00-6:00pm, $15 donation age 18 and up Info: 650.355.1731 or 650.593.2284, [2016 dates November 6, December 4]. Price includes light refreshments. 1st 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. Last Sunday Rose Leaf Ragtime Club, Wang’s Place, 120 East Lemon Ave , Monrovia, 1:00-4:30 pm. Info: 626.359.8648 or 818.766.2384. or email [email protected] http://roseleafclub.com Monday The Banjo Guys—The Little Store, 3340 Woodside Road, Woodside, 6-8 p.m. Info: John Robbins 650.556.9961 or [email protected] 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: www.vintagewaltz.com. Tuesday Happy Time Banjos—Harry’s Hofbrau, 1909 El Camino, 1 block N. of Woodside Rd., Redwood City, 7:00 p.m. Info: J ohn Robbins 650.556.9961 or [email protected] Every other Tues. Craig Ventresco & Meredith Axelrod, Blush Wine Bar, 476 Castro St.,San Francisco Info: 415.558.0893. 2nd Wednesday Marty Eggers & Virginia Tichenor-Hot Ragtime & Classic Jazz Piano, The Belrose Theater, 1415 5th 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 Peninsula Banjo Band, Harry’s Hofbrau, 390 Saratoga Ave, San Jose, 7:00 pm, Info: 408.993.2263. Wednesday Ragtime & Vintage Music, Straw Hat Pizza, 2929 Mather Field Road, Rancho Cordova, 6:30-9:00 pm. Wednesday East Bay Banjo Band, Greenery Restaurant, 1551 Marchbanks Dr., Walnut Creek, CA 7:00-8:30 p.m. For more info check out www.eastbaybanjo.org 3rd Thursday San Francksco Banjo Band, 6:30-8:30 pm, 16 Mile House, 448 Broadway (between Taylor and Hillcrest), Millbrae,for Info call 650.333.4720

Sacramento Ragtime Society


c/o Merv Graham

P.O. Box 2286

Grass Valley, CA 95945-2286

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 4th Friday Vintage Dance & Waltz Lessons, Finnish Hall, 1970 Chestnut, Berkeley, Lesson 8:00 pm., Dance 9:00 pm to midnight, $6 for dance; $7, $5 students with ID, Info: 510.535.9760 or www.vintagewaltz.com Friday Friday Night Waltz, 1st 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 1st Saturday San Francisco Banjo Band, Molloy’s, 1655 Mission Road, South San Francisco, 6-8:30 pm, Info: 650.692.7878 2nd 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 2nd Saturday East Bay Waltz, Finnish Hall 1970 Chestnut, Berkeley. 7-9 p.m. classes, 9 p.m.—12 a.m. dance. $12 class & dance; $8 dance only For more 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. (Old Hwy49), Sutter Creek, 7:00-9:30pm, Info: 209.405.1563 [email protected] . Odd numbered months only-please check website for up-to-date Information at www.suttercreekragtime.com.

RADIO

Sundays Rhythm Retrospective with Carl Sonny Leyland, 6-7 p.m. KCSM.org/jazz91/listen.php Thursdays Ragtime America, KGNU, 88.5 FM, Boulder, Colorado, 8:00-9:00 pm, Host: Jack Rummel, www.kgnu.org

Next Session: 1/29/17

Straw Hat-Rancho Cordova

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