Updated 11/10/07 Prior Update10/30/07

Festival XXI Performer Pictures

The 21st annual West Coast Ragtime Festival will be held November 16-18, 2007 at the Red Lion's Sacramento Inn in Sacramento, California.  Below is the Photo Gallery of the performers. For biographical information click on the performer's name or photo. As other performers are added to the lineup the page will be updated.

It is with great sadness that we tell you John Arpin passed away November 8, 2007. He was to have been a performer at this year's festival. The festival is being dedicated to his memory and his many contributions to ragtime. He will be greatly missed. His wife, Mary Jane, has put together a 'blogspot' about John's life at  http://johnandmaryjane.blogspot.com.

Individual Performers

Paul Asaro Champaign, IL Mimi Blais Montreal, Canada Tom Bopp Fish Camp, CA Nan Bostick Menlo Park, CA Jack & Chris Bradshaw Gilroy, California

Tom Brier Sacramento, CA Shirley Case Laguna, CA Neville Dickie Surrey, England Marty Eggers Oakland, CA Frank French San Francisco, CA Ann Gibson Oakland, CA

Alex Hassan Falls Church, VA Frederick Hodges Berkeley, CA Brian Holland For Worth, TX Steve Johnson Sacramento, CA Brad Kay Venice, CA Ken Keeler Oakley, CA

Janet Klein Los Angeles, CA Carl Sonny Leyland New Cuyama, CA Dennis Pash San Francisco, CA Jim Radloff Eau Claire, WI Sophie Rivard Montreal, Canada David Thomas Roberts Bunker, MO

Sarah Roth Vanegas Davis, CA Jack Rummel Niwot, CO Sue Schmitt Los Altos, CA Ray Skjelbred Seattle, WA Hal Smith La Jolla, CA Squeek Steele Virginia City, NV

Virginia Tichenor Oakland, CA Craig Ventresco w/ Meredith Axlerod San Francisco, CA Adam Yarian Bowie, Maryland

Youth Performers

Andrew Barrett Costa Mesa, CA Jared DiBartolomeo Pleasant Hill, CA Adam Swanson Shenandoah, Iowa Stephanie Trick St. Louis, MO

Groups

Heliotrope Ragtime Orchestra San Diego, CA Pacific Coast Ragtime Orchestra Pacifica, CA Porcupine Ragtime Ensemble Sacramento, CA

Raspberry Jam Band Auburn, CA Heebee Jeebees Sacramento, CA

Dance Instructors & Piano Accompanists

Bruce Mitchell Cool, CA (Instructor) Richard Duree & Ruth Levin Costa Mesa, CA (Instructors) Stanley Stern & Nancy Piver Los Osos, CA (Accompanists)

Seminar Leaders & Topics

"Uncle Charlie's Hoosier Pals" Nan Bostick	"And That Reminds Me..." David Jasen
"Sedalia’s Contract with History" Larry Karp	"A Letter from George Gershwin" Brad Kay
"The Johnny Maddox Story" Adam Swanson	"HOT WAX – The Phonograph in Ragtime" Galen Wilkes

Youth Master Class

Frederick Hodges

Silent Movies

Nick Langdon

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