Updated 10/17/2008 Prior Update 10/12/2008

Festival XXII Performer Pictures

The 22nd annual West Coast Ragtime Festival will be held November 21-23, 2008 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.

Individual Performers

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 Yvonne Cloutier Henderson, NV Marty Eggers Oakland, CA Frank French San Francisco, CA Ann Gibson Oakland, CA Rosemary Hallum Alameda, CA

Frederick Hodges Berkeley, CA Molly Kaufman Denver, CO Scott Kirby Sand Point, ID Morton Gunnar Larsen Oslo, Norway Carl Sonny Leyland New Cuyama, CA Dennis Pash San Francisco, CA

Jim Radloff Eau Claire, WI Bob Ringwald Placerville, CA David Thomas Roberts Bunker, MO Jack Rummel Niwot, CO Hal Smith La Jolla, CA Martin Spitznagel Pittsburg, PA

Butch Thompson Saint Paul, MN Trebor Tichenor St. Louis, MO Virginia Tichenor Oakland, CA Sarah Roth Vanegas Davis, CA

Craig Ventresco & Meredith Axelrod San Francisco, CA Dick Zimmerman Loves Park, IL

Youth Performers

Andrew Barrett Costa Mesa, CA Vincent Johnson Sierra Madre, CA Max Keenlyside P.E.I., Canada Will Perkins Riverbank, CA

Wesley Reznicek Upland CA Tim Rotolo Upland, CA Adam Swanson Shenandoah, Iowa Stephanie Trick St. Louis, MO

Groups

Crown Syncopators Berkeley, CA Pacific Coast Ragtime Orchestra Pacifica, CA Plucking Wonders Oakley, CA

Porcupine Ragtime Ensemble Sacramento, CA Raspberry Jam Band Auburn, CA Ragtime Skedaddlers San Francisco, CA

Smalltimers Pacifica, CA St. Louis Ragtimers St. Louis, MO Sullivans & Drivons Sacramento, CA

Fresno High School Band Fresno, CA

Dance Instructors & Piano Accompanists

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

Seminar Leaders & Topics

"The life and music of Nat Johnson" By: Andrew Barrett "The Scott Joplin Biography: Recent Discoveries and  Stories I Was Afraid to Tell." Ed Berlin "Ragtime and the Popular Concert Band:  The Original Sounds." By: Stephen Kent Goodman "The sounds and stories behind West Coast Ragtime and Rags." By: Virginia Hawthorn "Three Giants of American Novelty Ragtime:  Roy Bargy, Victor Arden, and Phil Ohman." By: Frederick Hodges "How Was Ragtime REALLY Played?" By: Richard Zimmerman

Youth Master Class

Frederick Hodges

Silent Movies

Nick Langdon

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