Updated 11/17/2009 Prior Update 10/16/2009
	Festival XXIII Performer Pictures	Festival Home Page
The 23rd annual West Coast Ragtime Festival will be held November 20-22, 2009 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

Meredith Axelrod San Francisco, CA Andrew Barrett Costa Mesa, CA Taslimah P. Bey Detroit, MI Tom Bopp Fish Camp, CA Nan Bostick Menlo Park, CA Jack & Chris Bradshaw Gilroy, California

Tom Brier Sacramento, CA Shirley Case Laguna Beach, CA Neville Dickie London, England Richard Dowling New York, NY Marty Eggers Oakland, CA Frank French San Francisco, CA

Due to a personal matter, Shirley Case will not be appearing at this year's festival.

Ann Gibson Oakland, CA John Gill Perth, Australia Rosemary Hallum Alameda, CA Frederick Hodges Berkeley, CA Morton Gunnar Larsen Oslo, Norway

Carl Sonny Leyland New Cuyama, CA Larisa Migachyov Palo Alto, CA Terry Parish Indianapolis, IN Nancy Piver Los Altos, CA David Thomas Roberts Walnut Creek, CA

Jack Rummel Niwot, Co Christoph Schmetterer Vienna, Austria Sean Sharp San Francisco, CA Ray Skjelbred Seattle, WA Hall Smith San Diego, CA Squeek Steele Virginia City, NV

Stanley Stern Los Altos, CA Trebor Tichenor St. Louis, MO Virginia Tichenor Oakland, CA Stephanie Trick St. Louis, MO Craig Ventresco San Francisco, CA Sam Williams Sacramento, CA

Youth Performers

Vincent Johnson Sierra Madre, CA Max Keenlyside P.E.I., Canada Will Perkins Riverbank, CA Tim Rotolo Upland, CA

Sergey Smirnov Palo Alto, CA Adam Swanson Shenandoah, Iowa Luke Vandermyde Braidwood, Illinois

Groups

Crown Syncopators Berkeley, CA Pacific Coast Ragtime Orchestra Pacifica, CA Porcupine Ragtime Ensemble Sacramento, CA

Ragtime Skedaddlers San Francisco, CA Ragnolia Ragette Gilroy, CA

Sullivans & Drivons Sacramento, CA Raspberry Jam Band Auburn, 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 Click topic for description. Click presenter's name for bio. Click here for printable seminar listing.

Gershwin Rediscovered By Richard Dowling Generations in Ragtime: Style and  Interpretation Over the Decades By Max Keenlyside Memories of Eubie Blake By Morten Gunnar Larsen The Dolceola – A Lovely, Rare, Miniature  Piano of 1904 By Ray Skjelbred Les Copeland – A Ragtime Odyssey By Trebor Tichenor From Vaudeville to the Nickelodeon: The Forgotten Sensation of the Illustrated Song by Galen Wilkes

Youth Master Class
	Frederick Hodges

Silent Movies
	Frederick Hodges

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