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The 25th annual West Coast Ragtime Festival will be held November 18-20, 2011 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.

Meredith Axelrod San Francisco, CA Jeff Barnhart Mystic, CT Tom Bopp Fish Camp, CA Nan Bostick Menlo Park, CA Chris & Jack Bradshaw - Gilroy, CA Tom Brier Sacramento, CA

Bill Clark Denver, CO Jared DiBartolomeo Pleasant Hill, CA Neville Dickie London, England Richard Dowling New York, NY Phillip Dyson London, England Marty Eggers Oakland, CA

Ann Gibson Oakland, CA Gary Greenlund Virginia City, CA Rosemary Hallum Alameda, CA Frederick Hodges Berkeley, CA Brian Holland Grapevine, TX Martin Jaeger Zurich, Switzerland

Morton Gunnar Larsen Oslo, Norway Carl Sonny Leyland New Cuyama, CA Dave Majchrzak St. Louis, MO Larisa Migachyov Palo Alto, CA Jack Rummel Niwot, CO Christoph Schmetterer Vienna, Austria

Squeek Steele Virginia City, NV Virginia Tichenor Oakland, CA Stephanie Trick St. Louis, MO Craig Ventresco San Francisco, CA Maurie Walker Denver, CO Kitty Wilson Los Altos, CA Tex Wyndham Mendenhall, PA

Youth Performers

Maurice Imhof Zurich, Switzerland Vincent Johnson Sierra Madre, CA Valerie Kazik Zurich, Switzerland Max Keenlyside P.E.I., Canada

Frank Livolsi Peace Dale, RI Will Perkins Riverbank, CA John Reed-Torres Los Angeles, CA Adam Swanson Shenandoah, IA

Groups

Cali-Co Ragtime Quartet California + Colorado Big Mama Sue& Fast Eddie Santa Cruz, CA Crown Syncopators Berkeley, CA Ivory and Gold Mystic, CT

Pacific Coast Ragtime Orchestra Pacifica, CA Porcupine Ragtime Ensemble Sacramento, CA

Ragnolia Ragtette Gilroy, CA Ragtime Skedaddlers San Francisco, CA Raspberry Jam Band Auburn, CA

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

Dance Instructors & Piano Accompanists

Bruce Mitchell Cool, CA (Head Instructor) Richard Duree, Ruth Levin Costa Mesa, CA (Instructors) Stanley Stern - Los Osos, CA Marti Lindholm - San Luis Obispo, CA (Piano Accompanists)

Seminar Leaders & Topics - Click on topic for synopsis.

How Did We Get from Ragtime to Jazz? Jeff Barnhart The Goldenrod Showboat Don Franz and the St. Louis Ragtimers Getting Published by Major Houses – What Every Ragtime Composer Needs to Know Stephen Kent Goodman History of Boogie-Woogie Carl Sonny Leyland Giant Strides: The Second Generation of Stride Pianists Will Perkins Highlights from 30 Years of 'The Ragtime Machine' Radio Broadcast David Reffkin

Youth Master Class

Richard Dowling Master Class Leader First Place division winners of the 2001 Youth Ragtime Piano Competition are invited to participate in a Master Class with internationally acclaimed pianist, Richard Dowling, Saturday, November 19 at 10:00 a.m.

Silent Movies

Frederick Hodges piano accompanist This year's films are Angora Love (1929) Laurel and Hardy, and  The High Sign (1921) Buster Keaton. Click here for more information.

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